Golden Ratio #1

Golden Ratio Entry 1 6-24-07

This is the first entry in a series about the golden ratio, a subject I am fascinated with. This will be a briefer section, but in the interest of strengthening and practicing my writing skills, allow me to begin with an introduction to this topic, how I came upon it, and where you can find a vast amount of information on this.
For the mathematically inclined, or for anyone who wants this to be more of a discussion than a lesson, here are some links to start you on the topic:

MCS Golden Ratio / Fibonacci Primer

Wikipedia, why not

Sacred Living Geometry -Enlightened Environmental Theories of Viktor Schauberger

This last link is to a long video with sub par audio quality but an IMMENSE amount of very interesting, practical information. You will be amazed at what was discovered, and then never implemented.


I also suggest right away “The Golden Ratio” by Mario Livio (Amazon Link). This is a very good primer for those with any background in mathematics. I am mathematically simple, but I enjoy numbers and code. I have begun a series of images in flash generated by this code (see links at bottom). It’s a lot of fun to use these number for art, and I will be going into this a greater deal in writing on my comic, which employs this tool to a great degree.

Golden Ratio, Golden Section.

When a line is split into “extreme and mean ratio”, line AB is split at C, at the point where AB/AC = AC/CB. This is simpler visualized:

A ----------------------------------C---------------------B

So the length of the whole line AB
Divided by the longer part of the split AC
Is a quotient equal to the quotient of
The length of the longer part of the split AC
Divided by the shorter part of the split CB

My interest in this was from being introduced to the golden spiral, which is generated with Fibonacci numbers. This is important, because the Fibonacci sequence generates the golden ratio; it is a basic expression of the phenomenon.

1,1,2,3,5,13,21,34,55,89,144

Adding the sum of the previous number to the sum of the previous number and the number before it generates this sequence.

1+1=2+1=3+2=5+3=8+5=13+8=21+13=55+21=89+55=144…etc.

In order to draw this, boxes are drawn with Fibonacci sequence dimensions. The boxes form golden rectangles, which share the phi relationship to each other. By drawing a curve starting from one corner of each box to the other, the curve is formed, and the curves from connected boxes form the spiral. The following image illustrates the construction of the rectangles, curves, and a Nautilus shell, the most common sighting of this shape in nature. Image Borrowed from the website of Dr. Zaven Karian, Denison Math and Science Department.

As you can see, this is a very pleasing shape to the eye, as well as an efficient geometric structure.

That is all I will go into in terms of educational material, as I feel that the links I have provided are both better presented and easier to understand. What I would like to present now is a video and some images I composed this weekend while observing a phenomenon in my apartment. I noticed that each room in my apartment is of decreasingly smaller size as you move from my living room to my bathroom. Because the bathroom is central, with walls of the other rooms touching it, moving to the bathroom makes you move in a curve, spiraling in towards the center. I decided to mark the path I was following every day with tape, and then I mapped my house out along a logarithmic spiral (another name for the golden spiral).

Here is the drawing of my house along the curve, which is the path I follow to the bathroom:


















I marked this out with duct tape, as I mentioned, and I have a video for you of this.
Alright, I got it to upload, but the compression made it dark as hell so try and follow the shiny parts of the tape with your eyes, I think you can still get the gist of it.

Healing Hands

I fell off of my long-board and had one hell of a collision with the pavement a couple of weekends back. Something very interesting came of this though. As I was sitting quietly by myself during the day, I began to stare at one of my damaged hands. Focusing, I began to imagine exactly how my body was healing under the scab that had begun to build. Tn, I began to visualize my hand working itself back together, with the end result, my palm covered in skin again. As I visualized this and concentrated on it, and on my hand healing, I noticed that my hand begin to feel heavy with energy, and veins that had previously been still were throbbing in two areas, one above the cut, and one at the wrist just below. I continued to watch my hand and send energy to it throughout the day, and I was amazed at how much progress had been made on it's healing by the end of the day. This was the day after the Summer Solstice, so let it be known that nature is very energetic right now, and there is energy that you can borrow in the world flow. If you harness it for good, great things can come, so let us heal our bodies and minds and use thins energy well. I hope everyone's summer is going well.

Just a quick experience I wanted to share, more on this subject as I learn more about how to connect with my body more directly, as opposed to through the ego.

