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Tuesday, November 29, 2005
The Day I Cried
Songs, I guess, are like books. Every re-listening, like every re-reading, brings out something new. Try reading a book that you read five years ago and you are bound to discover more of what it says and what it has left unsaid. So you don't really extract the full value till you have read it again and again. It is the same with songs, I believe, especially Hindi songs, whose real meaning sinks in only after you, over the years, have gone through the joys or pains the lyricist might have experienced while writing that song.
Take Sahir Ludhianvi, for example. I rate him as the most sensitive lyricist Hindi cinema has ever seen. Gulzar is at times celebral, at times cute. Majrooh was certainly a pillar of the industry, but his poetry never stood out on its own. Anand Bakshi was the John Grisham of Bollywood. But Sahir made you agonise. The writer Amrita Pritam was so much in love with him that whenever he would pay her a visit, she, after he had left, would smoke the smoked cigarettes from the ashtray: just to feel him in her lungs.
In the movie Kabhie Kabhie, where Amitabh Bachchan plays a young poet who gives in to pressures of life, Sahir wrote the lyrics. Two of the songs, both sung by Mukesh, were about a poet: Main pal do pal ka shayar hoon and Main har ek pal ka shayar hoon.
The gist of the first song: I am a poet only for a moment or two. That's what I am all about. My youth is only for a moment or two. My existence is only for a moment or two. Tomorrow another poet will come, and you won't waste your time on me.
The gist of the second song: I am an eternal poet. Every moment will bear my story. I will live on for ever. My youth will be for ever.
I first saw Kabhie Kabhie when I was 15 or so, and the first song had made me sad. Life is so cruel, I thought, why does someone have to retire and make way for the new. So when the second song came on at the end of the movie, I was joyous: "Yay! That's the spirit. Never say die!" To me it was one of the happy songs which is replayed in the end after the bad guys have been bashed up and handed over to the police and the hero and the heroine go on to live happily ever after.
About 15 years later, at the age of 30, I heard both the songs again. I understood the lyrics better now. The first one was good, no doubt. After all, nobody is at the peak of greatness for ever: eventually you have to make way for others. But the second song, which had cheered me 15 years ago, now brought tears to my eyes. By the time Mukesh finished Main har ek pal ka shayar hoon, my cheeks were wet. The song actually talked about the inevitable -- and irreversible -- progression of life. It hammered home the truth about your mortality. And how beautifully!
In the movie, Amitabh Bachchan and Rakhee were in love, but they could not marry. Rakhee is married off to Shashi Kapoor and Amitabh marries a widow Waheeda Rahman, who already has a daughter. The daughter grows up to be Neetu Singh, who falls in love with Rishi Kapoor, the son of Shashi and Rakhee. In that context, Sahir's lyrics in the second song, which I was not old or experienced enough to understand then, hit you like a hammer:
Rishton ka roop badalta hai, buniyaaden khatam nahin hoteen
khwaabon aur umango kee miyanden khatam nahi hoteen;
Ek phool mein tera roop basaa, ek phool mein meri jawaani hai
ek chehra teri nishani hai, ek chehra meri nishani hai
And then:
Tujhko mujhko jeevan amrit ab in haaton se peena hain,
inki dhadkan mein basna hai, inkey saanson main jeena hai;
Too apni adaayen baksh inhey, main apni wafaayen deta hoon
jo apne liye sochi thhi kabhi, woh saari duaaen deta hoon.
I can try and translate the lines for people who do not understand Hindi or Urdu. But in cases like these, one does more justice to the poet/lyricist by giving the gist of what he has said instead of attempting a translation. And in this song, Sahir says: The face of a relationship might change but its foundation remains intact. Today two younger flowers might have replaced us, but one of them possesses your beauty and the other has the strength of my youth. We have to now drink the nectar of life from their hands; our heartbeats and breaths are now theirs. Give her your style, and I will give him my sense of fidelity. And together, let us wish them what we could not wish for ourselves.
In other words, we pass on everything to the next generation before we die. Sahir is long dead, and Amrita Pritam died recently. Tomorrow, we are going to get old and die too. But is our love strong enough to live through generations? I don't know. I don't know because I am yet to meet the other half who would constitute the "our". At the moment, when the number of drinks has multiplied ever since I started writing this, I just want somebody to hold my hand. Anyone out there?
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- Usha said...
just beautiful! For a good listener,every time a good song is played it is new and the experience is unique. My first impulse after reading your post is to acquire a dvd of the movie and experience what you have described.
You need a hand to hold you say but I say this post deserves a hug! - 9:22 AM
- Usha said...
ooppppsss.I just realised where you live and the moral police may object to any mention of hugging - "Officer, I swear it is a very motherly, sisterly: display of spontaneous affection!!!"
- Bishwanath Ghosh said...
Usha: Thank you so much. Am told some courier companies carry hugs as well. You can parcel me one. ;)
This was just beautiful...I m deeply moved by the sensitivity that you have poured in this post through words....
Listening to it....
kal tumse juda ho jaunga, jo aaj tumhara hissa hun... - 10:47 AM
- Bishwanath Ghosh said...
Anonymous: Thanks a tonne for reminding me of those lines as well.
- Akruti said...
Ya,i remember reading it somewhere " After his death, Amrita said she hoped the air mixed with the smoke of the butts would travel to the other world and meet Sahir! Such was their obsession and intensity."
No one ever can reach the heights of sahirs poetry,There is so much to explore,so much intensity,u keep reading it again and again and can feel the anguish,the pain,the suffering.Oh,how romantic he was in his words,i still can feel a kind of numbness when i hear his lines from kabhi kabhi.. but more than the song the poetry is touches me
"kabhii kabhii mere dil me.n Khayaal aataa hai...
ke zindagii terii zulfo.n kii narm chaao.n me.n
guzarane paatii to shaadaab ho bhii sakatii thii
ye tiirgii jo merii ziist kaa muqaddar hai
terii nazar kii shuaao.n me.n kho bhii sakatii thii"
and one more "dekhaa hai zindagii ko kuchh itanaa qariib se
chehare tamaam lagane lage hain ajiib se
is rengatii hayaat kaa kab tak uThaayen baar
biimaar ab ulajhane lage hai.n tabiib se....
I can go on and on,Well,then it would be liking spamming your comment box:)
Thankyou for the post,after a long time i came across a blog which shares my interest in music. wonderfully woven words.
Can i expect a post on GULZAR also:) For me he is next to god. - 7:36 PM
- Bishwanath Ghosh said...
