April 2010
27 posts
world wide web
cloudhead:
A spider’s web is an extension of its nervous system, a trembling network of silk strands cast out into the environment picking up tiny vibrations far beyond the reach of the spider’s senses.
“The ancient Greeks had two words for time, chronos and kairos. While the former...”
– Kairos - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (via notational) (via instantplasticmaybe, zenwerewolf)
“We carved our own characters in stone and wood because the geography around us...”
– cloudhead (via instantplasticmaybe)
cloudhead:
The trails of our boots in the snow are crisscrossed with animal tracks. This is the original alphabet the roots of our writing written into the landscape.
We carved our own characters in stone and wood because the geography around us is already covered in it’s own scripts. We extended our memory into paper and silicon because there is memory embedded in the natural landscape.
“You may be a geek. You may have geek written all over you. You should aim to be...”
– Bruce Sterling
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