The Art of Copying, a Fundamental part of Life “Man is an idiot. He doesn’t know how to do anything without copying, without imitating, without plagiarizing, without aping.” Augusto Roa Bastos, (1913-2005), noted Paraguayan novelist had said. “…copying is pervasive in contemporary culture….copying is a fundamental part of being human, …we would not be [...]
Archive of entries posted on July 2011
Serendipity
trial & error and serendipity, zemblanity, bahramdipity Some words could never, or are almost impossible to, be translated to any other language. One such word is Serendipity, not as the ancient name for Lanka, but as the term now in use for the faculty or phenomenon of finding valuable or agreeable things not sought for. [...]
culture vs. nature
Culture is departure from nature. It has been the way throughout man’s history. Man, Homo sapiens would have lived with nature till he became Homo symbolicus and then Homo eastheticus. Every step man took in the name of progress and advancement of his culture was a step further away from nature, yet man has not been able to define [...]
Music in the clouds
Paul McCartney is planning to have his complete music library in the clouds. Once this ambitious project is completed, any music lover could select his music ‘out of thin air’. According to CNN reports, McCartney, the former Beatles legend, is having all his music digitized. It is estimated that it will take about three years [...]