Akruti: Thanks. You can expect one on Gulzar soon. He is almost a God for me too, more because he was a friend of Pancham :)
- Akruti said...
hahahaha,so my list of posts which i want you to write goes like this...Gulzar,Pancham da,Javedji,Kaifiazmi, Lataji,Hemantkumar,And then film maker Hrishikesh mukherji:)........Endless i would say
I ve become a fan of ur writing. I started looking ur blog after I read ur article in sunday magazine of NIE. Thank u very much. Im an amature writer. Written some articles in 'Shara a Laugh Column' of NIE, some poetry not yet published. If u ve time I would like to send one at ur convenience for ur critricism.
I never comment,maybe once this time.Wish could understand those beautiful lines in hindi.
p/s:Might as well include,THINK YOUR TOO HOT - 1:15 AM
- Sepiamniac said...
Beautiful post!But eternal hope, ideally, must make you smile not cry, buddy :)
- About Health Blog said...
So you don't really extract the full value
till you have read it again and again. - 3:45 PM
- Roshni said...
I spent this afternoon reading your blog. And I couldn't stop myself from commenting on this one.
I'm completely in love with your writing! - 6:13 PM
- Shridhar Shinde said...
BG sir.. once I see your name my mind is traveling to different places..persons.. incidents.. emotions..and to different worlds..like jhansi..yoga..Rayna cafe..Durga puja.. Ramana maharshi.. Varanasi..and after reading now Iam remembering how Marocharithra (Ek duje keliye) is entirely different when I watched it at diffy ages..and KVishwanaths film..and Puttanna Kanagal kannada movies.. just I want to stop now ..my mind is roaming again..your words are very much true.. thanks for sharing with such a painful experience..!

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Read the Sermon Trump Heard Before Becoming President…
President Trump attended a private religious service at St. John's Episcopal Church, across the street from the White House, as part of a modern Inauguration Day ritual.
The service was led by the Rev. Robert Jeffress, a Southern Baptist who campaigned hard for Trump during the closing months of the election.
Here is an exclusive transcript of Jeffress' sermon, which drew on the story of Nehemiah, a historical figure described in the Old Testament for rebuilding Jerusalem.
President-elect and Mrs. Trump, Vice-President-elect and Mrs. Pence, families and friends, it's an honor to be with you on this historic day.
President-elect Trump, I remember that it was exactly one year ago this weekend that I was with you on your Citation jet flying around Iowa before the first caucus or primary vote was cast. After our Wendy's cheeseburgers, I said that I believed that you would be the next President of the United States. And if that happened, it would be because God had placed you there.
As the prophet Daniel said, it is God who removes and establishes leaders.
Today, one year later God has raised you and Vice-President-elect Pence up for a great, eternal purpose.
When I think of you, President-elect Trump, I am reminded of another great leader God chose thousands of years ago in Israel. The nation had been in bondage for decades, the infrastructure of the country was in shambles, and God raised up a powerful leader to restore the nation. And the man God chose was neither a politician nor a priest. Instead, God chose a builder whose name was Nehemiah.
And the first step of rebuilding the nation was the building of a great wall. God instructed Nehemiah to build a wall around Jerusalem to protect its citizens from enemy attack. You see, God is NOT against building walls!
And the Old Testament book of Nehemiah records how Nehemiah completed that massive project in record time just 52 days.
Why was Nehemiah so successful in building the wall and rebuilding the nation?
I. Nehemiah Refused To Allow His Critics To Distract Him
Someone has said there are three guaranteed ways to avoid criticism: do nothing, say nothing, and be nothing.
Any true leader is going to face criticism.
President-elect Trump, you have had your share of critics from the day you announced you were running for President, but you've confounded them at every turn. First, they said you couldn't win the nomination, but you ended up garnering the most votes of any Republican in history. Then they said that was a fluke, but you couldn't win the election. And you handily defeated your opponent. And now your critics say you can't possibly succeed in your agenda.
Nehemiah had his own share of critics. Two of his chief antagonists were named Sanballat and Tobiah. They were the mainstream media of their day. They continued to hound and heckle Nehemiah and spread false rumors while he and the Israelites were building the wall.
At one point, they said, Nehemiah, you need to stop the project and come down from the wall and have a meeting with us.
Nehemiah's response was classic: I'm doing a great work . . . why should I stop the work and come down to you? (Nehemiah 6:3).
President-elect Trump, you, Vice President-elect Pence, and your team have been called by God and elected by the people to do a great work. It is a work far too important to stop and answer your critics.
II. Nehemiah Refused To Allow Setbacks To Stop Him
As you read through Nehemiah's journal, you'll find that he faced tremendous obstacles as he attempted to rebuild the nation: an economic recession, terrorist attacks from enemies, and discouragement among the citizens.
But none of those setbacks was enough to stop Nehemiah.
Some years ago two sports commentators on television were discussing the late Hall of Famer Walter Peyton, the running back for the Chicago Bears. One commentator said, Can you believe that during his career Peyton has run more than nine miles with a football?
The other commentator replied, What is even more amazing is that every 3.8 yards of those nine miles Peyton got knocked down by a guy twice his size! But he got back up every time and kept moving forward in spite of those bruising hits and hard knocks.
President Trump, you, your team and your families are going to face some bruising setbacks. But remember…
The true measure of a leader is what it takes to stop him. And knowing you, I believe it's going to take a lot to stop you.
III. Nehemiah Sought God's Help To Empower Him
Nehemiah was a gifted leader, but he knew he could not succeed without God's divine help. And that is why as he began the great work, Nehemiah knelt before God and prayed:
O Lord, let your ear be attentive to the prayer of this your servant who delights in revering your name. Give your servant success today . . . (Nehemiah 1:11)
Mr. President-elect, I don't believe we have ever had a president with as many natural gifts as you. As you know, the reason I endorsed you within weeks of your announcement that you were running was because I believed that you were the only candidate who possessed the leadership skills necessary to reverse the downward trajectory of our nation.
And beginning with Vice President-elect Pence great and godly man you've assembled an unbelievably talented group of advisers around you.
But the challenges facing our nation are so great that it will take more than natural ability to meet them. We need God's supernatural power.
The good news is that the same God who empowered Nehemiah nearly 2500 years ago is available to every one of us today who is willing to humble himself and ask for His help.
God says in Psalm 50:15 Call upon Me in the day of trouble I shall rescue you and you will honor Me.
When President Ronald Reagan addressed the Republican National Convention in my city of Dallas in 1984 he said, America needs God more than God needs America. If we ever forget that we are one nation under God, then we will be a nation gone under.
President-elect Trump, you had a campaign slogan that resonated with tens of millions of Americans because it spoke to their heartfelt desire: Make America Great Again.
Psalm 33:12 gives us the starting point for making that happen: Blessed great is the nation whose God is the Lord.
