Comments on: And speaking of “Apollonian”…. http://neoneocon.com/2008/04/12/and-speaking-of-apollonian/ Sun, 12 Oct 2008 17:23:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1 By: Tatyana http://neoneocon.com/2008/04/12/and-speaking-of-apollonian/#comment-63735 Tatyana Sat, 12 Apr 2008 18:03:53 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2008/04/12/and-speaking-of-apollonian/#comment-63735 Correct me if I'm wrong, Neo, but I sense occasionally (and this is one such occasion) you need to replenish your inner resources spent on analyzing politics by resting your hungry eyes on something unquestionably beautiful - like Balanchine's ballet or swirl of bookshelves, or your begone garden. I so understand it. In fact, I'll go out immediately for a stroll on the Promenade, to detox myself with thin springerly air, and warmth, and the view of the barges in the Harbor - and the new growth in the park. Thanks for your posts, last week they were especially good. Correct me if I’m wrong, Neo, but I sense occasionally (and this is one such occasion) you need to replenish your inner resources spent on analyzing politics by resting your hungry eyes on something unquestionably beautiful - like Balanchine’s ballet or swirl of bookshelves, or your begone garden.

I so understand it.
In fact, I’ll go out immediately for a stroll on the Promenade, to detox myself with thin springerly air, and warmth, and the view of the barges in the Harbor - and the new growth in the park.

Thanks for your posts, last week they were especially good.

]]> By: neo-neocon http://neoneocon.com/2008/04/12/and-speaking-of-apollonian/#comment-63737 neo-neocon Sat, 12 Apr 2008 18:07:31 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2008/04/12/and-speaking-of-apollonian/#comment-63737 Tatyana: You are oh-so-very correct. I'm about to go outside as well. Wish I could be on the Promenade right about now, though! And thanks for the compliment! Tatyana: You are oh-so-very correct.

I’m about to go outside as well. Wish I could be on the Promenade right about now, though!

And thanks for the compliment!

]]> By: DuMaurier-Smith http://neoneocon.com/2008/04/12/and-speaking-of-apollonian/#comment-63738 DuMaurier-Smith Sat, 12 Apr 2008 18:16:07 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2008/04/12/and-speaking-of-apollonian/#comment-63738 Hmmm. Is dance where Nietzsche's Dionysian- Apolonian peronae join hands? Hmmm. Is dance where Nietzsche’s Dionysian- Apolonian peronae join hands?

]]> By: neo-neocon http://neoneocon.com/2008/04/12/and-speaking-of-apollonian/#comment-63739 neo-neocon Sat, 12 Apr 2008 18:21:28 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2008/04/12/and-speaking-of-apollonian/#comment-63739 DuMaurier-Smith: Absolutely. I think that's what attacts me so much about it. And the act of dancing is so much better than being a mere spectator. Although being a dance voyeur is rather nice, too :-). DuMaurier-Smith: Absolutely. I think that’s what attacts me so much about it.

And the act of dancing is so much better than being a mere spectator.

Although being a dance voyeur is rather nice, too :-).

]]> By: Vanderleun http://neoneocon.com/2008/04/12/and-speaking-of-apollonian/#comment-63740 Vanderleun Sat, 12 Apr 2008 18:22:23 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2008/04/12/and-speaking-of-apollonian/#comment-63740 Humm, just where can I get me one of them thar six legged dancers? Lookin' mighty nimble. Humm, just where can I get me one of them thar six legged dancers?

Lookin’ mighty nimble.

]]> By: harry McHitlerburtonstein the Extremist http://neoneocon.com/2008/04/12/and-speaking-of-apollonian/#comment-63746 harry McHitlerburtonstein the Extremist Sat, 12 Apr 2008 19:20:59 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2008/04/12/and-speaking-of-apollonian/#comment-63746 There are two people and eight legs in that photo. That just aint right. There are two people and eight legs in that photo.

That just aint right.

]]> By: John Russell http://neoneocon.com/2008/04/12/and-speaking-of-apollonian/#comment-63750 John Russell Sat, 12 Apr 2008 19:38:12 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2008/04/12/and-speaking-of-apollonian/#comment-63750 I don't know. Could be a bug's view of a duck wearing very large sunglasses. I don’t know. Could be a bug’s view of a duck wearing very large sunglasses.

