Le cose che non vanno dette....

"You’re alive. That means you have infinite potential. You can do anything, make anything, dream..."

Thu, 13 Sep 2012 16:10:43 -0400

“You’re alive. That means you have infinite potential. You can do anything, make anything, dream anything. If you change the world, the world will change.”

- Neil Gaiman (via herewecollide)

epiutipenso: This is my favorite interview <3

Tue, 04 Sep 2012 21:20:47 -0400

epiutipenso:

This is my favorite interview <3

Damn… Damnnnn….. One day…I will have that view...

Sun, 26 Aug 2012 15:30:51 -0400

Damn…

Damnnnn…..

One day…I will have that view myself, but until then. I wait :)

La Mia Vita, Ma Vie: Soundtrack of my life

Fri, 17 Aug 2012 00:22:50 -0400

La Mia Vita, Ma Vie: Soundtrack of my life:

beckiie:

Put your iTunes on shuffle and create the soundtrack to your life.

Opening Credits: La Luna Hizo Esto -Il Volo

The Birth: Dead Star -Muse

Childhood: Never Grow Up -Taylor Swift

Teenage Life: La Baraja Bendita -Los Tigres Del Norte

Problems: Il Mare Calmo Della Sera -Andrea Bocelli

…

Stop bullshitting. Today is the day. Do it. Do it well.

Thu, 12 Jul 2012 13:11:32 -0400

booksandnerds: (By: mina blanca)

Sat, 05 May 2012 23:35:21 -0400

booksandnerds:

(By: mina blanca)

staceythinx: Images of Aggregation by Andy Lomas. Lomas on his...

Sat, 05 May 2012 23:33:23 -0400

staceythinx:

Images of Aggregation by Andy Lomas.

Lomas on his work:

These works come from a study of organic natural forms and their relationship to simple mathematical rules.

Influenced by the work of D’Arcy Thompson, Alan Turing and Ernst Haeckel, they study how intricate forms of plant and coral like structures can be created by digital simulation of flow and deposition.

The sculptural shapes are created by a process of accretion over time. They are gradually grown by simulating the paths of millions of particles randomly flowing in a field of forces. Over time they build on top of an initial simple seed surface to produce structures of immense complexity.

isomorphismes: Dmitri Tymoczko — author of The Geometry of...

Sat, 05 May 2012 23:31:38 -0400

isomorphismes:

Dmitri Tymoczko — author of The Geometry of Music

how to make visual representations of music

(in paintings, video games, sculpture)

5 constraints on a composition that are necessary (but not sufficient) for it to sound good

global statistical properties of songs

why 20th century classical music had little audience

a random painting is much less offensive to the eye than random notes are to the ear

“I came up with these 5 principles using my brain, which is a kind of crude statistical device”

the piano is essentially a line

[NB: linear ⊃ monotonic ⊃ totally ordered]

violin/voice musicians know that notes ⊂ continuous space, but the piano does us a favour by constraining us to a subset of those notes

line mod 13 = circle

(equivalence classes of octaves — A1=A2=A9 and E4=E7=E12 etc.)

directed segments, unordered tuples

musical translation = mathematical transposition, musical inversion = mathematical rotation

The fact that most people don’t have most perfect pitch (things sound the same in different keys) may be so that we can understand that, despite pitch differences in male/female adults’ speech and children’s speech, they are saying the same words.

“It’s as if we couldn’t tell the difference between red and blue, but we were highly sensitive to the-difference-between-red-and-orange and the-difference-between-blue-and-green.

[Also: this.]

Minor vs major is the other isometry of the circle (besides rotation): reflection.

“Harmonic progression is like zone defence”

Minute 26: Awesome. Watch how to move around in 2-chord space — seen on a circle and on Tymoczko’s grid

stella-ortiz: Gian <3 HOLY SHIIIIIITTTTTT. ;)

Tue, 01 May 2012 20:22:29 -0400

stella-ortiz:

Gian <3

HOLY SHIIIIIITTTTTT.

;)

"And it occurred to me that the voracious ambition of humans is never sated by dreams coming true,..."

Thu, 12 Apr 2012 20:01:38 -0400

“And it occurred to me that the voracious ambition of humans is never sated by dreams coming true, because there is always the thought that everything might be done better and again.”

- John Green, The Fault In Our Stars (via bookmania)

U.S. Department of State: Promoting Service and Strategic Priorities in Madrid

Sun, 08 Apr 2012 17:12:03 -0400

U.S. Department of State: Promoting Service and Strategic Priorities in Madrid:

statedept:

About the Author: Ann Stock serves as Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs.

Last week, I visited Spain’s beautiful capital city, meeting with the Department of State’s partners in culture, education, and civil service. The

Vivo Per Lei (letra)

Sun, 08 Apr 2012 17:08:29 -0400

Vivo per lei da quando sai
La prima volta l’ho incontrata,
Non mi ricordo come ma
Mi è entrata dentro e c’è restata.
Vivo per lei perché mi fa
Vibrare forte l’anima,
Vivo per lei e non è un peso.

