It is not often that one has to call into question whether the water in the tap, the milk from the cow, and the drops that fall from the sky are fundamentally safe to consume, but this is precisely the predicament we could find if ever there were widespread nuclear contamination of the Pacific Ocean. In March 2011, an earthquake …
ArtIsInFormation at the Pine Street Station
Come out to the Pine Street Station where ArtIsInFormation’s featured artisans will be represented among a unique assortment of makers and visual artists, along with live creations, music, and performance! Cover for this event is $5, and proceeds will go to help revitalize this vibrant, artistic center in our community. Event Starts tonight at 6pm and goes till they shut …
Bee Death and the American Dream
Farmers and humans think they are pretty clever these days, but not clever enough to take responsibility for the pollination of $30 billion worth of nourishing food crops each year; currently a task taken happily by Honey Bees. Important work is being done to determine what is devastating the population of apis mellifera; but do Americans want to wake up from …
The Monty Hall Problem – YouTube
When making important decisions with unknown outcomes, oftentimes it just ‘feels right’ to let your initial instincts decide, but it turns out that it is not always in your best interest to stick with your gut. The video below is an illustration of when it may be especially beneficial to change your mind, just in case you ever find yourself being presented with options …
Are You Feeling Lucky? Derren Brown Does.
Are you lucky? I consider myself extremely lucky, and have always felt like my attitude and the way I connect with the environment has a huge impact on the opportunities that arise in my daily life. In this webisode, incarnate sorcerer of the 43rd degree Derren Brown attempts to show just how true this can be in an experiment on the secret behind getting lucky… …
Extreme Limits of the Human Voice: Beatbox Soundscape
Beatboxing performer Tom Thum creates an impossible soundscape of music from around the world, journeying from a Europop rock concert, to the tribal outback, and on to a midnight Jazz show! Close your eyes while you watch the first time, and be amazed. Beatbox Brilliance: Tom Thum at TEDxSydney – YouTube.
“It’s easier to split an atom than a prejudice” Einstein
At times we feel incredibly loved and included you see, but Culture will not hesitate to abandon us for a hipper, younger, prettier sneed. When we finally begin to more closely examine how language is used to manipulate reality, we will eventually find that “othering” language gives us all a false sense that we are removed, separate, and somehow different …
Art and Information: An Exploration into Communication, Censorship, and Influence
The modern age of mass communication brings us many messages that improve our lives, but we must arm ourselves with the knowledge of its power to influence, lull, suppress, or deceive through techniques that affect a spectrum of human emotion. There is an obscured and often unnoticed tendency towards information manipulation in our complex media environment, undertaken by politicians, government …
Political Speech, Eulogy, Compassionate Plea, Decisive Moment
The following rhetorical analysis attempts to understand and characterize the impact of Robert F. Kennedy’s historic speech on April 4th, 1968—the day civil-rights torchbearer and spiritual leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated. Through placing Kennedy in Lloyd Bitzer’s rhetorical situation, this analysis will reveal how his timely plea was able to help dissuade over 95,000 black citizens in …
Creating a Knowledge Center and Refuge for Bees
The importance of bees can hardly be understated. That is why The Oregon Bee Store, in Eagle Point Oregon, is creating a knowledge center for all things bees, including classes on bee keeping, an expansive garden, as well as opportunities to volunteer and get involved with bees! With over three decades of commercial bee keeping expertise, the bee store is …
Art Inspired by Nature
Art inspired by nature. A proto-spider by Silver…this functional work of art was recently gifted, but we should probably make a few more. -ArtIsInFormation
Creating at the Pine Street Station
Creating Art at the Pine Street Station in Austin Tx. with Reji Thomas just before Eeore’s Birthday 2013. Reji was the artist, designer and inspiration of this piece, we just helped with some of the final dots, lines, squiggles, and other information. -ArtIsInFormation
Mysteries of the Universe Solved with Fractal Geometry, Thanks to one heroic mugger…The Fractal Maker | Neurobonkers.com
Mysteries of the Universe Solved with Fractal Geometry, Thanks to one heroic mugger… The Fractal Maker | Neurobonkers.com E=MC2, Metatron’s Cube, and free energy… How a mugging and fractal geometry can save us from ourselves!