May God bless President-elect Trump, Vice-President-elect Pence, their families and advisers. And may God truly bless the United States of America.


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The controversy about whether photography is art is one that has been raging in the art world for a long time and we are not likely to totally solve it here. But it can be an important decision you have to make if you are considering a career in photography with the goal of producing quality art works. If that is where you are, the idea that someone would say "That's not art, you just took a picture" is pretty disturbing. So it's worth looking at the question from several different angles before we pick which side to weigh in on.
Of course, art is a subjective thing. Many people would look at a Jackson Pollack "splatter" artwork and determine most definitely that modern art is not art because it "doesn't look like anything." And if you spend any time in the modern art world, you will definitely see something at some time along the way occupying space in a perfectly respectable art museum that, to you, could never be considered art.
So is it just a matter of opinion? To some extent, yes. But there is an art world and an industry behind it that depend on there being some standards upon which art is judged. One such standard is the intent of the artist. If you produce a photograph or an art work derived from a photograph that is intended to be viewed as art, then the viewer is obligated to try to see the artistic merit in it. Whether the viewer sees that merit or not may depend on the viewer's abilities, how good you are at getting your artistic message across or many other factors.
But just wanting something to be art doesn't make it art does it? As a layman in the art world, I sometimes go with the "I don't know art but I know what I like" system of evaluating pieces I see. Art, after all, has a tendency to touch us in another place that is above and beyond the image. It is an emotional place, a place of reflection and understanding. Maybe we would say it touches our "soul". For a work to be art, there should be a message, a feeling, a reason the artist made the work because he or she wanted to say something, even if how I interpret the statement is different than what the artist meant.
So that might also be an evaluation of a photograph as to its artistic merit or not. Now the primary objection to whether photography is art sometimes is that a photograph is often a realistic depiction of a moment taken with a machine and some would say that "anybody can take a picture." The implication is that the same mechanical skill it might take to paint a picture of sculpt a statue is not needed for photographic art.
It's true that the mechanical skill that the guy at Wal-Mart might need to take baby pictures may be the same as a great photographic artist might need. But the objection doesn't hold up because the same human language is used to create great poetry as it takes yell out obscenities at a baseball game. So it isn't the skill that makes it art.
Good evidence comes from the credit some great art experts have given to photographic exhibitions in the fine museums in the world. The very fact that photography is considered art by those who know may be evidence enough. So the conclusion must be that because the arguments against the artistic value of photographs are weak and people who know consider photography to be art, then we are safe in viewing what we do artistically too. And that opens up that side of your soul to express yourself through the medium you love the most – photography.


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The Master discusses with his disciples and unveil his preoccupations with society. Tr. Legge (en), Lau (en) and Couvreur (fr).
Confucius in bed, at home, hearing thunder, &c.
[...] 2. When he saw any one in a mourning dress, though it might be an acquaintance, he would change countenance; when he saw any one wearing the cap of full dress, or a blind person, though he might be in his undress, he would salute him in a ceremonious manner.
3. To any person in mourning he bowed forward to the crossbar of his carriage; he bowed in the same way to any one bearing the tables of population.
4. When he was at an entertainment where there was an abundance of provisions set before him, he would change countenance and rise up.
5. On a sudden clap of thunder, or a violent wind, he would change countenance.
Legge X.16.
When he met a bereaved person in mourning dress, even though it was someone he was on familiar terms with, he invariably assumed a solemn expression. When he met someone wearing a ceremonial cap or someone blind, even though they were well-known to him, he invariably showed them respect.
On passing a person dressed as a mourner he would lean forward with his hands on the cross-bar of his carriage to show respect; he would act in a similar manner towards a person carrying official documents.
When a sumptuous feast was brought on, he invariably assumed a solemn expression and rose to his feet.
When there was a sudden clap of thunder or a violent wind, he invariably assumed a solemn attitude.
Lau [10:25]
[...] Lorsqu'il voyait un homme en deuil, fût-ce un ami intime, il prenait un air de compassion. Lorsqu'il voyait un homme en bonnet de cérémonie ou un aveugle, même en particulier, il ne manquait pas de lui donner une marque de respect. Lorsqu'il était en char, s'il voyait un homme en grand deuil, il s'inclinait jusqu'à la barre d'appui. S'il rencontrait un homme portant les tablettes du cens, il s'inclinait de la même manière. Quand on lui avait préparé un grand festin, il se levait et remerciait le maître de la maison. Quand le tonnerre grondait ou que le vent se déchaînait, il blêmissait.
Couvreur X.15.
The Analects of Confucius – Lun Yu X. 25. (265) – Chinese on/off – Français/English
Alias the Lunyu, the Lun Yü, the Analects, les Entretiens du maître avec ses disciples.
The Book of Odes, The Analects, Great Learning, Doctrine of the Mean, Three-characters book, The Book of Changes, The Way and its Power, 300 Tang Poems, The Art of War, Thirty-Six Strategies
Welcome, help, notes, introduction, table.
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Utilizing state-of-the-art technology that mimics the visual effects of a black hole, artist Diemut Strebe plans to make a $2 million, 16.78-carat yellow diamond disappear at the New York Stock Exchange on September 13.
The normally colorful and reflective diamond will be reduced to a flat black spot.
To pull off her stunning illusion, Strebe has teamed up with scientist Brian Wardle of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where Strebe is the artist-in-residence. Wardle is credited with developing a substance made of carbon nanotubes that absorbs 99.965% of light, creating the blackest black material on earth.
With the diamond shrouded in this material, it will cast no shadows and lose dimensionality — rendering it virtually invisible to the naked eye. It's the closest thing to experiencing a black hole on earth. With no light reflected back from the object, one's brain paints it as pure black.
Interestingly, the diamond and its nanotube shroud are both composed of the same element — carbon — but present the opposite extremes when exposed to light. Diamonds are extraordinarily reflective, while the carbon nanotubes are unusually light-absorptive.
A few years ago, "Vantablack" made news when it was introduced as a carbon nanotube-based material that absorbed 99.6% of light.
The sole right to use Vantablack was acquired by British sculptor Anish Kapoor, which sparked a controversy among other artists who wished to work with it. Since then, Wardle developed a different composition of carbon nanotubes, which will be available for any artist to use.
Strebe's art installation, called "The Redemption of Vanity," will be on view at the New York Stock Exchange from September 13 to November 25. It will be presented in coordination with the MIT Center for Art, Science & Technology (CAST), the MIT Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics and the MIT necstlab.
