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It's Time for You to…

See the Field “There have long been rumors of a mythical Ninth Element that grants ultimate power to the Wizard who masters it. The Order of Magick says…

Way to Go

Or: Death Edit Log24 on the reported date of Sturtevant’s death: Conceptual Art Filed under: Uncategorized — m759 @ 2:01 AM Yesterday’s online New York Times  has the following quote: “The idea becomes…

Mathematics as Religion

On Edward Frenkel: "Math is, for him, 'a narrative' of human endeavor that shares much with art, music and religion. For instance, he describes new mathematical insights as…

An Artist's Memorial

See the above weblog post honoring a Swiss artist‘s “wit, his perception, his genius, his horizon, his determination, his humour, his friendship, and his immeasurable kindness.” Not a…

Test Patterns

 Raven’s Progressive Matrices  intelligence test— Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale  test—   Related art —  (Click images for further details.) Patterns suggesting those of the Raven test: Patterns suggesting those of the Wechsler…

Models of Everything

“The About page contains detailed descriptions of the project….” — The Illustris project on constructing a model of the universe For the mathematics of a simpler traditional Chinese model…

Conceptual Art

Yesterday’s online New York Times  has the following quote: “The idea becomes a machine that makes the art.” — Sol LeWitt For instance, some conceptual art not  by…

Fictions

From The Ninth Element  website: Cover of a Norwegian author’s forthcoming novel: For some Norwegian non-fiction, see an Oslo artist’s Instagram page.

Geometry for Scarlett

Scarlett Johansson stars in a new film, “Lucy,” due to be released on August 8, directed by Luc Besson, auteur  of The Fifth Element  (1997). In other pop…

Gray Space

Or: Three Shades of Gray (Continued from previous Gray Space posts.) Click the above image for some related mathematics. Those who prefer “magic” approaches to mathematics* may consult…