Monday, September 29, 2008

What if

What if we were humanoid-ish pterodactyls instead of people?

Whatifwedidntputspacesbetweenwordsanddidntuseproperpunctuation!

?sdrawkcab delleps si snoitseuq ym fo eno fi tahW

What if cannibalism was normal and eating things other than human flesh was taboo?

What if I had eyes that could look in different directions?

What if anything that we could imagine came into existence?

What if I could read books instantly by touching them?

What if you couldn't see me if I couldn't see you?

What if some people actually derive nourishment from the suffering of others?

What if people actually looked the way Picasso drew them?

What if there was no such thing as fun?

What if I was good at drawing?

What if nobody voted in the next election?

What if everybody knew everything?

What if I didn’t have to eat?

What if I didn’t have to sleep?

What if you could live in the internet?

What if Peter Parker was bitten by a radioactive sheep?

What if I was born in the future?

What if I was born in the past?

What if Terminator was a documentary instead of a fiction movie?

What if you could get anything you wanted in exchange for 5 years of your lifespan?

What if I didn’t know how to count to 50?

What if I could walk through stuff?

What if I had a room in which time moved 40 times faster but didn’t make me age
faster?

What if I was infinitely wealthy?

What if blindness were more common than sight?

What if I pursued writing instead of new media?

What if you turned blue when you were lying?

What if everyone had their basic necessities plus just a little bit extra?

What if there was no prejudice in the world?

What if there was no religion?

What if we had crab claws or tentacles instead of hands?

What if we communicated telepathically?

What if there was only one type of music?

What if you could hear but not speak or communicate any other way?

What if I always got good sleep?

What if the sun cast darkness and we cast light instead of shadows?

What if the world war covered in only water and no land?

What if cameras literally captured their subjects?

What if extreme heat or cold didn’t make us uncomfortable?

What if I lost a leg?

What if people lived 5 times longer?

What if people lived 1/5 as long as they do?

What if you woke up with a different face every day?

What if you lost all of your memories permanently?

What if there was a massive penguin uprising and they took over the planet?

What if I had graduated college 2 years ago?

What if electricity was never discovered?

Monday, September 15, 2008

TIME

I did some thinking about the question "What is time?" The content of this was inspired by me sitting down and listening to music which ultimately culminated in me listening to Rage Against The Machine. I was inspired to do what I am passionate about, which is world events and the state of society and the deeds of mankind. I feel that I usually hold back quite a bit as far as that is concerned because I typically don't care to explain my own personal views to those who are not going to listen anyway. I felt this was an appropriate time to not hold back as much. You'll either like it or hate it. I do hope to expand upon it and find some better audio because there is so much that could be covered by this video. It could also ues a bit more intricacy but I'm happy with it for now.

Monday, September 8, 2008

First Bible Dip

I open The art of looking sideways to page 176. There I found a collection of stones. All of these stones were of different shapes and sizes. They were primarilly dark in color. Each of them naturally had lines curves and angles on there surface that were made of a white stone that mixed in with the darker type of stone when each peice was formed.

I've always been interested in stones. I often find myself looking down when I pass by an area with stone. You can often find interesting stones like these or brigtly colored stones with a simple glance over your surrounding. The interesting ones seem to stick out from the normal ones around them Just like the white lines on these stones.

The contrast of the lines on these rocks made me think of something interesting. Could it be possible that an early human saw a stone similar to these and inspired them to draw the first line.

Sunday, September 7, 2008

The Egg-speriment must go on

Two days after I chose my egg, it became resistant to my experiments and it chose to take a two foot plunge out of my refrigerator.





It's selfish act would not hinder me though. I consulted the services of a necromancer in order to retrieve it's soul and place it in the body of another.
(I actually just asked Beth if I could replace it with another.)


When I got my egg I started to think of what I could do with it. I though on it till I was thoroughly confused. An egg was an odd thing to work with. So that is what I decided to do. Something odd and confusing. I figured that there were plenty of bizarre things to do with an egg if I left it someplace. Just finding a random egg in the middle of September is odd enough so I figured that it should be easy enough to make it even more strange. I consulted the voices in my head and this is what we came up with.

I first chose to write crazy and conflicting messages on my egg.



Then I selected a public place to display my egg....
The benches behind the IT building



And stood it on it's end.
And no there is no glue or digital trickery involved.

Then I took a bunch of pictures because it was fun.
Also I can.t turn down great exterior lighting conditions.







Then I left my egg to fend for itself.



Hopefully at least one observant person passes by before it falls. It fell into the flower beg once during shooting but didn't break. I hope whoever finds it enjoys is and finds it interesting.