Movie Reviews #1

I am going to do some general writing to keep my writing skills honed. One service I think I can render with this is reviews of movies you may or may not have heard of which are now being made available. I will be reviewing films with interesting symbolism in its dialog, camera work, and placement.

This first review, 6-23-07, is of a film I watched last night called “Time Bandits”, a film from 1981. This is one of the nerdy fantasy movies my parents showed me as a kid, and which we all loved. British in nature, Labyrinth is a similar in nature. Terry Gilliam and Brian Froud are responsible for the Fairie and Goblin Companion books, very well illustrated art books. I highly suggest these books!

Fairies presents the legend of Fairies in a surreal, dark mood. This mood associates with mans regression from nature, and as we see nature being demonized, the fairies associated with those aspects of nature get pissed off. Everything we fear in nature takes on an ugly treacherous form, and the irony of this book is that even the spirits attached to things to become corrupted. This is Frouds more popular work, but hippies have glorified the hell out of it, and turning the beautiful paintings into merchandise with no respect for what this sort of thing is about. If the merchandise draws people to read the book, then power to it. Otherwise, lay off. If we want everyone to read these and enjoy them, it needs to be something fresh, not “Oh look, page 52 is the fairy we saw tattooed on that hippies ankle. Nah man, that’s a spirit, and look how pissed off it is.

Goblin Companion is the sort of who’s – who of the mystical labyrinth. This realm between dimensions where you can be flung at a wish is filled with goblins. Each Goblin has a different nasty disposition. Each of these black parts of the psyche must be confronted sooner or later, as the path to enlightenment lies at the end of the inquisition of the darkness within your mind. In the Labyrinth, how does the heroine get flung into the labyrinth in an attempt to redeem herself and her brother? As was touched upon in film classes in school and in listening to the Red Ice interviews with Michael Tsarion, I have learned a great deal about the female character, and of her all importance. I will be going into this in great detail in the section about my comic, where I have really been applying this knowledge. As we see in Labyrinth, Jennifer Connelly has angst with her brother, and it is very negative misdirected action. This is an interesting segway to other things I have read about involving the demonizing of the child. I go into the topic of the psychic war against children and the acts of government involved in an article entitled “Project SAFE and the Council of Ad”. Check it out. That said, she wishes for the goblins to take her brother away. The idea of the realm of the labyrinth has been pushed into her head by her obsession with this labyrinth book. In the movie, the book is a play of some sort, but what if it were simply the Goblin Companion? The book is akin to reading a bible – a list of the histories of all the important people in a society. In reading this book, you can process your own inner demons as goblins, and the labyrinth becomes a place to confront them. One in which you are trapped and have no other escape than to interact with the crazies in your head, or end up trapped with them forever – stark raving mad as them. The humor in the book and movie are shared, the cunning device of the Monty Python alumni (illumni) Terry Gilliam. I am named after Eric Idol, a shocking surprise from my parents. I was raised with these films of good humor, no doubt the cause of me wanting to share some of these strange flicks. Enough about that, check out Labyrinth and Goblin Companion if you want to deduce more of this for yourself. Keep in mind though, is this illusion, for her, effective? Is her labyrinth experience valid and useful, or does she waster her time on another distraction. She doesn’t waste her time, she learns from it and leaves the labyrinth a stronger person. She gets that brilliant white dress when she is lured to become subservient to the Goblin King (Yes…yes…David Bowie). This can all be a distraction, but good art and good entertainment contains a lot of material you can learn from. I have learned that if your fantasies, the things you think about and imagine are not useful…what are they? The imagination is a powerful tool, it can be your greatest asset to remain free from slavery. Also, does brood, does she actually grow, or does the just conform to what society and her parents expect of her. I believe she does learn from the angst, but watch the movie, and conclude for yourself.

As mentioned, I am writing to get my writing mind back into shape, so expect long lengthy reviews here, with vast amounts of different references and suggestions. I try not to include that which will waste your time. I will of course provide links to more material on these subjects.