]]> By: Vanderleun http://neoneocon.com/2008/04/12/and-speaking-of-apollonian/#comment-63764 Vanderleun Sat, 12 Apr 2008 21:32:23 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2008/04/12/and-speaking-of-apollonian/#comment-63764 Must.... have.... six-legged.... ballerina... must... Will.... even.... attend... performance... Swan... Lake... Must…. have…. six-legged…. ballerina… must…

Will…. even…. attend… performance… Swan… Lake…

]]> By: Jeff http://neoneocon.com/2008/04/12/and-speaking-of-apollonian/#comment-63769 Jeff Sat, 12 Apr 2008 23:48:38 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2008/04/12/and-speaking-of-apollonian/#comment-63769 And for me "Balanchine's ballet Apollo" is "Stravinsky's ballet Apollo" What wonderful music he wrote for it. A kind of transfigured, whitened Tchaikovsky. Sweetness without sugar. And for me “Balanchine’s ballet Apollo” is “Stravinsky’s ballet Apollo”

What wonderful music he wrote for it. A kind of transfigured, whitened Tchaikovsky. Sweetness without sugar.

]]> By: DuMaurier-Smith http://neoneocon.com/2008/04/12/and-speaking-of-apollonian/#comment-63778 DuMaurier-Smith Sun, 13 Apr 2008 01:28:24 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2008/04/12/and-speaking-of-apollonian/#comment-63778 Sheeh! This is about Apollo--and maybe Dionysis. Gods get to have as many legs and arms as they want. True, Shiva has only two legs for his dance, but then he has four arms. Sheeh! This is about Apollo–and maybe Dionysis. Gods get to have as many legs and arms as they want. True, Shiva has only two legs for his dance, but then he has four arms.

]]> By: Vanderleun http://neoneocon.com/2008/04/12/and-speaking-of-apollonian/#comment-63780 Vanderleun Sun, 13 Apr 2008 01:33:46 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2008/04/12/and-speaking-of-apollonian/#comment-63780 Five hours since asking for critical 6-legged ballerina contact info and still holding. How long must I refresh page? Five hours since asking for critical 6-legged ballerina contact info and still holding.

How long must I refresh page?

]]> By: Ymarsakar http://neoneocon.com/2008/04/12/and-speaking-of-apollonian/#comment-63804 Ymarsakar Sun, 13 Apr 2008 13:34:28 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2008/04/12/and-speaking-of-apollonian/#comment-63804 A nice compare and contrast is if you take a look at the stuff above and then go to this anti-American piece of art here. <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2008/04/11/wopera111.xml" rel="nofollow">Public places not recommended</a> A nice compare and contrast is if you take a look at the stuff above and then go to this anti-American piece of art here.

Public places not recommended

]]> By: Fausta http://neoneocon.com/2008/04/12/and-speaking-of-apollonian/#comment-63820 Fausta Sun, 13 Apr 2008 17:05:58 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2008/04/12/and-speaking-of-apollonian/#comment-63820 Mmmm! Peter Martins in his prime! And now his son <a href="http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D0CE5D6123CF930A25755C0A967958260" rel="nofollow">Nilas</a> is dancing the part, too. Mmmm! Peter Martins in his prime!

And now his son Nilas is dancing the part, too.

]]> By: Sergey http://neoneocon.com/2008/04/12/and-speaking-of-apollonian/#comment-63821 Sergey Sun, 13 Apr 2008 17:06:39 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2008/04/12/and-speaking-of-apollonian/#comment-63821 Apollonius of Perga came so close to mathematical ideas of modernity, that, if classical tradition could survive only two centuries more, explosive growth of science can begin a thousand years earlier. In fifth century Europe could have nukes, and we would be saved from Islam menace centuries ago. Apollonius of Perga came so close to mathematical ideas of modernity, that, if classical tradition could survive only two centuries more, explosive growth of science can begin a thousand years earlier. In fifth century Europe could have nukes, and we would be saved from Islam menace centuries ago.