See CNN's November 2017 coverage of the "darkest thing on Earth" at this link…
Credits: Yellow diamond by MJT Symbolic [CC BY-SA 4.0], via Wikimedia Commons. NYSE by Kamel15 [CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons. Screen captures via YouTube.com/CNN.
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Perlin noise in two dimensions, generated using the code below. |
Perlin Noise
If you've worked with 3D graphics programs, you're already well familiar with Ken Perlin's famous noise function (which gives rise to so-called Perlin noise). The code for it looks a little scary, but intuitively it's an easy function to understand. Let's take the 2D case (although you can generate Perlin noise for any number of dimensions). Imagine that you have a 256-pixel-square image (blank, all white). Now, imagine that I come along and tell you to mark the canvas off into 32 rows and 32 columns of 8x8-pixel squares. Further imagine that I ask you to assign a random grey value to each square. You've now got a kind of checkerboard pattern of random greys.
What differentiates Perlin noise from random checkboard noise is that in Perlin's case, the color values are interpolated smoothly from the center of each tile outward, in such a way that you don't see an obvious gridlike pattern. In other words, when you cross a tile boundary, you want the slope of the pixel intensity to be constant (no discontinuities). You can visualize the end result if you took the 32x32 random checkboard pattern and passed it through a Gaussian blur a few times. Pretty soon, you wouldn't even be able to tell that gridlines ever existed in the first place. That's the idea with Perlin noise. You want to interpolate colors from one block to the next in such a way that there are no discontinuities at the cell boundaries. It turns out this requirement can be met in quite a variety of ways (by using cubic splines, quartics, or even sine- or cosine-based interpolation between squares, for example; or by using Perlin's gain() function). There's no one "correct" way to do it.
I'd love to be able to link to a good Perlin noise tutorial on the Web, but so far I haven't found one that doesn't try to conflate fractal noise, turbulence, and other topics with Perlin noise. The best treatment I've come across, frankly, is (not surprisingly) in Perlin's own Texturing and Modeling book (which is truly a first-rate book, "must reading" for graphics programmers).
Fortunately, Ken Perlin has done all the hard work for us in writing the necessary interpolation (and other) code for noise(), and he has kindly provided a 3D reference implementation of the noise() function in highly optimized Java. I ported his code to JavaScript (see below) and I'm happy to say it works very well in a canvas environment (as we'll see in tomorrow's post, right here). It's reasonably fast, too. In fact, it's so fast that there's no need to fall back to a 2D version for better speed. This is good, because the 3D version gives you added versatility in case you decide you want to animate your noise in the time domain.
Usage of Perlin's function is very straightforward. It takes 3 arguments (in Java, these are double-precision floating point numbers -- which is fine, because in JavaScript all numbers are IEEE-754 double-precision floating point numbers, under the covers). The way the function is usually used, the first two arguments correspond to the x and y coordinate values of a pixel in 2-space. If you're working in 3-space, the third argument is the z-value. In 2-space, you can call the noise() function with the third argument set to whatever you like. If you're doing a 2D animation and want the texture to animate in real time, you can link the third argument (that z-value) to a time-based index, and the texture will animate smoothly, because you are, in effect, sampling closely spaced slices of a 3D noise space.
The return value from noise() is a double-precision floating point number in the range 0..1. Actually, in Perlin's original code, the return value can range from -1 to 1.0, but in my JavaScript port (below), I clamp the return to 0..1. Here's the code:
// This is a port of Ken Perlin's Java code. The // original Java code is at http://cs.nyu.edu/%7Eperlin/noise/. // Note that in this version, a number from 0 to 1 is returned. PerlinNoise = new function() { this.noise = function(x, y, z) { var p = new Array(512) var permutation = [ 151,160,137,91,90,15, 131,13,201,95,96,53,194,233,7,225,140,36,103,30,69,142,8,99,37,240,21,10,23, 190, 6,148,247,120,234,75,0,26,197,62,94,252,219,203,117,35,11,32,57,177,33, 88,237,149,56,87,174,20,125,136,171,168, 68,175,74,165,71,134,139,48,27,166, 77,146,158,231,83,111,229,122,60,211,133,230,220,105,92,41,55,46,245,40,244, 102,143,54, 65,25,63,161, 1,216,80,73,209,76,132,187,208, 89,18,169,200,196, 135,130,116,188,159,86,164,100,109,198,173,186, 3,64,52,217,226,250,124,123, 5,202,38,147,118,126,255,82,85,212,207,206,59,227,47,16,58,17,182,189,28,42, 223,183,170,213,119,248,152, 2,44,154,163, 70,221,153,101,155,167, 43,172,9, 129,22,39,253, 19,98,108,110,79,113,224,232,178,185, 112,104,218,246,97,228, 251,34,242,193,238,210,144,12,191,179,162,241, 81,51,145,235,249,14,239,107, 49,192,214, 31,181,199,106,157,184, 84,204,176,115,121,50,45,127, 4,150,254, 138,236,205,93,222,114,67,29,24,72,243,141,128,195,78,66,215,61,156,180 ]; for (var i=0; i < 256 ; i++) p[256+i] = p[i] = permutation[i]; var X = Math.floor(x) & 255, // FIND UNIT CUBE THAT Y = Math.floor(y) & 255, // CONTAINS POINT. Z = Math.floor(z) & 255; x -= Math.floor(x); // FIND RELATIVE X,Y,Z y -= Math.floor(y); // OF POINT IN CUBE. z -= Math.floor(z); var u = fade(x), // COMPUTE FADE CURVES v = fade(y), // FOR EACH OF X,Y,Z. w = fade(z); var A = p[X ]+Y, AA = p[A]+Z, AB = p[A+1]+Z, // HASH COORDINATES OF B = p[X+1]+Y, BA = p[B]+Z, BB = p[B+1]+Z; // THE 8 CUBE CORNERS, return scale(lerp(w, lerp(v, lerp(u, grad(p[AA ], x , y , z ), // AND ADD grad(p[BA ], x-1, y , z )), // BLENDED lerp(u, grad(p[AB ], x , y-1, z ), // RESULTS grad(p[BB ], x-1, y-1, z ))),// FROM 8 lerp(v, lerp(u, grad(p[AA+1], x , y , z-1 ), // CORNERS grad(p[BA+1], x-1, y , z-1 )), // OF CUBE lerp(u, grad(p[AB+1], x , y-1, z-1 ), grad(p[BB+1], x-1, y-1, z-1 ))))); } function fade(t) { return t * t * t * (t * (t * 6 - 15) + 10); } function lerp( t, a, b) { return a + t * (b - a); } function grad(hash, x, y, z) { var h = hash & 15; // CONVERT LO 4 BITS OF HASH CODE var u = h<8 ? x : y, // INTO 12 GRADIENT DIRECTIONS. v = h<4 ? y : h==12||h==14 ? x : z; return ((h&1) == 0 ? u : -u) + ((h&2) == 0 ? v : -v); } function scale(n) { return (1 + n)/2; } }
So let's say you have a function that marches through all the pixel values in an image, and you want to use this code. You need the x and y coordinates of the pixel, the width of the image (as w), and the height (as h). Then you could do something like:
x /= w; y /= h; // normalize size = 10; // pick a scaling value n = PerlinNoise.noise( size*x, size*y, .8 ); r = g = b = Math.round( 255 * n );
Here, the z-argument is arbitrarily set to .8, but it could just as well be set to zero or whatever you like. You can fiddle with size to get a result that's visually pleasing (it will vary considerably, depending on the effect that you're trying to achieve). If you're animating the texture, the next time-step might set the z-arg to 0.9, say, instead of 0.8.
