Week #7

ORDERED CHAOS

To me, life is defined by this. There really is so much out of our control. I find that I tend to like order. I often walk the same path to get somewhere. I tend to do my homework the same way every week. I am very strict with my bed time. I have a daily routine with my beloved dog which includes several different trails. When I think about my future; I try to stay very healthy and active. I eat well. I surround myself by wonderful people. I fill my brain with art and information. But if you asked me what I want more than anything out of life, my answer would be the same as its always been; I want to be a great mom and part of a healthy family. Well, there is no order to that. I am very single and childless. In all this chaos, I have to just trust the universe that one day, this dream will stumble upon me. There is nothing I can do but continue to try to be a good person. Perhaps karma plays a role in chaos.


FRACTALS AS PATTERNS OF COMPLEX SYSTEMS

I understand fractals to be parts of a whole. In a snowflake, there are many tiny forms that are replicated in larger forms of that same snowflake. Fractals are also used in that chaos theory. They can be present in a chaotic phenomena, such as as crystal formation. They are not really sure how crystals are formed, but they can find fractals in each specific crystal. It is neat to think about something with such detailed design be present in things that seem to be in chaos.


CONSCIOUSNESS OUT OF CHAOS

This statement rings very true for me. I have a very active mind, that is often debilitating. It seems that thoughts are racing by in all directions. In some way, it is how I best understand chaos. (I don't recommend it). Luckily I have been able to find a few things that help slow my mind down, qigong, hiking, watching movies, doing math and playing cards. But as I try to sleep, I often lie awake as these tools are not as reachable. It is best for me to be very deliberate to think about only one thing and force myself to stay on that topic and in a way control my conscious mind of all the chaos around it.


COOL EXPERIMENTS

I did the experiment with a spoon, fork and knife. Here are the findings:

The spoon: the spoon created two unique types of mirrors. When you looked at the back of it, it was a convex mirror, which showed objectsto be smaller than they really were. The front of the spoon was a concave mirror which made the objects both large and small, and also upside down and rightside up.

The fork: I tried to get the fork to make a tone, but I am afraid that perhaps I have cheap "silver" ware. Too bad. I will be sure to try it next time I eat out somewhere fancy.

The knife: The knife acted as a mirror as we know, but we don't know mirrors to move around so much. So by moving objects around the knife, and or moving the knife around you can get some really neat images in the mirror, sometimes that look nothing like the object that you are reflecting. This one was my favoire.