]]> By: Tatyana http://neoneocon.com/2008/04/12/and-speaking-of-apollonian/#comment-63822 Tatyana Sun, 13 Apr 2008 17:07:09 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2008/04/12/and-speaking-of-apollonian/#comment-63822 Vanderleun, be careful what you wish for....are you sure you wan t a contact of a person who can perform kicks x6? Vanderleun, be careful what you wish for….are you sure you wan t a contact of a person who can perform kicks x6?

]]> By: Tatyana http://neoneocon.com/2008/04/12/and-speaking-of-apollonian/#comment-63823 Tatyana Sun, 13 Apr 2008 17:08:30 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2008/04/12/and-speaking-of-apollonian/#comment-63823 Neo, you're welcome to join me; the stroll was perfect (but now I don't want to return to work tomorrow). Neo, you’re welcome to join me; the stroll was perfect (but now I don’t want to return to work tomorrow).

]]> By: njcommuter http://neoneocon.com/2008/04/12/and-speaking-of-apollonian/#comment-63827 njcommuter Sun, 13 Apr 2008 17:22:48 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2008/04/12/and-speaking-of-apollonian/#comment-63827 [I don't know if your blog package will allow a third try but here it is. You <i>really</i> need a preview button.] If it’s orthogonal circles you want, I rather prefer <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Smith_chart_bmd.gif" rel="nofollow">this arrangement</a>, which is fascinating both geometrically and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smith_chart" rel="nofollow">in what it describes</a>. As my late math prof said (between taking a draw on his chalk and trying to write on the blackboard with his cigarette) “a linear fractional transform maps circles and lines into circles and lines [in the complex plane].” Radial lines and circles about the center point map into the two coordinate systems you see. [I don’t know if your blog package will allow a third try but here it is. You really need a preview button.]

If it’s orthogonal circles you want, I rather prefer this arrangement, which is fascinating both geometrically and in what it describes. As my late math prof said (between taking a draw on his chalk and trying to write on the blackboard with his cigarette) “a linear fractional transform maps circles and lines into circles and lines [in the complex plane].” Radial lines and circles about the center point map into the two coordinate systems you see.

]]> By: neo-neocon http://neoneocon.com/2008/04/12/and-speaking-of-apollonian/#comment-63833 neo-neocon Sun, 13 Apr 2008 18:16:02 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2008/04/12/and-speaking-of-apollonian/#comment-63833 njcommuter: I used to have a preview button, but it caused a glitch that made it impossible to do links in the comments section at all. The only solution seemed to be to remove it. I would prefer to have a preview function, but I haven't figured out a way to do a plug-in for one without causing the aforementioned glitch. njcommuter: I used to have a preview button, but it caused a glitch that made it impossible to do links in the comments section at all. The only solution seemed to be to remove it. I would prefer to have a preview function, but I haven’t figured out a way to do a plug-in for one without causing the aforementioned glitch.

]]> By: Ymarsakar http://neoneocon.com/2008/04/12/and-speaking-of-apollonian/#comment-63836 Ymarsakar Sun, 13 Apr 2008 18:55:53 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2008/04/12/and-speaking-of-apollonian/#comment-63836 My preview button is called metapad. It used to be notepad. My preview button is called metapad. It used to be notepad.

]]> By: Sergey http://neoneocon.com/2008/04/12/and-speaking-of-apollonian/#comment-63840 Sergey Sun, 13 Apr 2008 19:23:49 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2008/04/12/and-speaking-of-apollonian/#comment-63840 This is called conformal transformation - a mapping conserving angles. A notion from complex analysis. And Apollonius obviously understood it, just as analytical geometry, rediscovered by Rene Descartes two thousand years later. This is called conformal transformation - a mapping conserving angles. A notion from complex analysis. And Apollonius obviously understood it, just as analytical geometry, rediscovered by Rene Descartes two thousand years later.

]]> By: njcommuter http://neoneocon.com/2008/04/12/and-speaking-of-apollonian/#comment-63897 njcommuter Mon, 14 Apr 2008 06:15:34 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2008/04/12/and-speaking-of-apollonian/#comment-63897 Indeed and indeed. And electromagnetic theory is one of the foundation applications of complex analysis, hence Mr. Smith and his elegant chart. Indeed and indeed. And electromagnetic theory is one of the foundation applications of complex analysis, hence Mr. Smith and his elegant chart.

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