Sunday, January 31, 2010
Saturday, January 23, 2010
Sunday, January 17, 2010
Avatar
I have finally witnessed 'Avatar'. After seeing previews, I already knew I would like it. Then someone suggested me to watch it for she thought that it was my type; and beyond thoughts, it was!
I am not here to write a review, there are countless already, with praises and criticisms and technical analyses. I will just say how and what I feel about the movie and some of it's ideas.
Avatar is an absolute masterpiece. 3 hours in the theater were enchanting and after coming out, I wished someone could drive for me so I could just process, relax.
The movie is spiritual. I was delighted to be reminded that I named my comp in the insti "energy" - as in, the flow of energy across space and time, across places, people.
Tsaheylu - bonding. Neurons coming out of hair was new. I thought that it was interesting because they had to show some kind of physical contact between the two entities, or it would look like plane old telepathy. No electronic receptacles for living avatar through the DNA was not bad either. (Those Matrix plugs are still very cool by the way...)
There are so many other ideas I really liked and thought over, but for now, I'll just end this here and try to have a dream walk.
I am not here to write a review, there are countless already, with praises and criticisms and technical analyses. I will just say how and what I feel about the movie and some of it's ideas.
Avatar is an absolute masterpiece. 3 hours in the theater were enchanting and after coming out, I wished someone could drive for me so I could just process, relax.
The movie is spiritual. I was delighted to be reminded that I named my comp in the insti "energy" - as in, the flow of energy across space and time, across places, people.
Tsaheylu - bonding. Neurons coming out of hair was new. I thought that it was interesting because they had to show some kind of physical contact between the two entities, or it would look like plane old telepathy. No electronic receptacles for living avatar through the DNA was not bad either. (Those Matrix plugs are still very cool by the way...)
There are so many other ideas I really liked and thought over, but for now, I'll just end this here and try to have a dream walk.
Saturday, January 02, 2010
New game
Three things happened, not necessarily independent, that inspired me to get back into chess:-
1. Check out this beautiful interview with Richard Feynman on YouTube. In part 4 of the video, he pulls out a wonderfully brilliant analogy where he compares the universe to a chess board and natural laws to the rules of the game.
2. There is a book that I am reading these days, suggested by an insti senior, called The art of Learning. Author is a prodigal American chess player. He talks a lot about the game in the book. It is not technical but gives a psychological perspective.
3. The movie "Searching for Bobby Fischer" is based on a book by the same name. It is about the author of the above (The art....) book, Josh Waitzkin. Shows his experiences as he grew.
Last but not the least one of my favorite animes: Hikaru no Go is based on an ancient Chinese board game called Go, which always reminded me of chess.
I remember the time when I was a kid, learned the game with my Grandfather. Sadly I didn't keep up with the passion; hopefully this time I shall be serious. It is pointless to mention the beauty of the complexity the game has to offer. For now I can not come up with those good moves but just following good games and analyses generates good feeling.
1. Check out this beautiful interview with Richard Feynman on YouTube. In part 4 of the video, he pulls out a wonderfully brilliant analogy where he compares the universe to a chess board and natural laws to the rules of the game.
2. There is a book that I am reading these days, suggested by an insti senior, called The art of Learning. Author is a prodigal American chess player. He talks a lot about the game in the book. It is not technical but gives a psychological perspective.
3. The movie "Searching for Bobby Fischer" is based on a book by the same name. It is about the author of the above (The art....) book, Josh Waitzkin. Shows his experiences as he grew.
Last but not the least one of my favorite animes: Hikaru no Go is based on an ancient Chinese board game called Go, which always reminded me of chess.
I remember the time when I was a kid, learned the game with my Grandfather. Sadly I didn't keep up with the passion; hopefully this time I shall be serious. It is pointless to mention the beauty of the complexity the game has to offer. For now I can not come up with those good moves but just following good games and analyses generates good feeling.
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