"You can be as sincere as hell and still be wrong."
— Jim Butcher, Small Favor
"The opposite of loneliness, it’s not togetherness. It is intimacy."
— Richard Bach, The Bridge Across Forever: A Lovestory
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Atomic Orbits Spiral
I found this animation today and thought you all would like it. You’ll notice similarities with Spirotechnics. I particularly like the way that there are ‘waves’ moving in both directions yet always remaining in the same place.
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For a moment, that black and white photo should seem like a full color image. (You have to keep both the image and your head very still).
This illusion was used in the new BBC Four series Colour: The Spectrum of Science.
It demonstrates a phenomenon called “cone fatigue.” When we stare at the purple hillside in picture above, photoreceptors in our eyes called cones are stimulated. They send a signal to our brains that says “You’re looking at something purple.” But the sensing ability of those cones decreases the longer we stare at the image - those receptors are, in a way, temporarily used up.
Then when we look at the black and white image, those same cones can’t detect any purple light. Instead they sense the color that remains: green.
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Ten years ago I got very sick and nearly died. After almost two months in hospital, and four more months of recovery in my home under the care of family and angels, I began to get my feet under me again. Lyme Disease had ravaged my system and passed through my blood brain barrier causing my brain to swell severely. It was pretty wild. These years later I dig Knotweed root, wash it in the same river I swam in as a boy, and set about making my next year’s supply of tincture. This so-called invasive species is a good friend of mine. My thanks. #ritual #makingmedicineismedicine
"My imagination is a monastery, and I am its monk."
— John Keats (via quotemadness)
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saying my name is so intimate why would you do that to me
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Simple.
This is great! I’m glad someone made this. it’s a pretty funny illustration of how faulty intuition and observation can sometimes be.
For a moment, that black and white photo should seem like a full color image. (You have to keep both the image and your head very still).
This illusion was used in the new BBC Four series Colour: The Spectrum of Science.
It demonstrates a phenomenon called “cone fatigue.” When we stare at the purple hillside in picture above, photoreceptors in our eyes called cones are stimulated. They send a signal to our brains that says “You’re looking at something purple.” But the sensing ability of those cones decreases the longer we stare at the image - those receptors are, in a way, temporarily used up.
Then when we look at the black and white image, those same cones can’t detect any purple light. Instead they sense the color that remains: green.
