Art: 1.26

Artist Janet Echelman planned to give painting exhibitions in Mahabalipuram, a fishing village famous for sculpture, but her paints never arrived.  So she seeded her art with what she learned from the fishermen there and took it to the city.  In fact, to many cities.

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Janet Echelman, 1.26/Tsunami, Tumblr

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Janet's site has a glorious array of her many sculptures.  She also maintains a studio on Tumblr.  To see how one of her pieces is set up, take a look at this video slideshow about the installation of 1.26/Tsunami:

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And for a truly inspiring talk about her work and taking imagination seriously, here's her talk given at TED.

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This is a person who really knows how to make lemonade from a serving of lemons.

-- Marge

Quantum mechanics made simple (sort of)

Lately I've come across the acronym TED several times, so...

The acronym TED stands for "Technology, Entertainment, Design."  The site promotes "Ideas worth spreading." The mission at TED is spreading ideas:

We believe passionately in the power of ideas to change attitudes, lives and ultimately, the world. So we're building here a clearinghouse that offers free knowledge and inspiration from the world's most inspired thinkers, and also a community of curious souls to engage with ideas and each other. This site, launched April 2007, is an ever-evolving work in progress, and you're an important part of it. Have an idea? We want to hear from you.

In TED's "fascinating..." category I found this video:

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What a fascinating take on q-mechs.

-- Marge