Vivo per lei anch’io lo sai
E tu non esserne geloso,
Lei è di tutti quelli che
Hanno un bisogno sempre acceso,
Come uno stereo in camera,
Di chi è da solo e adesso sa,
Che è unico per lui, per questo
Io vivo per lei.
è una musa che ci invita
A sfiorarla con le dita,
Atraverso un pianoforte
La morte è lontana,
Io vivo per lei.
Vivo per lei che spesso sa
Essere dolce e sensuale,
A volte picchia in testa una
è un pugno che non fa mai male.
Vivo per lei lo so mi fa
Girare di città in città,
Soffrire un po’ ma almeno io vivo.

è un dolore quando parte.
Vivo per lei dentro gli hotels.
Con piacere estremo cresce.
Vivo per lei nel vortice.
Attraverso la mia voce
Si espande e amore produce.

Vivo per lei nient’altro ho
E quanti altri incontrerò
Che come me hanno scritto in viso:
Io vivo per lei.

Io vivo per lei
Sopra un palco o contro ad un muro…
Vivo per lei al limite.
… anche in un domani duro.
Vivo per lei al margine.
Ogni giorno
Una conquista,
La protagonista
Sarà sempre lei.
Vivo per lei perché oramai
Io non ho altra via d’uscita,
Perché la musica lo sai
Davvero non l’ho mai tradita.
Vivo per lei perché mi da
Pause e note in libertà
Ci fosse un’altra vita la vivo,
La vivo per lei.
Vivo per lei la musica.
Io vivo per lei.
Vivo per lei è unica.
Io vivo per lei.
Io vivo per lei.
Io vivo
Per lei.

staceythinx: Fractals by Matt Walford Walford on his...

Wed, 04 Apr 2012 00:12:57 -0400

staceythinx:

Fractals by Matt Walford

Walford on his project:

This series of still life images are based on ‘Fractals’ which are…Rough or fragmented geometric shapes that can be split into parts, each of which is approximately a reduced-size copy of the whole…. They were made using natural leaves and flowers, to create these naturalistic geometric patterns.

nybg: lewisginter: Pinwheels for Prevention. In recognition of...

Wed, 04 Apr 2012 00:12:30 -0400

nybg:

lewisginter:

Pinwheels for Prevention. In recognition of Child Abuse Prevention Month, more than 3,000 pinwheels have been “planted” in the Children’s Garden along the lake edge. Each pinwheel represents a child in Virginia who has been served during the past year by Prevent Child Abuse Virginia’s Healthy Families program. The pinwheels will be on display at the Garden until April 30.

(Photos by Garrett McLees)

I would love to see a little video of this. Props to our friends at Lewis Gintner for such a thoughtful way of supporting a good cause. ~AR

fuckyeahfluiddynamics: Tornadogenesis—the formation of...

Wed, 04 Apr 2012 00:12:12 -0400

Image credit: Paul Markowski

Photo credit: D. Zaras

fuckyeahfluiddynamics:

Tornadogenesis—the formation of tornadoes—remains a topic of active research as there is relatively little direct experimental data, owing to the difficulty of prediction as well as measurement. Initially, a variation of wind speed at different altitudes in the atmosphere causes shearing, which can lead to the formation of a horizontal column of rotating air—a vortex line similar to a roll cloud. Beneath a developing storm, the updraft of warm local air can pull this vortex line upwards, creating vertical rotation in the cloud, thereby birthing a supercell. Supercells do not always spawn tornadoes, and the exact causes that result in tornadic or nontornadic supercells are not fully understood. However, the formation of tornadoes within the supercell seems dependent on the downdraft of cool air within the storm as well as stretching of the vortex line, which increases its rate of rotation. For more information, check out this explanatory video and some of the talks by Paul Markowski. (Thanks to mindscrib, aggieastronaut and others for their submissions related to this topic! Photo credits: P. Markowski and D. Zaras)

jtotheizzoe: Decommissioning The Space Shuttles The...

Wed, 04 Apr 2012 00:11:08 -0400

jtotheizzoe:

Decommissioning The Space Shuttles

The Atlantic gives us what might be the most inadvertently sad slide show of the week. More pictures of machinery that will make you sad at the link.

Previously: Let’s listen to Dr. Tyson. We’ve stopped dreaming, and it’s time to start again and get back into space. But why stop with near-Earth orbit? Been there, done that. Dream bigger!

Photo

Wed, 04 Apr 2012 00:08:01 -0400

aroundtheworldin81days: Il Volo interview in Puerto...

Thu, 29 Mar 2012 01:09:57 -0400

aroundtheworldin81days:

Il Volo interview in Puerto Rico!!!

Here is the article: http://www.dianeris.com/2012/03/il-volo/

nybg: The Bronx Is Blooming! Our ethereal blossoming cherries...

Thu, 29 Mar 2012 01:03:57 -0400

Weeping cherries flank the Conservatory

nybg:

The Bronx Is Blooming!

Our ethereal blossoming cherries and plums are in full flower across The New York Botanical Garden’s 250-acres. In fact, we have so many trees in full flower, that choosing just 10 pictures to illustrate the insane beauty we’re surrounded by right now was an incredible challenge! ~AR

U.S. Department of State: Study Abroad Can Change Your Life—And Your Country

Thu, 29 Mar 2012 01:02:09 -0400

U.S. Department of State: Study Abroad Can Change Your Life—And Your Country:

statedept:

About the Author: Fabiola Rodriguez-Ciampoli serves as Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs.

I am living proof of how study abroad can change your life. I came from Mexico to the United States as a Fulbright graduate student. That led to — in addition…