In the example given above, we're setting r = g = b, which of course gives a grey pixel. The overall result looks like the picture at the top of this post. In fact, that image was generated using the code shown above.
Perlin's justly famous noise function is enormously versatile (and a ton of fun to play with). As I say, the most authoritative, in-depth discussion of it occurs in Perlin's Texturing and Modeling book. We'll see more colorful uses of the noise() function in tomorrow's blog. Don't miss it!


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Friday, June 10, 2011
Tuscan Inspiration
It was fun to free piece and put this together for her. I so hope that it works in her kitchen.
Can you believe it's Friday already? Enjoy the weekend! Happy sewing!
30 comments:
- Karen - Quilts...etc. said...
I like how this is quilted - very interesting texture to it.
http://karensquilting.com/blog/ - June 10, 2011 at 7:32 AM
- Tina Craig said...
I'm sure Sharon will love it! And it would look great in my kitchen, too.
- June 10, 2011 at 7:46 AM
- The Calico Cat said...
It may be Friday, but it is still only a quarter till 9...
(I've been at work since 5, but it feels like it should at least be noon by now...) - June 10, 2011 at 7:48 AM
- Contented Caroline said...
Love it Jacqui and I'm sure your friends kitchen will look superb with this new addition - maybe I need to have a go at this modern piecing.
- June 10, 2011 at 7:58 AM
- Jan said...
That quilting zig-zag is really cool!! I laughed out loud at swapping Paula for Bobby!!
p.s. no, i can't believe it's Friday! ack. - June 10, 2011 at 8:03 AM
- Jewel said...
Wow... she better like it :) I would make it fit my kitchen :) have a great weekend.
- June 10, 2011 at 8:05 AM
- Cecily said...
Gosh that's gorgeous!
- June 10, 2011 at 8:14 AM
- Jeni Baker said...
So pretty! Love the quilting! :)
- June 10, 2011 at 8:27 AM
- Needled Mom said...
That looks wonderful and I love the color choices.
- June 10, 2011 at 8:28 AM
- connie said...
Oh, my she is so lucky!!! You did an incredible job!!!
- June 10, 2011 at 8:55 AM
- Glen QuiltSwissy said...
Very nice. I love the way you separated the colors with the light solids. Did those come with the scraps of did you add them later?
glen - June 10, 2011 at 9:07 AM
Love it! What a beautiful runner.
- June 10, 2011 at 9:13 AM
- Browndirtcottage said...
Well, it's LOVE I'm feelin' for this little cutie!!! Wow, what a great creation sprang forth!! I would take it in a New York minute, yes indeed!!
I scrolled through and caught up on your projects and now am I'm truly inspired!!! Your B/W/Red squares had me drooling and smacking my lips!!!
I thought about you many times during the siege of bad weather, and I'm sooooo glad you guys are ok and have shelter to retreat into! - June 10, 2011 at 9:42 AM
- sukie said...
Great idea for a swap!!!
- June 10, 2011 at 9:52 AM
- Carla said...
Yours was one of my favorite project, Jacquie!
- June 10, 2011 at 10:31 AM
- Katherine said...
Fantastic, Jaquie! I always adore scrappy projects and yours is so fun. Especially like the texture created by your quilting.
- June 10, 2011 at 10:46 AM
- Elsa said...
gosh the runner is beautiful! So inspiring. I've been working with solids lately and just love what comes from them.
Thanks for the inspiration. - June 10, 2011 at 11:36 AM
- www.randomthoughtsdoordi.com said...
i love it. The colors and quilting are beautiful. The random piecing lovely!
- June 10, 2011 at 12:01 PM
- Miki Willa said...
Beautiful table runner. I really like the quilting. It gives the piece such an interesting texture.
- June 10, 2011 at 12:15 PM
- Jan said...
Just Fabulous! Great quilting, too, and such a cool idea for a swap.
- June 10, 2011 at 12:38 PM
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wooo! Neat-o!
~Monika in Canada - June 10, 2011 at 2:36 PM
- Sharon said...
Jacquie, It DOES look great in my kitchen! Thank you so much! I'll send you a picture soon. I'd love to learn how you did the perfect wavy quilting.
- June 10, 2011 at 3:57 PM
- Poppyprint said...
Super cool - what a fun swap idea!
- June 10, 2011 at 5:28 PM
- Sherrill said...
The table runner is gorgeous and the quilting on it is AWESOME! How'dja do that? LOL
- June 10, 2011 at 7:55 PM
- Judy in Michigan said...
Love it - it would look fab in my kitchen too!!
- June 10, 2011 at 8:05 PM
- Katie @SwimBikeQuilt said...
Love the quilting!!!
- June 10, 2011 at 11:12 PM
- Suzanne said...
I echo the comment about the quilting. It's great!
- June 11, 2011 at 6:52 AM
- skye said...
The piecing is so fun & the quilting is just great! She will love it, I'm sure!
- June 11, 2011 at 7:57 AM
- Judy said...
I love the way the quilting adds texture to your table runner!
- June 11, 2011 at 9:11 PM
- MightyMom said...
what a super fun idea!!
love the quilting on that one! - June 21, 2011 at 5:32 AM


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TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran on Thursday directly blamed a CIA official for a week of protests calling for the overthrow of the Islamic Republic, as the strength of the demonstrations was uncertain with fewer reports of rallies.
The Trump administration has denied having any hand in the protests, and the CIA declined to comment.
It wasn't immediately clear if the drop in reports of new demonstrations challenging Iran's theocratic government meant the protests were subsiding or that the authorities' blocking of social media apps has managed to stop protesters from offering new images of rallies.
The demonstrations, which began Dec. 28 over the country's struggling economy, have been the largest in Iran since the disputed 2009 presidential election. At least 21 people have been killed and hundreds arrested.
