John
Adams, the last surviving mutineer
from HMS Bounty, had a vision in a state of blind drunkenness, that
the archangel Michael threw a dart at him.
Out
of many experiences arises a multiplicity of belief lines, which become the stays
of consciousness.
Hawaiian
Star Compass
Polynesians
and other navigators, for example European, used stars. Cultures across the globe
draw lines between stars, meaning in space.
Here
is a space for consideration. Rotational symmetry occurs in mandalas and tapa
designs, as well as Western art and design. Digital media are well suited to creating
rotationally symmetric images. I'm a hybrid; forms that are reflected across cultural
boundaries are the ones that interest me. I don't believe in cultural determinism,
and an understanding of nonlinearity invites the speculation that cultural characteristics
might have a nonlinear relation to cultures.
Therefore
DNA sequence polymorphisms reflect maternal lineages.
The
Lummi Indian Tribe and Life with the Salmon, Puget Sound, USA; This tribe
of indigenous people has applied cultural principles and advanced scientific knowledge
to the preservation of the local fishing industry, using a variety of techniques
and methodologies.
Conservation
of resources is a cultural thing for me.
random
patterns made by mirroring (tahiti)
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