Mathematics and Narrative continues . . .
The Mystic Equation
"6/2 = 3"
as
Holy Seed:
Thursday, June 2, 2022
The Separatrix: 6/2
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Wednesday, April 6, 2022
Programmes: Architectural Theory and the Separatrix
Architectural theorist Jeffrey Kipnis in 1991, recalled here in 2015 —
For the source of the illustration, see Hexagram 14.
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Saturday, June 15, 2019
Thursday, June 13, 2019
Seeing the Seing
The phrase "experimental metaphysics" appeared in Peter Woit's weblog on June 11.
Google reveals that . . .
"… 'experimental metaphysics' is a term coined by Abner Shimony …."
Shimony reportedly died on August 8, 2015. Also on that date —
Update of April 6, 2022 (Click to enlarge) —
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Saturday, April 28, 2018
The Great Rift: Numerator Versus Denominator
The previous post, "Ask a Stupid Question,"
suggests some vocabulary review —
Let's not forget the slash ("rift," in the terminology of
the previous post) separating numerator from denominator.
See Separatrix in this journal.
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Sunday, March 26, 2017
Friday, March 20, 2015
Style
Compare and contrast yesterday's quotation from Jeffrey Kipnis
with the following quotation from Robert Bringhurst —
Related material — Jews on Style.
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Thursday, March 19, 2015
“Divisive Rhetoric”
— Jeffrey Kipnis, "Twisting the Separatrix"
Assemblage No. 14 (Apr., 1991), pp. 30-61
Published by: The MIT Press
Article Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/3171098
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Saturday, July 5, 2014
Core Curriculum Vocabulary:
Separatrix and Mulligan
An image from this journal on September 16, 2013:
Mulligan:
“A mulligan, in a game, happens when a player gets a second chance
to perform a certain move or action.” — Wikipedia
New York Times obituary for Richard Mellon Scaife:
“He had the caricatured look of a jovial billionaire promoting ‘family values’
in America: a real-life Citizen Kane with red cheeks, white hair, blue eyes and
a wide smile for the cameras. Friends called him intuitive but not intellectual.
He told Vanity Fair his favorite TV show was ‘The Simpsons,’ and his favorite
book was John O’Hara’s Appointment in Samarra , about a rich young
Pennsylvanian bent on self-destruction.” — Robert D. McFadden
Click image below for some nuclear family values in memory of Scaife:
See also the previous post,
Core Curriculum.
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Saturday, June 21, 2014
When You Care Enough…
“… near-death experiences have all the
hallmarks of mystical experience…”
— “Bolt from the Blue,” by Oliver Sacks
(See “Annals of Consciousness,” June 20, 2014)
The late Charles Barsotti once “worked for Kansas City-based
Hallmark Cards,” according to an obituary.
See also Mad Day.
Some related deconstructive criticism:
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Sunday, October 13, 2013
Les Mots
Two links from the above post —
Gamalog and Separatrix.
The latter word has a technical meaning in mathematics.
It also has a non-technical meaning, as explained below.
The comparison of Derrida to Holmes is of course ridiculous
(like the rest of the Kipnis essay). For Moriarty, see (for instance)
"We've lost the plot!" (Feb. 27, 2008).
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Monday, September 16, 2013
Wednesday, September 11, 2013
Language Game
In which Plato continues to thank the Academy.
From the Academy, a lead balloon for 9/11 —
continued from March First, 2002.
A search today for the name Eisenman
(see previous post) yields the following :
"We need a cameo from Plato, a safecracker,
a wrinkle or two to be ironed out, some ice,
some diamonds, and, above all, laughter
for this irony of ironies."
— Jeffrey Kipnis, "Twisting the Separatrix,"
Assemblage No. 14, April 1991, MIT Press
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