context of the Socratic method
A mosaic showing seven men dressed in classical garments in a classical setting was buried in Pompeii when Mount Vesuvius exploded in 79 GC. The mosaic probably dates from the early first century BGC and probably was a copy of a late-fourth century Athenian painting. Commonly described as depicting Plato’s Academy, it also represents an [...]
Tagged: antiquity
COB-30: maintaining position
Many workers in entrepreneurial, innovative, and initiative-oriented positions take holidays about this time of year. Bureaucratic work allows no such change. The telephone system must continue to connect calls, the mail must continue to be carried, light must continue to shine, wind must continue to blow, and the government must continue to function. Similarly, the [...]
dear one
My eyes and nose are raining on my navel. I’m sneezing thunderstorms. How’s the weather around you? The inside of my nose itches. The outside has tissue burns. How’s your tan? My head feels like a cantaloupe that’s gotten moldy. I hope you’re feeling well. I’ve got a cold. My room is cold. Winter is [...]
socio-economics of copying
To prepare for lectures he gave about 880 years ago, Hugh of Saint Victor painted an extraordinarily intricate, multi-color teaching aid on the wall of the Abbey of Saint Victor in Paris. The painting was probably about 4 meters tall and 4.5 meters wide. It was “the most complex single work of figural art from [...]
modern art of commerce
Art collections and art exhibitions tend to focus on things that can be collected and moved — artifacts. Yet digital technologies and the Internet make particular human creative efforts potentially available to everyone, everywhere. Unlimited Edition, a juried show that opened on December 12 at the Arlington Arts Center, highlights “works that explore mass production, [...]
Tagged: art, review
virtual worlds
A whirl, light, and within an opened plane stands every bookspine. Multitudes offer typed fellowship, windows cross blare and vanish. Remember the white box below the mirror. The velvet compartments that folded out, stone rainbows with hinges, frozen stars and clasps, touching pearls. Remember the mirror, and off to the side a single greying photograph [...]
celebrating access reform
Ninety-five years ago, on December 19, 1913, AT&T Vice President Nathan Kingsbury sent the U.S. Attorney General a letter in which AT&T agreed to allow other companies to interconnect with AT&T in order to provide long-distance telephone services. This Kingsbury Commitment was the beginning of access reform in the U.S. The U.S. access reform centennial [...]
Tagged: telcos