“So I am always between two currents of thought, first the material difficulties, turning round and round to make a living; and second, the study of color. I am always in hope of making a discovery there, to express the love of two lovers by a marriage of two complementary colors, their mingling and their opposition, the mysterious vibrations of kindred tones. To express the thought of a brow by the radiance of a light tone...

“As long as Knecht permitted the flow of inner images to come without direction, as they do, like dreams, in the initial stage of relaxation, there were two principal scenes which emerged from the stream and lingered, two pictures or symbols, two parables. In the first Knecht, as a boy, followed the Master along a variety of ways. The Music Master strode before him as his guide, and each time he turned around and showed...

From Wikipedia on The Vitruvian Man: “This image exemplifies the blend of art and science during the Renaissance and provides the perfect example of Leonardo’s keen interest in proportion. In addition, this picture represents a cornerstone of Leonardo’s attempts to relate man to nature. Encyclopaedia Britannica online states, “Leonardo envisaged the great picture chart of the human body he had produced through his...

The modern itself, The ancient itself, Either the modern or the ancient, Both the modern and the ancient, The modern changing to the ancient, The ancient changing to the modern, Between the ancient and the modern, Neither the modern nor the ancient, Beyond the modern and the...

Among other ways of saying it, the complementary nature is about grounding yin~yang relationships in a new principle of how the human brain works. For example, on the one hand people think the brain works as an integrated organ where information from different parts of the brain is integrated to form a representation of an object or a plan of action. On the other hand, people think of the brain as a group of segregated...

DAVID A. ENGSTRØM - In Squigglespeak posts, we talk about the squiggle sign (~), and give examples of its use by ourselves and others… The Squiggle (~) Symbol: “The squiggle (~) is our symbol connecting contraries and other mutually and inextricably connected events, processes, etc. … The squiggle symbol is dynamic. It’s symbolism is includes both timeless and of time qualities. It expresses the...