The CIA accusation came from Iran's prosecutor general, Mohammad Jafar Montazeri, in a story by the state-run IRNA news agency. Montazeri alleged the official headed an operation that received intelligence support from Israel and financing from Saudi Arabia — Iran's two biggest regional adversaries.
Montazeri said the CIA official sought help from exiled Iranian groups and prepared for various scenarios that included protesting the high cost of living and financial demands on the elderly.
The plot focused on fomenting dissent from the countryside to shake Tehran, Montazeri said. He alleged the CIA planned to turn the protest into an "armed" insurrection by mid-February, the anniversary of the 1979 Islamic Revolution.
The Associated Press is not publishing identifying details about the CIA official because the official may be an agent of its clandestine service.
A senior Trump administration official on Wednesday disputed the notion that the U.S. played any role in the protests, saying it had not expected them to occur.
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Iranian suspicion of the CIA stretches back to 1953, when the CIA and the British executed the coup that overthrew its elected prime minister and cemented the rule of the American-backed shah.
The prosecutor's comments appeared aimed at discrediting protests that raised real questions about the challenges faced in Iran even after its 2015 nuclear deal with world powers. While many Iranians have denounced the violence that has accompanied some demonstrations, they echo the protesters' frustration over the weak economy and official corruption.
On Thursday, thousands again rallied in support of the government in dozens of towns and cities, including in the northeastern city of Mashhad, where the anti-government protests began and extended to other cities.
State television repeatedly broadcast nationalistic songs and described the pro-government rallies as an "answer to rioters and supporters to the riot." That appeared to be a reference to President Donald Trump, who has tweeted several times in support of the anti-government rallies.
At the same time, Interior Minister Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli said about 42,000 people at most took part in the week of protests, saying they went on as long as they did because of the "leniency, restrain, tolerance and interaction" of the government. He did not elaborate.
Fazli's comments marked the first government estimate of participation in the protests and appeared timed so authorities could contrast it against the mass crowds brought together for the pro-government demonstrations.
In Moscow, a top Russian diplomat warned the U.S. not to meddle in Iran's affairs and suggested that Washington wants to use the unrest to undermine the Iran nuclear agreement.
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Ryabkov also said Washington "is tempted to use the moment to raise new issues with regard to the JCPOA," the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action that limits Iran's nuclear program, including restricting uranium enrichment for 10 years, in exchange for lifting economic sanctions. Vice President Mike Pence said Wednesday the U.S. wants an agreement lasting longer.
It remains difficult for journalists and outsiders to piece together what's happening beyond Tehran, as Iran is a vast country of 80 million and travel there is restricted. The government also has blocked the messaging app Telegram, which protesters have used to organize their demonstrations and share photos and video. The government allowed access to Instagram to resume Thursday.
Senior Trump administration officials have acknowledged their surprise that the protests took hold so quickly.
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The officials said they believed conservative opponents of President Hassan Rouhani, a relative moderate within Iran's clerically overseen government, started the demonstrations in Mashhad, but quickly lost control of them. That largely mirrors analysts' beliefs.
The officials also said internet suppression by Iranian authorities made it difficult for protesters to publish their videos, with an upload sometimes taking all day. They said the U.S. government is still looking at its options at helping open up the internet, although no decision has been taken yet.
Among the few videos to reach the outside world Thursday was one showing long convoys of anti-riot police vehicles heading into the countryside of central Iran.
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While a short miss on the final green denied him a share of the clubhouse lead, Rory McIlroy had plenty of reason to smile after opening the BMW PGA Championship with a 5-under 67.
McIlroy won the European Tour's flagship event in memorable fashion in 2014, erasing a seven-shot deficit on the final day. But the West Course at Wentworth has otherwise been a house of horrors for the Ulsterman, as he missed the cut in his three other appearances since 2012 and has played the course in a combined 10 over in his eight career appearances.
This marks his first return to the event since 2015, and he's now one shot off the early pace after a round that at times offered glimpses of his commanding form from recent years.
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"I think I did everything pretty well," McIlroy said. "I drove the ball much better, put the ball in play off the tee a lot more than I've done the last couple weeks, so that's been really good. I thought I gave myself a lot of chances, and I took most of them."
McIlroy started slowly, and a bogey on No. 9 after a poor approach from the middle of the fairway meant he made the turn in just 1 under. But he got that dropped shot back on the next hole, then added birdies on Nos. 14 and 16 to climb up the leaderboard. He appeared poised to add at least one more tally, but was unable to birdie either of the two closing par-5s at Wentworth including a miss from inside 4 feet on No. 18.
"A little frustrated that I couldn't get a birdie or two out of the last couple holes, but overall a really good start," he said.
Making his first start since a missed cut at The Players Championship, McIlroy sits two shots behind Lucas Bjerregaard with hopes for "more of the same" from his game over the weekend on a course that has often had his number.
"If I can hit the ball like I did today over the next three days," McIlroy said, "I think I'll be right there."
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NEW YORK – Deron Williams' confidence is sky high and he's taking the Brooklyn Nets along for the ride.
With the Nets' winning streak in jeopardy, Williams scored 23 points, 11 in the final six minutes, to lead Brooklyn to a 104-99 victory over the Charlotte Bobcats on Wednesday night.
The Nets were trailing 85-82 midway through the fourth quarter following Josh McRoberts' dunk and free throw.
That's when Williams took over.
He hit a driving layup with 6:00 left, then a 3-pointer on the next possession. He followed that with a steal and two free throws to give the Nets an 89-85 lead with 5:22 remaining.
The home team never trailed again in registering its 10th straight win at the Barclays Center.
"My confidence is getting back. That's a good thing for me," said Williams, who also had eight assists. "I tend to play well when my confidence is high. I just have to keep it there."
Joe Johnson had 20 points for the Nets. Shaun Livingston finished with 17 and Andray Blatche had 13. Thornton and Mason Plumlee each had 11.
"He (Williams) has been clutch the last month or so," Plumlee said. "He's made a lot of big plays in some of these wins. He has more bounce to his step."
Al Jefferson led Charlotte with 18 points and 12 rebounds, and Gary Neal added 17 points.
After Williams' streak put the Nets ahead, the Bobcats managed to pull within 97-95 on Neal's 3-pointer with 1:33 left.
After Paul Pierce hit a free throw with 1:18 remaining, Kemba Walker missed on a 3-point attempt and Williams followed with a foul line jumper with 37 seconds left to give the Nets a 100-95 lead.
"Deron took control of the game and made plays on both ends," coach Jason Kidd said. "He's making all the right basketball plays and not settling."
