RecursionRecursion,, VariationVariation, , SymmetrySymmetry
&&
SurvivalSurvival
Another Big IdeaAnother Big Idea
!
Another Big IdeaAnother Big Idea
Another Big IdeaAnother Big Idea
!Look for the
BIG-EYED-DEER
Another Big IdeaAnother Big Idea
!Ahem… Look for the
BIG IDEA
Van Gough’s BarberVan Gough’s BarberAESTHETICS
AESTHETICS
Today: The Parthenon in Athens
AESTHETICS
AESTHETICS
Today: The Parthenon in Athens (Int.)
Capitol Rotunda
The White House
U.S. Supreme Court
The ’Burbs
Rendition of the ParthenonRendition of the Parthenon
““Beauty is Truth and Truth Beauty, That is All Ye Know on Earth and All Beauty is Truth and Truth Beauty, That is All Ye Know on Earth and All
Ye Need to Know.” KeatsYe Need to Know.” Keats
A Post-Modern A Post-Modern Journey TowardJourney Toward
TruthTruthand and
Advice forAdvice for ProgressProgress
STATICSTATIC &&
DYNAMICDYNAMIC
QUALITYQUALITY
Two ArchetypesTwo Archetypes
STATICSTATICSameSame
StableStableStatus QuoStatus Quo
ThemeThemeLogicalLogicalChorusChorus
ClassicalClassicalEstablishmentEstablishment
PastPastRecursiveRecursive
FiniteFiniteTraditionalTraditional
SymmetricalSymmetricalRepublican ?Republican ?
STATICSTATICSameSame
StableStableStatus QuoStatus Quo
ThemeThemeLogicalLogicalChorusChorus
ClassicalClassicalEstablishmentEstablishment
PastPastRecursiveRecursive
FiniteFiniteTraditionalTraditional
SymmetricalSymmetricalRepublican ?Republican ?
DYNAMICDYNAMICDifferentDifferentUnstableUnstableChangeChangePlotPlotEmotionalEmotionalVerseVerseRomanticRomanticPopulistPopulistFutureFutureLinearLinearInfiniteInfiniteUntradtionalUntradtionalAmorphousAmorphousDemocrat ?Democrat ?
STATICSTATIC DYNAMICDYNAMIC
TASK: Provide an archetypal analysis of this scene using the meaning of the circular and spiral imagery in your interpretation.
STATICSTATIC DYNAMICDYNAMIC
OrderOrder
RevolutionRevolution
GovernmentGovernment
HeadHead
HeartHeartLivingLiving DeadDead
BackBackFrontFront
MonarchyMonarchy
DemocracyDemocracy
KidsKids
StagnationStagnation
ChaosChaos
HomeHome
CollegeCollege
RestRest
WorkWork ContentContent
FormForm
Coke ®Coke ®
Pepsi ®Pepsi ®
STAGNATIONSTAGNATION
CHAOSCHAOS
OROR DEATHDEATH
WHO SAID IT? WHO SAID IT?
“In the survival of favoured individuals and races, during the constantly-recurring struggle for existence, we see a powerful and ever-acting form of selection.”
Charles Darwin (1809-1892)(1809-1892)
“In the survival of favoured individuals and races, during the constantly-recurring struggle for existence, we see a powerful and ever-acting form of selection.”
Nature’s PARADOXNature’s PARADOX::
The The ORDERORDER is is dependant on dependant on
CHANGE.CHANGE.
Much like atMuch like at
The The ORDERORDER is also is also dependant on dependant on
CHANGECHANGE
AUXESIS
I wish I had an
MUTATIONMUTATION
RECURSIONRECURSION andand
VARIATIONVARIATION
IN NATUREIN NATURE
Q:Q: If we If we could could seesee an echo, an echo, what would what would it look it look like?like?
SYNESTHESIASYNESTHESIA
RecursionRecursion
is the property or qualityis the property or quality
of self-reference.of self-reference.
RecursionRecursion is the is the ULTIMATE ULTIMATE
EXTREMEEXTREME in SYMMETRY in SYMMETRY
Any original Any original variation is variation is
duplicated and duplicated and never changesnever changes..
TONY SAYS…TONY SAYS…
Q:Q: Which literary Which literary term is the most term is the most recursive?recursive?
( ( TWO POINTS to YOU if you are the first to raise your hand and
answer correctly… ) )
STYLE ALERT!
STYLE ALERT!
A:A:
EpizeuxisEpizeuxis
Symmetry
Dolly the sheep clone dies young
The first clone The first clone was named, was named, after me…after me…
‘Cause I’m Number One!
It was called It was called
Dolly Lamb “A”Dolly Lamb “A”
Scientists Succeed in Cloning Human Embryo
Most cloning is carried out by a process known as nuclear
transfer, where the nucleus is removed from an egg and
replaced with the nucleus of the animal to be cloned. Here, the nucleus is removed from a cell.
