StubBORN (He)ART....!!
Hi pa..!!!
Recently, I'd been smitten by the thought of generating Flowers that don't fade & die away...those that i don't need to hurt and pluck too...!! (
As I admit, I'm a bit weird...esp. with flowers...& some people too...whom i treat/view like flowers...! :)
[Simply because they ARE so wonderful & precious fer Me..!]
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Yes...I mean flowers generated with equations...! :)
Ever since I had seen things like the Cardioid in Engineering Mathematics, I'd been fascinated by them..but somehow, unfortunately, the fascination had got covered up in the sands of time...
But recently, i have been MAD.. .( as if I wasn't before..Ha ha ha !!)...!!
I did NOT realize JUSST How MAD i was, as i sat day & night...scribbling equations in Polar-co-ordinates & trying to vary different parameters & obtaining Different kinds of flowers, with different degrees of Symmetry, Numbers of petals, etc..!
And since a very Dear friend of mine loves ROSEs ( & oLL Flowers!)...well, I was hell-bent on somehow creating a mathematical PLOT that resembles a ROSE...but All my efforts went in vain...! :-/
There was a phase when I at-last gave-up...saying to my-self...that
"Everything in Nature can NOT be reduced to Mere Numbers & equations...!
We can NOT, & should NOT take away the Beauty of things by looking at them through the spectacles of Science...!"
But then, one day (or night..? I do not reckon the time..! )...
I came across this interview with my ever-effervescent friend Richard Feynman, where he spoke about His view of "The Beauty of a Flower" ...
He said --- Science (if done properly that is !! ), only serves to "ADD to" , and not "SUBTRACT frem" the Immense BEAUTY around us..! :)
Oh my ..!!
THAT was oLL i needed---some-One to boost my lonely morale...!! [
Now-a-nights (like Now-a-days--bear with my in-voluntary word-play..! ;)), it's usually ONLY Ghosts & my Nice friends frem the past, & my Dreams of the future..that listen to Me-moron...! Hmmm..! :)
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I had earlier discovered an amazing equation to make a butter-fly (Can it ?? Can butter do..?! ;) )...but What i wanted was a ROSE...!! :-(
So...i ROSE...!!
And late that night...as I sat varying parameters in an equation, I suddenly JUMPED out of my stupor..!
Because, I thought I saw something that resembled the complex, inward spiralling whorls of a ROSE flower..!! (Much like a Paper rolled into a cone...viewed from the top..!)
YES !! ---I shouted..!
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My version of "Eureka!!" :) --also, I was on my bed in my pyjamas, rather than in a bath-tub in my birthday suit..hehehe..!! ;) Nevertheless, like Archimedes , I too was "Immersed"... in a kind of absent-minded thought...! :)
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My equation-plot looked like a ROSE...!!!
And seeing it...I sat smiling, and... froze...!! :))
Ha ha ha !
Anyway, the equation & its details are as below... ( We can replace Sine by CoSine...no problemo...!)
And the ROSE ??
Well here she is...(in 2 colors...! :))
Also the Butterfly equation & the corresponding Butterfly are as below...!
As for the Rose...it was a pleasant surprise (as ALWAYS !!)...that I was NOT alone to have come to the island of this discovery...!!
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That's an Amazing feeling...it's like discovering a lonely looking island...only to find some-one already there...HOW or WHY do different people grope & stumble upon the same Beautiful (or otherwise) islands, Truths, ideas, concepts, etc..!?!? :)
Whatever it is...me SO glad that I am NOT addicted to Google-ing immediately...ELSE...I would not have experienced what Feynman called..."The Pleasure of Finding Things Out" ..!! :)
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I learnt that an Italian mathematician, Guido Grandi had studied the curves he had lovingly named "rhodonea"..!
Hmmmmm...! :)
Phew !!!
THANK you SO MUCH for Listening to Me-MORON & my narration of what is surely the makings of a StubBORN (he)ART. . .& its Un-FaDing MAdness...!! :)
Take Care then...!
And Keep Smiling...with your Loved & Loving ones...!
Lots o Loooove & Best Wishes,
mor(e)on "rags". . . :)
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And NOW, for a Hilarious ( & True..?! ;) ) explanation of another question..!
Question ? "WHY do MEN Like Expensive things..?"
Answer ? "Because WOMEN Do." ;-)
Enjoy the below cartoon, courtesy Hart
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A Strange Leaf-less (but NOT Life-less!) Beauty..!! :)
GooooD Morning pa..!! :)
I don't know WHY or HOW...I Jussssst Do NOT why My dangerously associative Mind gets triggered with THAT memory...! ( a Very Messy, Mind in deed..!!)
But the below snap...or the Leaf-less plant with lovely "sessile"('stalk-less') flowers...reminds me of a LOVE-ly painting of a Blossoming 'Aaaalmond'-plant done by my "alter-ego"--the wonderful Vincent Van Gogh ...after he had returned from a brief visit to Japan, getting influenced by their style of paintings...
Jussst Wanted to SHARE that thought...NOT that my snap is in anyway good--it's NOT..!
But that the Flowers, are Sooo Love-ly...!! :)
Hmmmmm....!
Take Care then...
Keep Smiling...& enjoy with your Loved & Loving ones...!
