2012.01.22 19:00 - The Lateral Brilliance of the Water Dragon

The Guardian for this meeting was Calvino Rabeni. The comments are by Calvino Rabeni.

...and the basic building block of the universe is... stay tuned.

Multiverse1 Resident: Hiya Calvino
Multiverse1 Resident: and SamuoOOoo
Calvino Rabeni: Good day Multi and Sam !
Multiverse1 Resident: Good day
oO0Oo Resident: Hi Cal. Multi, Lucinda :)
Multiverse1 Resident: hi luci
Calvino Rabeni: Gooda evening Cinda !
Lucinda Lavender: good eve... all
Multiverse1 Resident: wb contre
oO0Oo Resident: Paradise :) Contre :)
Multiverse1 Resident: hi para
Paradise Tennant: smiles and waves all round :)
Multiverse1 Resident:

a stone falls into the pool
the waves makes waves in the pool,
much like the stone

Calvino Rabeni:

the waves make waves
in the stone
much like the pool

Multiverse1 Resident: have you ever heard of a soloton wave?, or perhaps, a standing wave?
Multiverse1 Resident: a wave that travels independantly of the contours of its surroundings
Calvino Rabeni: There were standing waves one time on the downtown street of my town
Lucinda Lavender: not I...
Multiverse1 Resident: they tend not to break, until they hit a wall
Multiverse1 Resident: they do not interact with the waves that they travel through, at least not in the general sense
Multiverse1 Resident: rather they flow over them
Multiverse1 Resident: less impedance
Lucinda Lavender: are they bigger?
Multiverse1 Resident: no
Multiverse1 Resident: not about size, about amplitude
Calvino Rabeni: When two wave trains pass through each other, they don't exchange much energy, is that true?
Calvino Rabeni: they must exchange a little... but it would be a very small percentage of their own energy
Multiverse1 Resident: yes
Multiverse1 Resident: a similar example
Multiverse1 Resident: for instance, the dawn , when seen on the horizon, is a standing wave.
Multiverse1 Resident: it sweeps the countryside
Multiverse1 Resident: even if it is cloudy
--BELL--

Multiverse1 Resident:

the petal of a flower, lands in the pond, next
the pond drops next

Calvino Rabeni:

Paper or plastic, coffee or tea?
they say the choice is up to me
wave or particle - which metaphor
is individuality better for?

Multiverse1 Resident: plastic please
Lucinda Lavender: :))
Calvino Rabeni: A lecturer used the particle as the image of individuality, the wave for connection
Calvino Rabeni: yet waves pass through each other without interacting much at all
Calvino Rabeni: and particles at least can bump into each other :)
Multiverse1 Resident: hmm
Multiverse1 Resident: NRG
Multiverse1 Resident: Mass converstion
Multiverse1 Resident: no t
Multiverse1 Resident: nice, my television tells me it will sleep in one minute
Multiverse1 Resident: wow, it did
Lucinda Lavender: :)
Multiverse1 Resident: was done with it anyway
Lucinda Lavender: I am feeling rested...have had the plan to watch Downton Abbey...tonight
Multiverse1 Resident: smart machine
Lucinda Lavender: interesting to watch the changes people went through during the first world war
Multiverse1 Resident: sounds british to me
Lucinda Lavender: adjusting to developments...yes
Calvino Rabeni wonders with what kind of "how muchness" rest and sleep may be measured
Multiverse1 Resident: they lived through amazing things
Lucinda Lavender: they turn a residence into a hospital ...
oO0Oo Resident: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Downton_Abbey
Lucinda Lavender: they did live through a lot
Lucinda Lavender: muchness...isness
Multiverse1 Resident: have to look that one up.
Lucinda Lavender: am imagining a poem of sorts that consists of one word each...going around the circle
Multiverse1 Resident: clearly
Paradise Tennant: smiles .. kind of sleepy here tonight .. it is cold .. quite overcast so a dark night sky and I feel like falling into sleep muchness ;))
Multiverse1 Resident: bye para
Paradise Tennant: thank you all for the company the conversation :) namaste :)
Multiverse1 Resident: you are making me sleepy too.
Calvino Rabeni: namasteeee
oO0Oo Resident: night Para.. sleep well
oO0Oo Resident: Bye Multi
Lucinda Lavender: ( now I can't think of a word)
Calvino Rabeni: "Omen"
oO0Oo Resident: "Favours"
--BELL--

Lucinda Lavender: "Pontoon"
Lucinda Lavender: shall we go again?
Calvino Rabeni: yes I am game
oO0Oo Resident: sure :)
Lucinda Lavender: me too
oO0Oo Resident: continue? or start afresh?
Lucinda Lavender: start afresh
Lucinda Lavender: I think
Lucinda Lavender: yet this time do two rounds
Calvino Rabeni: "paper"
oO0Oo Resident: "annointment"
Lucinda Lavender: "umbra"
Calvino Rabeni: Oooh - "umbra" :)
Calvino Rabeni: Ok...
Calvino Rabeni: "diamond"
oO0Oo Resident: "revelation"
Lucinda Lavender: "ascending"
oO0Oo Resident: :)
Lucinda Lavender: thanks that was fun for me
oO0Oo Resident: wb Paradise
oO0Oo Resident: enjoyed it too :)
Calvino Rabeni: "sutra"
Calvino Rabeni: (that's either round 3 or a new collection)
Lucinda Lavender: that was the start of round 3
Lucinda Lavender: I think
oO0Oo Resident: "calamity"
Lucinda Lavender: "Helicopter"