NPR’S All Things Considered February 12, 2004
Click for Fractal Video
Development II 1939 woodcut in brown, grey-green and black, printed from 3 blocksIterative
Click for Self-Recursion loop
All M.C. Escher works © Cordon Art-Baarn-the Netherlands
Transcript of scene from Being John Malkovich
Malkovich: Excuse me, exactly what type of service does this company provide?Man: You get to be John Malkovich for 15 minutes. 200 clams.Malkovich: I see(Malkovich runs to the front of the line. Man shouts “And no cutting, by the way!” A fight ensues, Craig breaks it up)Craig: Break it up, Break it up! Oh, I hope we didn’t hurt youMalkovich: Get inside! What the hell is going on?Craig: John! Mr. Malkovich! Sir! (Maxine laughs) . . . Mr. Malkovich I think I can explainMalkovich: Yeah! Explain!Craig: My name is Craig Schwartz, and we operate a little business here that simulates for our clientele the experience, well, well, of being you, actually.Malkovich: Simulates?Craig: Yeah, after a fashion.Malkovich: What exactly does that mean?Craig: Well, it’s hard to describe.Malkovich: I want to do it, then.Craig: Well, I’m sure it pales in comparison to the actual experience.Malkovich: I WANT TO DO IT!Craig: Well, right now, Mr. Hiroshi is in the tubeMaxine: Let him do it, Craig.Craig: Of course, right this way Mr. Malkovich, compliments of the house.(Malkovich enters his “portal”)Craig: What happens when a man goes in his own portal?Maxine: We’ll see…
(Malkovich is sucked down the tube and enters his own mind)
(Malkovich Malkovich Malkovich Malkovich Malkovich Malkovich Malkovich Malkovich Malkovich Malkovich Malkovich Malkovich Malkovich Malkovich Malkovich Malkovich Malkovich Malkovich
Malkovich )
SCHNAPPSZAHL???SCHNAPPSZAHL???
Recursion, Symmetry and NumeralsRecursion, Symmetry and Numerals
SCHNAPPSZAHL isSCHNAPPSZAHL is
A German word for a number containing A German word for a number containing a striking pattern of unexpected a striking pattern of unexpected symmetry.symmetry.
We have no English counterpart.We have no English counterpart.
Recursion, Symmetry and NumeralsRecursion, Symmetry and Numerals
SCHNAPPSZAHLSCHNAPPSZAHLA German word for a number containing a A German word for a number containing a striking pattern of unexpected symmetrystriking pattern of unexpected symmetry : :
Birthdate: Birthdate: 04-04-4404-04-44
Time: Time: 11:11 a.m.11:11 a.m.
Price tag: Price tag: $19.91$19.91
Recursion, Symmetry and NumeralsRecursion, Symmetry and Numerals
TAXTAXSYNSYN
What is…What is…
1 a : the way in which linguistic elements (as words) are put together to form constituents (as phrases or clauses)
…
2 : a connected or orderly system : harmonious arrangement of parts or elements
TAXTAXSYNSYN
Merriam-Webster
Dictionary
συν
TOGETHER
ΤαξιςSEQUENCE /
ORDER
TAXTAXSYNSYN
SYNTAX: from the Greek roots…
Symmetry, Recursion and SYNTAXSymmetry, Recursion and SYNTAX
TASK:TASK: Create a creative, Create a creative, artistic rendering of your artistic rendering of your
assigned literary term. Your assigned literary term. Your artwork must clearly reflect artwork must clearly reflect
the symmetry denoted in the the symmetry denoted in the term.term.
AESTHETICS
AESTHETICS
alliteration alliteration anadiplosisanadiplosisanaphora anaphora assonance assonance auxesis auxesis blank verse blank verse chiasmuschiasmusepistrophe epistrophe
iambiamb
diazeugma diazeugma prozeugmaprozeugmahypozeugmahypozeugmaepizeuxis epizeuxis polysyndeton polysyndeton palindrome palindrome trocheetrochee
TASK: Create an artistic rendering of your assigned term. Your TASK: Create an artistic rendering of your assigned term. Your artwork MUST clearly reflect the symmetry denoted in the term.artwork MUST clearly reflect the symmetry denoted in the term.
Symmetry, Recursion and SYNTAXSymmetry, Recursion and SYNTAX
SymmetrySymmetry&&
VARIATIONVARIATION
IN NATUREIN NATURE
Symmetry
Symmetry in nature
Symmetry without Recursion?
Symmetry without Recursion?
The Persistence of Memory
1931
Salvador DaliSurrealist Painter
(1904-1989)
Why might Why might underlying underlying form be so form be so
innately innately appealing to appealing to
us?us?
