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What makes a person – philosopher Amelie Rorty on the 7 layers of identity, in literature and life.

Worsley 1970 on the need for social innovation along with scientific technical innovation

Worsley 1970 on what marks off human society

If we think that our reader is an idiot, we should not use rhetorical figures, but if we use them and feel the need to explain them, we are essentially calling the reader an idiot. In turn, he will take revenge by calling the author an idiot.

Remember Umberto Eco (January 5, 1932–February 19, 2016) with his witty and wise advice to writers. (via explore-blog)

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Want to learn to draw? Try these two books

People often ask me to recommend books on drawing.

My favorite drawing book is Ed Emberley’s Drawing Book: Make a World:

It’s a collage-like approach to drawing: if you can draw simple shapes, you can use them to create pictures.

Here’s an example of one of the spreads:

The other classic book I might recommend is Betty Edwards’ Drawing On The Right Side of the Brain:

The book features several gems, like her “upside-down” exercise, which recommends copying drawings upside-down:

Familiar things do not look the same upside down. We automatically assign a top, bottom, and sides to the things we perceive, and we expect to see things oriented in the usual way - that is, the right side up. For, in upright orientation, we can recognize familiar things, name them, and categorize them by matching what we see with our stored memories and concepts.

When an image is upside down, the visual cues don’t match. The message is strange, and the brain becomes confused.

These are, of course, not the ONLY books about drawing, but I think the two together will give you two complimentary approaches.

Feel free to share with me your favorites.

Filed under: drawing

Shirky 2010 on the need to know you are not alone Loc 1085

Shirky on why creating something yourself is important Kindle Location 1063

Shirky 2010 on creation and why it matters to an individual Kindle Location 1063

History someone once said is just the record of what one age finds interesting in another

John Naughton

One of Charles Darwin’s most compelling evolutionary speculations was that music might have preceded language. He was intrigued by the fact that many species use song for sexual display and wondered if human vocalizations might have started that way

Jaron Lenier 2010

Computer Graphics work similarly: a screen of pixels, each capable of reproducing red, green or blue, can produce approximately all the colors that the human eye can see

Jaron Lenier 2010 on computer graphics

Computationalism - A computational process with people as sub processes

Jaron Lenier

Jaron Lenier in You are not a gadget (2010) on computational consciousness

Gadgets I can provide are inert tools and are only useful because people have the magical ability to communicate meaning through them

Jaron Lenier - You are not a Gadget (2010 loc 3681)

Lenier 2010 on bits as an extension of reality

If a fuzzy crowd of anonymous people is making uninformed mash-ups with my recorded music, then when I present my music myself the context becomes one in which my presentation fits into a statistical distribution of other presentations. It is no longer an expression of my my life.

Jaron Lenier - on why he is against remashing of recorded music without the musicians consent

It is the people who make the forum not the software

Jaron Lenier 2010

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