Time Bandits – 1981 Written and Directed by Terry Gilliam and Michael Palin.
IMDB Link: http://imdb.com/title/tt0081633/

Time Bandits is the story of Kevin, and 80’s boy fascinated with history. The story opens with him telling his parents of the military backgrounds of cultures, namely, the Greeks.
His parents dialogue consists always of a sentence starting or ending on the subject of their kitchen, namley their kitchen appliances. This is the first hint of the theme surrounding ignorance, evil, and technology. Now this movie is similar to the labyrinth, so you have to understand that the things he sees as evil in his world (the things he wants to change) are equated with the evil beings in the Time of Legends. We will touch upon this later. The boy Kevin is mistakenly dragged along with a group of dwarves who have stolen a map of time portals. Dwarves, Gnomes, and Fairies connect with children because they represent strength in small form. It shows that even when small, something can have vast intelligence and courage. The child as it grows feels the repression of its mind and becomes inquisitive and imaginative. This is suppressed. There are some very interesting cameos in this film. The band starts in the Napoleonic Era, and have to deal with a very inferiority-complex Napoleon Bonaparte. This scene features the first appearance in the film of John Cleese, as one of Napoleons advisors. Watch out for the many Monty Python cameos, these fine gentlemen are like the secret society of brilliant comedians.

After robbing Napoleon and loosing the loot to the second Cleese encounter (Robin Hood), the heroes enter a struggle and we see they are being spied upon by a malevolent being. The antagonist, EVIL, is the main signifier of evil and technology. His fortress is a vast column of valves and pipes and metal. His lackeys have gone mad and are idiotic drones. He also possesses a very frightening task force: a team of tall, black robed ghouls with bull skulls and a large crooked bone arm. These screech hideously and are probably the scariest damn thing in the movie. They are very well designed, and you can see the influence of Froud in their essence. Inspired by Ring Wraiths? Inspiration for Ring Wraiths? Here is the transcript of EVILs introduction:

“What sort of Supreme Being created such riff raff, is this the work of a complete incompetent?”

“But He created you, evil one!”

“What did you say?”

“Well, he created you, so he can’t be that (explodes)”

“NEVER TALK TO ME LIKE THAT AGAIN! No one created me! I am evil! Evil existed long before good…I made myself! I cannot be unmade! I…am all powerful!”

(lackeys clap save for one)

“Then, why, if that’s the case, are you unable to escape from this fortress?”(promptly explodes)

“That’s a good question. Why have I let the supreme being keep me here in the fortress of ultimate darkness. I have let him keep me here to lull him into a sense of false security. When I have the map…I will be free. Because I have understanding”

“Understanding of what, master?”

“Digital watches. And soon I will have understanding of videocassette recorders and car telephones. And once I have understanding of them, I will have understanding of computers, and once I have understanding of computer I will be the Supreme Being! God isn’t interested in technology; he knows nothing of the microchip or the silicone revolution. Look how he spends his time, 43 species or parrots. Nipples for men!”

“Slugs!”

“Slugs!…He created slugs? They can’t hear, they can’t speak they can’t operate machinery! Are we not in the hands of a lunatic!? If I were creating a world I wouldn’t mess around with butterflies and daffodils. I would start it with lasers, 8 oclock, day one.”

“Now we must bait the hook, see if they bite…pull them in. Stand by for mind control!”

This is a really brilliant scene with excellent dialog. EVIL (IMDB ACTOR NAME) is totally obsessed with power, himself, and technology. EVIL is in people’s obsession with their kitchen appliances as we see in Kevin’s home. EVIL is saying he can’t wait to not just be in digital watches but in our videos and then our computers. This brings up the idea of evil media – what is distraction and what is valuable? What constitutes an evil computer? In the end of the film we realize that evil is not in the technology, only in those obsessed with it.

After Robin Hood, the Supreme being appears to chase the dwarves again, and we once again look upon the face of light that is the supreme being. At this juncture, Kevin is separated from the dwarves and enters ancient Greece, where his dimensional jump aids in the victory of a greek warrior over a bull headed – minotaur type. This symbolism can be read with religious meaning, the proud Greek killing a bull, a sign I have been hearing about from Ralph Ellis and Michael Tsarion in regards to the change of ruling zodiac and the exiting of the house of Taurus during which we see the story of Moses (Akhenaton) and the exodus from Egypt. This Greek warrior (Sean Connery – why do we give the Greeks Scottish accents in film? See 300 for another example of this) takes Kevin under his wing as a son for saving his life. The warrior is revealed to be King Agamemnon, and in presenting his new son to the people, he also exclaims “The Enemy of the People is Dead” and he tosses the head of the bull man into the crowd – more interesting symbolism, this man clearly does not embrace the continuing power of Taurus. King Agamemnon is illustrated as being more of a spiritual leader. He refuses to teach Kevin to sword fight, instead teaching him a magic trick, while telling Kevin the way of morality and power. There is some very interesting dialog here, as the king states that the magic trick is “much more useful” than sword fighting. This lends itself to the boy learning that imagination and creating wonderment is more valuable that the ability to kill and destroy life.