LIGHT, SOUNDLIGHT, SOUND&&
MATTER haveMATTER have
CommonCommon OriginsOrigins
METAPHYSICS
METAPHYSICS
BIG EYEDEA from PLATO:BIG EYEDEA from PLATO:
Man, nature and the universe are connected in orderly ways not readily apparent to the senses.
BIG EYEDEA ???
Q: Q: What did the What did the Dalai Lama Dalai Lama say to the say to the
hotdog vendor?hotdog vendor?
A:A: Make Make me One me One
with with everything.everything.
?
A Salvador-Dali-Llama
And another…
BIG IDEA:BIG IDEA:
Man, nature and the universe are connected in orderly ways not readily apparent to the senses.
SynesthesiaSynesthesia: from the Greek roots
synsyn (together)
aesthesisaesthesis (perception)
Now it’s time for a poem Now it’s time for a poem that that reallyreally stinks… stinks…
Ties can be loudTies can be loud
Cheese can be sharpCheese can be sharp
A note can Bb .A note can Bb .
But can you smell a But can you smell a rraaiinnbbooww harp? harp?
““SYNESTHESIA”SYNESTHESIA”
CHROMATICCHROMATIC
1. A musical scale ascending or descending by semitones (half-steps).
2. Anything relating to or produced by color.
CHROMATICCHROMATIC
1. A1. A musical scale musical scale ascending or ascending or descending by semitones (half-steps). descending by semitones (half-steps).
2. Anything relating to or produced by 2. Anything relating to or produced by colorcolor.. — — ORIGIN ORIGIN GreekGreek khromatikoskhromatikos, from , from khromakhroma ‘colour, chromatic scale’. ‘colour, chromatic scale’.
CHROMATICCHROMATIC
1. A musical scale ascending or descending by semitones (half-steps).
2. Anything relating to or produced by color. — ORIGIN Greek khromatikos, from khroma ‘colour, chromatic scale’.
Sound n’ colors have always been “tied”
together.BOTH are
measured in WAVELENGTHS
.
Ya.
Even Zins Zee Beeg Bang.
Very Distraughtening from Lumpy Gravy
I HEAR YOU’VE BEEN HAVING TROUBLE WITH PIGS AND PONIES…
Everything in the universe is, is, is made of one element,Which is a note, a single note.Atoms are really vibrations, you know.Which are extensions of the big note, everything’s one note.Everything, even the ponies.The note, however, is the ultimate power,…
You mean just we know that?
Right!
Frank ZappaPost-Modern Composer
(1940-1993)
SEEING SOUNDSEEING SOUND
W. KandinksyW. Kandinksy
(1866-1944)(1866-1944)
Arnold SchoenbergArnold Schoenberg
(1874-1951)(1874-1951)
Arnold Schoenberg Arnold Schoenberg
(1874-1951)(1874-1951)
Yes, there really Yes, there really isis symmetry and balance symmetry and balance
in this “mess.”in this “mess.”
Modernist Composer
AESTHETICS
AESTHETICS
Arnold Schoenberg
(1874-1951)
A key signature is a traditional way of
establishing order in a composition
allowing for uniform harmony among
instruments.
Modernist Composer
Arnold Schoenberg
(1874-1951)
But the key thing, is that there is no key…
Arnold Schoenberg
(1874-1951)
…signature in my atonal music.
Arnold Schoenberg
(1874-1951)
AA
TONALTONAL
From Greek:. a-, short for apo "away from."
Gk. tonos "vocal pitch, raising of voice, accent, key in music," originally "a stretching, taut string.”
Arnold Schoenberg
(1874-1951)
Q: So, without using the old rules, how can a modernist composer
create order and avoid total chaos?
Arnold Schoenberg
(1874-1951)
A: Go back to nature as the Greeks did, but this time, look around for some new natural,
proportional rules to follow.
Arnold Schoenberg
(1874-1951)
12-Tone Scale
Modernist Composer
Arnold Schoenberg
(1874-1951)
Original tone row in “Prime Form” from Suite, Opus 25, Schoenberg
Retrograde Form
Notes are in reverse as in
a mirror image.
Retrograde Inverted Form
“Backwards and Upside Down”
Inverted Form
“Upside Down”
Arnold Schoenberg
(1874-1951)
Original
Arnold Schoenberg
(1874-1951)
Must a work Must a work sound or look sound or look prettypretty for it for it
to be to be beautifulbeautiful??
What’s the BIG What’s the BIG IDEA?IDEA?
Opus 25
Arnold Schoenberg
(1874-1951)
Nope.Opus 25
And being BEAUTIFUL does not
necessarily mean…
… being
Pretty.
““Let no one Let no one ever come ever come
to you without to you without leaving better leaving better and happier. ”and happier. ”
Beautiful 1910-1997Beautiful 1910-1997