After Shaun Livingston hit a free throw with 21 seconds, Neal hit another 3-pointer to bring the Bobcats to within 101-98 with 17 seconds left.
Then Williams hit two more free throws with 16 seconds remaining to help clinch the win.
"I took what the defense game me," Williams said. "They made their run and we needed to make one back. I just happened to be a big part of that, but it could have been any of us."
The Nets took their biggest lead of the game at 38-25 on Marcus Thornton's 3-pointer with 8:19 left in the first half.
The Bobcats' began the game on a 6-0 run, their largest lead of the night.
The Nets finished the game with only seven turnovers, tied for their lowest this season. The Bobcats committed 15, five in the fourth quarter.
"Turnovers were the biggest difference in the game," Charlotte coach Steve Clifford said. "We had a couple of unforced ones late that were at key times."
Chris Douglas-Roberts and Gerald Henderson scored 13 points each for the Bobcats. Cody Zeller had 10.
"That's the Deron we're used to seeing," Blatche said. "His confidence is high. He's playing great and carrying this team."
NOTES: The Nets haven't lost at home since Jan. 31 against Oklahoma City . Brooklyn's home winning streak is longest current streak in the NBA and is the franchise's longest since the New Jersey Nets won 12 straight Dec. 16, 2005-Feb. 8, 2006 . Brooklyn has beaten Charlotte nine of the last 10 meetings, with the Bobcats' only victory during that span coming on Nov. 20, 2013. Before that, Charlotte hadn't won in the series since April 11, 2011.


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The World Health Organization says an outbreak of suspected Ebola in eastern Congo has infected at least 15 people, 10 of whom died.
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I've seen a few of these before, but never the phone charging kit. Interesting.
Have you seen the solar panels with charging adapters for various items?
Since I became a father, my household's battery consumption has quadrupled. It seems like we're always running out of batteries, or batteries go "missing" from my tools, flashlights and other household items to make their way inside one of a dozen Fisher Price toys. I swear, Duracell and Energizer have some kind of secret deal going with the big toy companies.
Anyway, I decided to take a look at a few products that have replaced batteries with something else. Be it a dynamo or kinetic energy or solar power, these are my top SIX picks of the battery-free products out there. Let's all raise our glasses to lower proft margins for the drum-banging bunny this year.
1:Dynamo Illuminator Wind-up LED Flashlight
Simply turn the handle for just one minute and get one hour of continuous light. Ideal for the car or the emergency flashlight in your home, and it's cheap at less than $12.
2: Grundig FR200 Emergency Radio (Red)
This one's a little harder work, giving you just 10 minutes of radio time for 1 minute of cranking. However, after reading over 100 reviews it seems as though people don't mind this fact because the thing is built like a bomb shelter. And if you consider when you need to use a gadget like this, maybe in something like a Katrina situation, I'll take some cranking work in exchange for a functioning connection to the outside world. Less than $40.
3: Eureka! Solar Intent Large 6-person Tent with Interior Lighting
I'm still impressed by this piece of equipment. A six-person solar-powered tent that gives you beautiful light at night and also charges batteries for you. It's 11ft x 11ft, 6ft 6" tall and also has a window and 3 vents. It's also not much more expensive than regualr tents of the same size, coming in at $230.
4: Reliance Solar Spray Shower
As we're on the subject of camping, say goodbye to cold showers. This handy 5-gallon shower comes with solar panels to heat the water. Just hang it in the sun for around 2.5 hours and then enjoy a nice hot shower in less than favorable weather. At just $10, it's an affordable luxury away from home.
5: Rustek Athena Mobile Phone Charger
How many times has your phone gone dead on you? Well, if you're out and about this could be a handy thing to keep around. Using a dynamo it allows you to basically "wind up" your cell phone and start talking again. This one comes with adaptors for most phones and is under $25. I found others that also have lights and radios built in, but I say get something that is made for the job at hand.
6: Men's Seiko Kinetic Bilingual calendar SKJ262
I've never liked wind-up watches because my memory sucks. If I forget to wind, I could have a dead watch on me. And I hate that. Of course, batteries are more reliable but they die aswell. So for me, Kinetic watches are the way to go and Seiko is a great name to rely on. Most come in at around the $300 mark, but I found this beauty for $120 brand new. Fossil supposedly make a Kinetic line, too.
On my travel I also discovered items like the wireless battery-free optical mouse and even a clockwork vibrator, but alas I could find no-one who stocked either. But watch this space.
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I've seen a few of these before, but never the phone charging kit. Interesting.
Have you seen the solar panels with charging adapters for various items?
Casio also has a solar line, I own one of these watches.
Tough as nails, solar powered and other bells and whistles for $80.
I should get one of those shower things for my house. I live in a communal building and someone is always shutting off the water heater!!
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i got that mobile phone charging kit and it was about 4 pounds. but it does not work. the connectors dont fit all phones (like sony ericsson). plus it seems to work better with older generation nokias only. also you need to be very precise while rotating the handle. it has to be done at a particular speed and you need to maintain the speed. on a fiddly item like this it is difficult to do that. so i think it is a waste
the solar tent seems like a good idea. anyone used it before?
Thank you so much for sharing all of the the above cool "no batteries needed" gadgetwith us. All would be great to buy for yourself or even give as a gift to a loved one who seems to already have everything to put in their household or emergency kit or for those that like camping.
Kinetic watches are great but solar powered ones in my opinion are just as good and less expensive. I've been wearing a solar powered watch made by Pulsar for about 10 years. I initially thought I would have to make a special effort to make sure the watch got enough sunlight to keep it going but I found that the watch gets enough power without me paying any attention at all to the amount of light it receives. It is also extremely accurate.
Just a minor correction, the solar shower does not have solar panels (photovoltaic cells). It is simply made of dark, heat-absorbing material, so, just as a car with a black paint job becomes stiflingly hot after an hour at the grocery store, the solar shower acts as an oven heating the water inside. Furthermore, if it used photovoltaic cells, the cost for the unit would be considerably greater than $10.
Six items I'll never use. Still paying homage to the E.B. My list of items that don't need batteries.
Tennis Shoes
Bottle of Beer
Tylenol (tm)
Steak Knife
With a toddler, I too am experiencing the rise in battery use in my household. I was excited to see that you had a list of alternative options, but disappointed that really only the flashlight would be much fun for my two year old.
Can you make any suggestions of alternative energy toys that do things battery powered toys do without the battery requirement?
Meanwhile, don't fret too much. We have swapped to a wholly rechargable battery household, so much less landfill waste.


