This is the snazzy tumblog of phylum sinter, a 28 year old man-child living, making music and doodles just outside detroit, michigan.
In the first person i'd like to tell you that this place has been set up to collect things that have specifically influenced or emitted from me and my work. The subtitle of roots, branches, leaves pertains to the grounding, extension, and collector-bits of my person.
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Aventinus Beer by G. Schneider & Sohn.
Almost Vanilla as it hits your tongue, but chocolate and Raisin-y as it goes down. Neat trick, and very very tasty on a warm detroit afternoon. A real German beer.
NO WONDER THE DOLLAR HAS COLLAPSED.
Substrate is a project by Jared Tarbell, which illustrates beautifully the process of algorithmic complexification.
What the heck am i talking about you ask?
Without going too far into details — or seeming like i’m on a whole lot of drugs — i believe that the entire course of life exhibits this same beauty and apparent intention, from the physical/biological aspects of nature (see the golden ratio for bunch of great examples), to how sound travels, to our thought patterns and observation of universal laws.
They all point to this thriving, ceaseless pull towards complexity. Consciousness itself, as thought by Teilhard de Chardin, is another way the universe expresses its’ desire to bring about an elaboration, an extrapolation (or evolution) of all that came before itself — a magnification of sophistication and all-together-connectedness that hopefully will one day allow us to transcend our penchant for subjugating differences and find a unity at the core of all things.
Fractals, imaginary numbers (like phi, pi, and such) are algorithms. They are great because they allow us to toss these simple rules into a machine and watch them grow and exhibit how the smallest tweak can ripple, and demonstrate the breadth of microcosmic and macrocosmic symmetry. As the most singular is, so is the multitude in some direct way. This is meaningful to me as i seek to ponder the simple nature of the universe’s core rule set.
JUST LIKE LIFE, RIGHT?
Well, that may have seemed like some kind of hippie-laced flight of fancy but it is an accurate description of why art like this appeals to me — Because it reminds me of the grand dance of being that continues to happen throughout eternity (with you, and you, and you, and…).
Click the title link for a live version [requires java]. I just might have to buy a print of one of these.
The above link goes to video of a police assault during the recent G20 summit riots, recently reported by the Guardian.
Ian Tomlinson (age 47, now deceased from heart failure) appears to be minding his own business, in a public area, with no weapons or apparent threat towards his attacker, whom is one of at least five officers present along with dogs, dressed in full riot gear and armed.
The attacker, a police officer raises his weapon to his victim (Tomlinson) while the victim’s back is turned, and no weapons nor visible threats are apparent. Tomlinson falls after being struck on the back of the knee and dies of heart failure a mere three minutes later.
Who is innocent here? What constitutes justice and jurisdiction for this type of action towards the accused? Conflict-mongering and effective crowd conduct must be covered much more thoroughly and overseen with greater care in law enforcement.
From this video there seems to be little recourse to what the officer did — and though his intentions probably were not to kill the man, something must be done to prevent this (and all) types of violence upon any living being.
Ian Tomlinson did not need to die this day.
Lord have mercy.
