tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7833454649093878095.post7693178997044199877..comments2024-01-15T10:12:27.170-05:00Comments on Navigating The Finite: The Feynman DoodlesSextanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02869179401767968180noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7833454649093878095.post-12736468205258320512012-06-04T00:47:06.878-04:002012-06-04T00:47:06.878-04:00Sarah, if I wasn't so damned dumb, I think you...Sarah, if I wasn't so damned dumb, I think you could make me appreciate Picasso. I am not sure that the wiring exists in my brain to comprehend it. I know it is missing to comprehend Feynman's physics. <br /><br />Thanks for sharing the links. I will check them out.Sextanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02869179401767968180noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7833454649093878095.post-72355253780643359932012-06-04T00:41:37.528-04:002012-06-04T00:41:37.528-04:00Oh this does look good. I will have to check this...Oh this does look good. I will have to check this out later when I get time. <br /><br />Thanks for sharing.Sextanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02869179401767968180noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7833454649093878095.post-38478869766928231012012-06-03T02:29:35.674-04:002012-06-03T02:29:35.674-04:00this was a fun watch
http://www.charlierose.com/vi...this was a fun watch<br />http://www.charlierose.com/view/interview/12362Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04720065989231127561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7833454649093878095.post-71569454637325745552012-06-03T02:14:24.378-04:002012-06-03T02:14:24.378-04:00Yeah Picasso was the genius of his age.
Sadly I th...Yeah Picasso was the genius of his age.<br />Sadly I think also the women lined up. A very interesting read is by the woman he loved that went on to marry Jonas Salk. Her biography is so great, Francois Gilot I think. Let me look. <br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7oise_Gilot<br /><br />I read her book utterly enjoying her writing. <br />http://www.amazon.com/Life-With-Picasso-Francoise-Gilot/dp/1853812331/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1338703660&sr=8-1<br /><br />I need to get the book to my daughter Sophia. I had her read Peggy Guggenheim's bio, I'll send this one to my kids too.<br /><br />I have a book of Picasso linocuts, they are some of the most beautiful prints I ever saw. http://www.amazon.com/Picasso-Linoleum-Cuts-Metropolitan-Museum/dp/039454692X/ref=sr_1_4?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1338703828&sr=1-4<br /><br />Just these prints-<br /><br />I went to Antibes to the place he lived. Spending several days visiting those spaces. In there is a picture of a goat that is darn near one of the best works I ever saw. He had incredible skill.<br /><br />Boy, I hate to tell you how much I give him in terms of changing things for all time-seeing in a new, new way. <br /><br />I'm not thrilled with the fact he left so many women, they were his muses, and if you read Gilot you basically realize they were there because they wanted to be....Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04720065989231127561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7833454649093878095.post-23248826845284276552012-05-30T00:49:02.530-04:002012-05-30T00:49:02.530-04:00Sarah,
I suspect that I was sloppy with my clai...Sarah, <br /><br />I suspect that I was sloppy with my claim. I will be the first to admit, Picasso's art is beyond me. I read a few things about the man over time that did not instill a sense of admiration for him. The fact is I don't like him very much, but truth be known I really don't know much about him. Perhaps I should learn more about Picasso. <br /><br />I checked out the book and it does look intriguing. Perhaps there is far more to Picasso than I have allowed. Cubism has always struck me as though the artist fed his finished canvass to a lawn mower and a five year old attempted to glue it back together. <br /><br />Thanks for stopping by and your very kind comment. Also thank you for the book suggestion. I should read it and perhaps come to a better understanding of Picasso. Einstein is well beyond my capacity for understanding.Sextanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02869179401767968180noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7833454649093878095.post-1841285794958814252012-05-29T23:33:35.590-04:002012-05-29T23:33:35.590-04:00"Feynman had a better understanding of art th..."Feynman had a better understanding of art than Picasso had of quantum physics."<br /><br />Well. <br />I know a good book.<br />http://www.amazon.com/Einstein-Picasso-Space-Beauty-Causes/dp/0465018602/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1338348457&sr=1-1<br /><br />It was , in fact, a great read.<br />Talking about what Picasso actually was treading upon.<br /><br />Feynman's art made me feel better-as I see him as such a bright star. It seems for me to make him at least on some level within my grasp. I suspect Picasso-could hold his own. <br />I introduced my daughter at 15 to his lectures, she surely wanted to be at Caltech for that reason.<br /><br />I so enjoyed reading this-your interest in things is wide reaching and parallels many that I love.Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04720065989231127561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7833454649093878095.post-42712782620437814232010-08-17T23:47:53.034-04:002010-08-17T23:47:53.034-04:00First a question for you, which John Wilson? Wikip...First a question for you, which John Wilson? Wikipedia lists about 87 of them.<br /><br />My list like yours is very fluid and probably is more like the top 100. Good topic for a post. But some names that hold permanent chairs on the list, FDR, Eleanor Roosevelt, Hildegard Von Bingen, Alan Watts, Einstein, Queen Elizabeth I, George Washington, Mary Magdalene, Adolph Hitler (assuming that the afterlife has improved his mental condition), Winston Churchill, St. Theresa of Avila, Martin Luther, Elaine & Heinz Pagels (as a couple), Thomas Moore, Helen Fisher, General Matthew Ridgeway, and sure why not go big Jesus of Nazareth, and yes my parents. (Not everyone is dead on the list--but will be someday and that's when I want to have the beer or dinner) I actually just had to quit. I could go on and on. It seems that 10 is a bit too finite. <br /><br />What would I discuss with Feynman over dinner. Quantum physics of course. Grand unified theory. Is there anything to string theory? Higgs boson and the opportunities at Cern. I would ask him about his first wife Arline who died of TB at a very young age. Feynman married her knowing that she may not live for long. I want to know about that, marriages hold a great interest for me. Finally I would want to talk to Richard about this quote:<br /><br />"It doesn't seem to me that this fantastically marvelous universe, this tremendous range of time and space and different kinds of animals, and all the different planets, and all these atoms with all their motions, and so on, all this complicated thing can merely be a stage so that God can watch human beings struggle for good and evil — which is the view that religion has. The stage is too big for the drama."<br /><br /> * Statement (1959), quoted by James Gleick in Genius: The Life and Science of Richard Feynman (1992)<br /><br />Richard was a atheist in life. He has been gone for 22 years. I think he may have a different opinion now and I would love discuss it with him. <br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />God and physics because unlike Feynman, I believe the universe is God's stage for the drama of manSextanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02869179401767968180noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7833454649093878095.post-60420337022739020122010-08-17T00:08:55.541-04:002010-08-17T00:08:55.541-04:00I really like the art. Hadn't seen any of it ...I really like the art. Hadn't seen any of it before. Thanks for the introduction. If this fellow joined you for dinner, what would you like to talk about? Who are the others on your list of ten? I've been trying to create a similar list of ten for years. I add names and eliminate names with abandon. Right now only four are on my list: Sir Johathan Miller, John Wilson, and my parents. (The eyes of the women are absolutely haunting. I checked out your references.)An Old Baguettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12772117520466408626noreply@blogger.com