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If you get your wisdom teeth out, don't worry! The dentist won't be removing your good sense. The name for your third molars, a.k.a. your wisdom teeth, comes from when they show up in your mouth. Wisdom teeth typically appear around age 17 to 25, right about the time people become adults and begin to gain some – you guessed it! – wisdom. Wisdom teeth have been called that for hundreds of years, replacing an even earlier (and clunkier) name, teeth of wisdom.
The pesky thing about wisdom teeth? 9 out of 10 of people have at least one impacted. This happens when the tooth cannot grow in fully, often because of a lack of space. If impacted teeth are left in the mouth, they can harm the teeth next to them, become infected, or attract bacteria due to the difficulty of cleaning them well. The American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons recommends that you have wisdom teeth evaluated early on in their growth, when you're a young adult. Best bet? Talk to your family dentist about it.
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Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the breast is an imaging test. It uses strong magnets and radio waves to make pictures of the inside of the breast. It also makes images of the tissues around the breast. Breast MRI is used to check for problems, such as a leaking breast implant or a lump or growth. In some cases, such as people with high risk for breast cancer, a breast MRI may be used along with a mammogram to view breast tissue. It can show kinds of tissue that mammograms can't. It can be used to guide breast biopsies that can't be done by other methods. It can help with diagnosis and management. Most MRI tests take 30 to 60 minutes. Depending on the type of MRI you are having, the test may take longer. Give yourself extra time to check in.
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Follow your normal daily routine unless your healthcare provider tells you otherwise.
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You may be asked to remove your makeup. Makeup may contain some metal.
MRI uses strong magnets. Metal is affected by magnets and can distort the image. The magnet used in MRI can cause metal objects in your body to move. If you have a metal implant, you may not be able to have an MRI unless the implant is certified as MRI-safe. People with these implants should not have an MRI:
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The Gordian Knot
This pendant is one of the most mysterious and enigmatic pieces I've ever made. Its simplistic design holds many important key models in the fields of mathematics and cosmology. It is known as a Torus Knot and it's the most basic knot which can be made on the Torus Tube. The Torus Tube is basically a structure of a donut or a sphere that turns into itself from one side and comes out the other in a perpetual motion. In a spiritual aspect, it symbolizes the cosmos, as well as infinity and it correlates to the sacred structures of the Seed of Life, the Flower of Life and even the Golden mean Spiral or the Fibonacci Spiral.
Over the years I received many responses, stories, and experiences from people who purchased this pendant. Many stories revolved around solving karmic problems, finding miraculous solutions, and even a few people reported that after they were free from whatever it was that held them back, the pendant disappeared, literally - they woke up in the morning and the string or chain were intact but the pendant was gone. Perhaps it has something to do with the mysterious way this piece came into existence.
The Gordian knot pendant symbolizes the idea of unity which binds everything into one.
My Personal story with the Gordian Knot
My personal story with this symbol happened in 2001. One of my clients went through a crisis when her son suddenly passed away. I went to visit and console her and on my way south I stopped at a shop to buy some music for the road these were the days before uploads, downloads, and youtube. The CD I purchased was "Who's next" by The Who. In the bag I was carrying was a model of the triangular Torus Knot or Gordian Knot. I got the idea for the pendant from a friend of mine who was an acclaimed painter and gave me a printed drawing of the structure and insisted that I should make it as a pendant. When I asked him what it meant he wasn't able to provide any coherent answer...
On the way, It intrigued me, and I found myself contemplating on the meaning of this strange structure, and I recalled the story about Alexander the Great and the Gordian knot. The story is about king Gordias who created a knot and declared that the one who will be able to untie the knot will conquer all of Asia Minor. Many came and failed miserably that was until Alexander the Great arrived, took out his sword and cut it in a swift. This story indicates that sometimes the best solution is the most simple one and that the answer lies within us.
On my way south I opened the cover of the CD and inside was a booklet issued for the 30th anniversary of this record. I opened the booklet and the first thing that captured my eye was the words "The Gordian knot". "This is interesting", I thought. I played the CD and it opened with the electronic loop I knew from the song "Baba O'riley". I knew this record by heart but this time something interesting happened. Images started running through my mind and I found myself experiencing a situation that occurred 30 years earlier. I saw the composer of this song, the guitar player Pete Townshend, sitting in front of an electronics device filled with buttons and plugs. In some way, I knew he was working on the opening tune for the song I was just listening to. The device he was using was some sort of a primitive synthesizer; he was inserting numbers and receiving sounds. Eventually, he entered the date of birth and death of a character knows as "Meher Baba" and the primitive synthesizer "emitted" a tune. Although I didn't know who this character was more and more "data" appeared. First I thought of Persia and then of India, only to discover later on that he was born to a Persian family in India. This character that came out of those programmed tunes just made me laugh. I started laughing happily for no apparent reason.
The next morning I went to a store of another client. On one of the displays in the shop was a magazine and inside was an article with the title " stories of Meher Baba". The story was about Buddha and his disciple Ananda, who asked Buddha to show him what "Maya"-the "great illusion" was.In the Story Buddha shows his disciple how his whole life and everything he experiences, including time itself, are a total illusion. Meher Baba claimed that he was the Avatar of the age. He referred to himself as "THE COSMIC JOKE" which is actually the way that all of us, being unaware of our true nature experience life in a state of separation from our one divine source. one of his most memorable phrases is "Don't worry, be happy". and years later I discovered that The entire album of "THE WHO" that was actually part of a project Pete Townshend was working on was inspired by the British 17th-century composer, Henry Purcell which one of his most famous compositions is called "The Gordian Knot Untied".....
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Ka Gold Jewelry Features David Weitzman Spiritual Jewelry Artwork.
David's Jewelry harness the power of spiritual symbols and sacred geometry to bring those wearing them happiness, vitality, excitement and love. We invite you to join us on a journey full of Harmony, Beauty, ancient wisdom and symbolism.


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Corkcicle Baby Baby Blue 16 oz. Tumbler
16 oz.
Personalize your Corkcicle at Swoozie's against the BABY BABY BLUE colored medium 16 oz. tumbler. Corkcicle goes where glass can't! Inside or outside, Corkcicle is sure to become your favorite daily drinking tumbler! Triple-insulated stainless steel will keep your drink cold for up to 9 hours, even in the sun! That's more than twice what you'll get from a plastic tumbler! Keeps your tea or coffee hot for up to 3 hours too! Includes shatterproof plastic lid designed to be sipped through and spill resistant. Easy-grip flat sides and no-slip bottom means this tumbler will stay where you put it. Built in slider is easy to use and when closed between sips help the tumbler maintain temperatures. Personalize starting at only $10.00 to make the perfect personalized gift
Estimated Production Time: Up to 3 Business Days Blank; 5-7 Business Days Personalized