My sister is a beautiful soul and sent me, through express mail, an “I-love-you-and-hang-in-there-box”. This is most of the letter that she attached with the parcel. It might not mean as much to others, but I hope all of my followers can take from this wonderful advice. I was genuinely moved by her words and absolutely ASTOUNDED that I am blood-related to this magical human being.
Positioned in the courtyard of Palazzo Bembo Gallery in Venice, Italy, this eye-searing neon light installation asks what is irrational in the city? And is it possible that irrationality and at its root the holy religion of mathematics, the underlying basis of reality? Is this an electric alter in the night, or a lurid invitation to a meaningless fling?
Wine drinkers may be familiar with the “tears of wine” often seen on the wall’s of a glass. The effect is a combination of evaporation and surface tension. As the low-surface-tension alcohol evaporates from the wine film left by swirling the glass, the higher local surface tension draws wine up the walls of the glass. Eventually enough wine gathers that droplets form and slide back down. This timelapse video shows how the beads form and move, almost dancing around the glass. The video’s author, Dan Quinn, has a second video with an awesome visual explanation of the behavior that’s well worth watching, too! (Video credit and submission: D. Quinn)
