Saturday, October 31, 2015

It's Not A Cookie-Cutter World by Rick Doble

 It's Not A Cookie-Cutter World  
This principle of change or movement prevents nature from ever really repeating herself... 
The History of Scientific Ideas, Charles Singer
(Text, research & design by Rick Doble. Photos and images from commons.wikimedia.org except as noted.)


Picture of water molecule

 Water molecules* 
 are the same 

Microscopic photograph of snowflake

 yet every 
 snowflake 
 is different 

Composite of normal leaf with veins and dried leaf with many veins
(Left photo by Rick Doble)


 every 
 leaf 

People walking on a beach
(By Rick Doble)

 every 
 person 

The newly photographed moon of Pluto, Charon (NASA).
The newly photographed moon of Pluto, Charon (NASA).

 planet or moon 

The galaxy Andromeda.
Our sister galaxy Andromeda.

 & galaxy 


*While there are two other isotopes of water, normal water (H2O) makes up 99.76% of water.


Saturday, October 24, 2015

Halloween And The Dead by Rick Doble

 HALLOWEEN & THE DEAD 
(Text & design by Rick Doble. Photos and images from commons.wikimedia.org except as noted.)

 In the West 
 we bury our dead 
 in separate cities 
 to keep them 
 at a safe distance 


Very large cemetery isolated from the skyscrapers of New York city in the background

 except on Halloween 
 when the dead 
 are invited 
 out 
 for a day 
 to 
 celebrate 

Halloween costumes: skeleton and gnoul


Sunday, October 18, 2015

Intuition Is The Gift, Reason The Servant by Rick Doble

  Intuition Is The Gift,  
  Reason The Servant  
(Text, design & research by Rick Doble. Photos and images from commons.wikimedia.org except as noted.)

There comes a point where the mind takes a leap 
— call it intuition or what you will — 
and comes out upon a higher plane of knowledge, 
but can never prove how it got there. 
All great discoveries have involved such a leap.
Albert Einstein

Rembrandt's etching of Dr. Faustus in his study
Rembrandt's etching of Dr. Faustus in his study, 
receiving an inspirational understanding.

 Before he called it "gravity" 
 before he did the math 
 Newton knew 
 what held things together 

Drawing form Isaac Newton's PhilosophiƦ Naturalis Principia Mathematica (1687)
From Isaac Newton's PhilosophiƦ Naturalis Principia Mathematica (1687)
in which he gave a detailed explanation of the forces of gravity.

 Before relativity 
 before his equations 
 Einstein 
 imagined chasing 
 a beam of light 

Shaft of light

 and understood - 
 what would take him a decade 
 to prove on paper 

Diagram of the Eath affected by the gravity of space-time
Einstein's universe in which space itself is affected by gravity.


Sunday, October 11, 2015

Eureka by Rick Doble

      EUREKA      

(Text, design & research by Rick Doble. Photos and images from commons.wikimedia.org except as noted.)

The eternal mystery of the world is its comprehensibility …
The fact that it is comprehensible is a miracle.
Albert Einstein

Moon and apple -- that Newton would compare

 Some live 
 for the apple moment: 

 When Isaac Newton 
 saw in a flash 
 that apple and moon 
 were one 
 and the same 

Pythagoras hearing the musical scale from blacksmith's hammers

 Pythagoras hearing 
 the harmony 
 of 
 blacksmith's hammers 


Archimedes taking a bath - the Eureka moment

 Archimedes 
 taking a bath 


An abstract painting by Kandinsky

 Kandinsky 
 seeing the world 
 abstractly 
 from a painting upside down 

 Einstein 
 chasing a beam of light 

Picture of Isaac Newton seeling an apple drop from a tree

 The Universe 
 split open 
 for a second 
 to let 
 one small creature 
 SEE 



Monday, October 5, 2015

Everyone Lies: Law & Order by Rick Doble

 LAW & ORDER: CRIMINAL INTENT 
 Quote from Bobby, Detective Robert Goren, played by Vincent D'Onofrio
(Text, research & design by Rick Doble. Pictures from commons.wikimedia.org)


 "Everyone lies" 
 Bobby says 

Long eared people from the original Italian Pinnocchio story: Pinocchio and Candlewick turn into donkeys.
Illustrations from "Le Avventure di Pinocchio, Atoria di un Burattino" 
(The Adventures of Pinocchio, Story of a Puppet), 
Carlo Collodi, Bemporad & Figlio, Firenze 1902. 
Caption: Pinocchio and Candlewick turn into donkeys.

 but if true, 
 most believe 
 their own stories 

Spray paint graffiti which reads: Don't believe their lies

 and most 
 are unaware 
 of their hidden lives