Kevin does not want to leave, and wishes to stay forever. Sadly, the dwarves appear and wisk him away, robbing Agamemnon in the process. After landing on a ship, we see that this is the saddest thing to happen in the movie. Agamemnon genuinely cared for Kevin, and Kevin understood that the Greek way of life was pure, only to be dragged away from it.

I will not ruin any more of this film, the ending is very important, as we see more roots of evil in technology, and the role it plays in our own downfall. Check this movie out for sure. To download this for free, please visit www.joox.net. Click movies along the right hand side, and scroll down to see if Time Bandits is still available. Joox makes many movie available for free in streaming DivX form. A Divx plug in does need to be downloaded, but it is safe and painless. I suggest downloading the films if you wish to be able to track scenes better. To download, click the movie you wish to watch from the list, and it will start in your browser. Scroll down, and you will see the option to download under the film window. Many old, obscure films from my childhood have begun to appear here, and it gives me a good opportunity to see these films again. If a movie I review does get deleted or is not available, feel free to contact me. I keep films I download until I am notified to delete them. I usually only have old ones, and these are films I believe people should see and should not be subject to legal and financial issues. I will arrange to get any material I have to you free of charge, or for equal input (You mail me a blank CD, I mail you the CD with material). Enjoy!

Obligatory #1

Earth is a sphere, rotating about it's axis on an elliptical plane that halos the Sun, a star that is the source of the warmth and energy on the surface of Earth. This warmth allows a vast number of lifeforms to exist upon the surface of Earth, interacting with one another in a number of ways, in order to keep on existing until such a time when the composition of matter that makes up an entity can no longer interact properly, and the entity ceases to interact. As we know, entities do not cease to exist, as the energy from the decomposing matter is transfered and reciprocated in a downwards spiral of smaller and smaller entities until it ends with the smallest, and incidentally most abundant and successful entity on Earth, the bacteria (to go smaller, the organs and micro organs inside of the bacteria).
Somewhere along the brief time line of Earth, a group of entities began to take shape who could analyze and "understand" their interactions with nature. By doing so, this group distanced themselves from nature, placing themselves above it, and continued to distance themselves until they reached the point where nature was seen as an evil being, to be entered only with great caution, preparation, and a variety of weapons. Anything that this group fears is scheduled for destruction, and nature is in no way an exception.

In this blog, a single entity within this group will be discussing with himself, in hopes to better understand himself and the interactions taking place on Earth, that which interests him, that which he notices, and that which he feels is important.

I will be drawing upon a vast library of knowledge and thought that is steadily growing as the right questions begin to be asked, the truth is truly sought out, and those who offend nature and mankind the most are called on their actions.
I am a fledgling researcher in these areas, but I am very receptive and thoughtful, so in my studying of other people's thoughts, my own have already begun to form. In my study of connections and observations, I am very receptive and thoughtful, and already, I have begun to make connections and observations of my own.

I ask that anyone reading this blog be thoughtful and receptive. It is your right as a human being to disregard every word of conspiracy theory being said and to shield yourself from the scary thoughts about the truths behind the history of our people,our society, our religion, and our past. It is also your right to arm yourself against those that wish to control you and your life, leading you down a 70 year path where you will never make your own decisions or have free thoughts. It is my right as a human being to prod you with the dagger of curiosity and ask you to stop fearing the incredible thoughts and visions, lest you destroy them.

Everything we fear is scheduled for destruction. Do not fear the enlightenment of yourself, or you will destroy your chance to be enlightened. Do not fear the urge to be different, to be an individual and think freely, or you will destroy that urge and assimilate into the masses. Do not destroy the dear of your inner darkness or your inner light, or you will destroy the tools that allow you to grow, and you will be stunted at self ignorance. Do not fear other people, or they will fear you, and you will destroy each other. Even if you wish to destroy them, do not fear your weaknesses, understand them and seek to learn how to overcome them. Do not fear, understand. Do not destroy, learn.