Enzymind Labs

OK posted a series of stereos here

some lessons learned is that its probably best to stay with a fixed baseline when doing an image series otherwise the transitions are too rough. b.) i hate gif's; i used fireworks to assemble the pairs but the only option i could find for export was gif; causes all kinds of little headaches with gallery2 and they look like hell or at least galley2 renders them poorly. Just gonna stick with good ole jpg.

 

 

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Various quotes relating to the theme of enzymind.com: complexity, creativity, chaos, natures organizing principles.

Anyone feel free to add as long as you keep within the above bounds (or the spirit of them). Most recent at the top.

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2007-09-04 08:58:17

Quotations from creativity researcher Howard Gruber

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2007-09-01 19:05:17

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read an interesting article on the language and nature of indexing images .

Not sure why indexing seems so relevant for this project other than its the closest analogy i can think of to how the mind works -symbolic (semi-picture) information gets 'indexed' by all different kinds of tags in our brains and its the ability to use these common but unexpexted 'seach queries' which results in novel combinations -or creative solutions...what literature describes this -and please anything but psychology, I hate most am averse to modern psychology because it s mostly dumbass phoney boring bullshit largely consists of a certain... vagueness... which I find unsatisfying.

Peter S. Requadt’s ‘Bookshelf’
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TOC:
Introduction
Biology
Chemistry
Computers and Networks
 Math and
Physics
Other
Add a comment at the end if you think there is a book not listed that I might like or if you have any other comments on this list. Thanks, Peter.

this is kind of interesting macro work

they used a canon 1ds mkii 16.7 megapixel camera with the 65mm mpe 5x macro lens. they posted the full size image 4992x3328. sharpness i think will be a real issue with hyper macro all these are pretty soft -i think the mpe has a fixed apature too. wonder if increased vibrational isolation would improve results

 

 

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thanks for the feedback on the abstract. I kind of like where its going a little more by focusing on the general creativity thing which might ba a good hook in combination with the photography to bring some unconventional thinkers to complexity research. (might be more fun too)

Phew. That was hard to get a basic simple abstract for what I had in mind that was tight, and concise and interesting. Take a looksee please let me know if it sounds like crazy-man jibber.

 

ABSTRACT

An essential feature of creative work is that it involves making literal, conceptual, or abstract connections between different information that had previously been considered unrelated. The fundamental nature and quantitative basis of this kind of system-level information interrelation and organization needs to be better understood in order to increase or fully realize the maximum potential rate at which creative advances are made whether they be scientific, technological, or artistic. This proposal outlines a strategy for using a multidisciplinary web-based research and learning environment for the study of the generalizable features of emergence in complex systems as a vehicle to understand the essential features of human creativity.

"Generalization, transfer, and learning of abstract
concepts and relationships are of high interest to
the program...Learning and technology goals are
expected to drive an integrative research strategy
that builds on appropriate expertise in computer
science and learning research, and facilitates
close interactions among theoretical, experimental,
and design aspects of a project."
-From NSF ALT Program Solicitation.

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