Lots o Loooove & Best Wishes,
mor(e)on "rags". . . :)
Planet (H)eart(h)
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Hmmmmm..!!Whatever people's views may be, here was one Special Individual...A frail-looking body, YET housing an immensely Strong & tenacious soul...a very StubBORN man (I believe Great people Almost ALways ARE...they GoT to be so..!!)...who managed to influence the hearts/minds of millions....!
Sometimes...really makes me wonder...about such people...who like magnets...can AFFECT the thoughts & actions of millions of other people...& sometimes, without the USE of ANY apparent FORCE too..!... :)
Well, today is His Birth Anniversary...of Mahatma Gandhi-ji...!And I saw this on the Google-page too.... :)
Love & Cheers..! :)
The boy in "rags"
Check *this* out too..!! :)(Click on the image below, & see this tiny beauty that left people baffled..!! :))----------
Hey !!
Just check this out pa..!!I spent hours struggling to "express" something I badly wanted to share...!
...Something that struck me with Awe...while I could only wonder & stare...!!!
I may EVEN start a new blog DEDICATED to share the Gems of this great Indian genius--called Ramanujan ...
I have decided to christen that series-- "Ramanu-Gems"---the gems of Ramanujan..! :)
HOWEVER, for (starters!) now...
Please let me know...if the presentation is Good enough...!!I just want to "present" this SHEER Gem of a person & his works to the World...in a way that captivates the interests of MANY such budding talents...blossoming flowers, which get trampled in the bud itself...by some sheer stupidity on the part of teachers, & the so-called grown-ups..!!! :-(
Love & Best Wishes,
The boy in "rags"
Planet (H)Eart(h)
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CLICK on the image below..to see the love-ly gem of an equation by Ramanujan..!
Hi pa...
Have been wanting to share this since Friendship-day..!!
But fer ma'friends, everyday is Friendship day..! :)
So...although me too late...as ALWAYS..!!
{I am the LATE Mr.Raghu...!! :))}
WHY not...today..??
Jusst check the image below this article..!!
this is made by "rotating" a line around an imaginary axis...after (presumably) dipping that line ( or worm, or thread..or whatever..! :) ) in colours/dyes of my CHOICE..!!! ;)
Nice na..??
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He he he !!
I know, this might rotate your head into a tizzy..but TRUST me..it's really NOT that complex...! :)
It's amazing HOW complexity arises out of utter Simplicity...like in Fractals,in our Minds, bodies, in the whole Universe..!
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Well...we can design an infinite number of glasses, wine-goblets, or even FLOWER-vases
...this way...!!!!
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Another thing that's making me sleep-less..is to try n find some equations that can produce a huge gamut of FLOWERS...symmetric ones, & even purr-posely(!) asymmetric ones..like Orchids...!!
( I know the purr-pose..GOD/Creator...surely is naughty..!! ;-) )
But one flower that is so hard...is the ROSE..!! :-(
Me is stubbornly AFTER it though...Let us see...!! :)
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if only the output of this could drive a Computer-Controlled Manufacturing machine...!! Hmmmmmm...
I could then employ even tiny-tots..& create pioneering, trend-setting new Designs...!!
Anyway,
OLL i wanted to say is...
*CHEERS*..!
Sorry to disturb YOU
...but THANKS fer allowing me-MORON to...!!!
Take care..and be AWAKE...!! :)
Love & Best Wishes,
The M/Gl/B-aD boy in "rags"
Planet (H)eart(H)
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"CREATIVITY . . .is making mistakes...
ART . . . is knowing which ones to keep...!"
:- Scott Adams ( the author of my favourite Dilbert cartoon-strip)
Hi pa..!!
Please let me know ---HOW's this image (below)..for a poster/wall-paper...for my-Self...?? :]
Hmmmmmmm..!!!
Had been wanting to share this Strange Snap frem a LOOOONG time...(perhaps 3-4 years..?? not sure...!! )...
But was groping & struggling for the "right" words to Describe my Deeply CRAZY ( or CRAZilY Deep.?!?) HEART & MIND...!!
Thankfully, recently, I stumbled upon this LOVE-ly poem which described things almost perfectly......& decided to put it here..!!
I clicked this snap mySELF...with my baby-camera...! :)
LOVE & Best Wishes,
The boy in "rags"Planet (H)earth
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"I close my Eyes...in order to see...":-Paul Gauguin=====================Click on the below image & Let me know HOW it is..!! :)
Hi pa...!! :)Well, I began seeing the snaps of today's Solar Eclipse that was very nicely visible from Northern parts of India.. I am attaching pics of the same herewith...[courtesy :- The Times of India]
Such a SHAME indeed that, we people still abhor/cower-at Nature's grand shows like these...!
Just see the snaps I say..!! :)
So beautiful and rare a phenomenon in deed..!!
It is so strange ( & downright silly & sometimes tragic too !!
) that we people still hold those poor, lovely celestial bodies responsible for our failures, successes, health, wealth, conditions,etc & we go to the extent of even allowing their positions to decide &/or determine our jobs, our houses, or even our life-partners...!!
I really do NOT agree with this...!!! I bet even Wild animals are more prudent in this aspect..!!
As the great scientist, my dear Carl Sagan lamented...
"Almost EVERY newspaper in the world carries an Astrology column/section, but almost none of them have something devoted to Astronomy." I really wish we wake up & really "open-our" eyes...our Mind's Eyes...which are STILL "eclipsed" by centuries of dogmas, & blind-beliefs..
With lots of Love & (Sun/De-)Light..!!
The boy in "rags"
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