Calvino Rabeni: Greetings Tess :)
oO0Oo Resident: Hi Tess :)
Lucinda Lavender: HI Tess
Lucinda Lavender: and friend
oO0Oo Resident: If round 3 is over.. may I make a suggestion?
Lucinda Lavender: yes:)
Tess Aristocrat: Hi :)
Lucinda Lavender: we are playing...a little game one word each going in a circle with Cal first
oO0Oo Resident enjpoys seeing yellow lab
Lucinda Lavender: your suggestion Sam?
oO0Oo Resident: oh.. ty
Tess Aristocrat: Maggie sit
oO0Oo Resident: well first I will explain to Tess, what we have been doing.
oO0Oo Resident: Tess Luci , suggested we each offer a word toward a spontaneous poem in a round. We did one round, then a double round, then another single round.. looked like this:
oO0Oo Resident:

1.
omen
favours
pontoon

2.
paper
annointment
umbra
diamond
revelation
ascending

3.
sutra
calamity
helicopter

--BELL--

Tess Aristocrat: hmmm
Tess Aristocrat: is it a word association game?
oO0Oo Resident: So, as you may know...
Lucinda Lavender: could be but I was just listening for the sounds together...to see how it makes my mind work...
Tess Aristocrat: how about a line?
oO0Oo Resident: we are on the cusp of the Lunar new year
Tess Aristocrat: :)
oO0Oo Resident: heading into the year of the Water Dragon
oO0Oo Resident: and
oO0Oo Resident: often divinations are done at this time
Lucinda Lavender: ah...would you like to create something with that in mind?
oO0Oo Resident: I thought we could do a go round.. perhaps 3 loops... as a way of feeling out this new year..
oO0Oo Resident: How does that sound?
Lucinda Lavender: great...
Calvino Rabeni: it sounds "orbital" :)
Lucinda Lavender: so more than one word?
oO0Oo Resident: one word each, going round three times.. and I believe that was Cal's first?
Tess Aristocrat: I think more than one word would make for a better poetic flow
Tess Aristocrat: but ok :)
oO0Oo Resident: Lets try one.. then after we can try something else if it suits people...
oO0Oo Resident: counter clockwise
oO0Oo Resident: Cal.. did you intend orbital to be yours?
Calvino Rabeni: yes
oO0Oo Resident: OK, ty.. mine will be "undulating"
Lucinda Lavender: "fragrance"
Tess Aristocrat: unfolding
Calvino Rabeni: "doggerel"
oO0Oo Resident: "insights"
Lucinda Lavender: "Shifting"
Tess Aristocrat: interwoven
Calvino Rabeni: weft
oO0Oo Resident: "powerfully"
--BELL--

Lucinda Lavender: "plays"
Tess Aristocrat: laughs
oO0Oo Resident: is that your final word Tess? "laughs"?
Tess Aristocrat: well..yes
oO0Oo Resident: :)

Lunar Year of Water Dragon Divination
orbital
undulating
fragrance
unfolding
doggerel
insights
shifting
interwoven
weft
powerfully
plays
laughs

Thank you.. I'm certainly open to trying this in manifold/alternative ways, if others have inspired ideas. :)
Lucinda Lavender: That was fun...surprising how it develops even with one word
Tess Aristocrat: yes
Calvino Rabeni: Thanks .. the assemblage does have unity
oO0Oo Resident: Yes.. calling forth some butterflies to join the chaos of 2012
Calvino Rabeni: The Power of Chaos - http://www.well.com/~bbear/wheatley.html
Calvino Rabeni: The opening quote is a favorite:

About one lifetime ago, astronomer and physicist J.B.S. Haldane remarked,
"The universe is not only queerer than we suppose, it is queerer than we can suppose."

Calvino Rabeni: and I think the "can" is emphasized
oO0Oo Resident: yes.. nice connection with the kind of mystical potential of poetry in that sense
oO0Oo Resident: Time to walk the Ultimate Yellow Tess?
Tess Aristocrat: well, I should be getting on toward my Monday...Have a good time you all. :)
Tess Aristocrat: her name is Maggie
Lucinda Lavender: bye Tess and thanks...
oO0Oo Resident: May your Monday be not mundane :) tc
Tess Aristocrat: ditto :)
Lucinda Lavender: interesting link Cal...
oO0Oo Resident: (((Maggie)))
Calvino Rabeni: Fly well, Tess
Lucinda Lavender: It speaks of more laughter in management!
Lucinda Lavender: The basic building block of the whole universe...
Calvino Rabeni: is (drum roll) ... Laughter?
Calvino Rabeni: That makes a lot of sense, metaphorically!
Lucinda Lavender: and that was the closing word in our poem
Lucinda Lavender: Play and laugh
Lucinda Lavender: how did you pull this out of your hat?!!
Calvino Rabeni: Laughter does seem like the play of chaos in the human's emotional body
Lucinda Lavender: brilliant
oO0Oo Resident: :)
Lucinda Lavender: at the end of the article is a bit about strange attractors...and orbits
Calvino Rabeni:

My hat fell off, blowing
down the street, rolling
    like a tumbleweed
My head looked after in green envy
Doors rattled; head inclined
   the orbit of my hand was the larger

--BELL--

oO0Oo Resident: That was a timely gust that blew your hat Cal
Calvino Rabeni:
Lucinda Lavender: Luci feeds cat
oO0Oo Resident likes pondering , group patience, the unknown, play and laughter, and sparks thought of Jazz improvisation metaphor applied to economic management/meltdown/management
oO0Oo Resident: a talk on TED.. anyone see that?
Calvino Rabeni: No .. it reminds me of a guy .. who was it?
Lucinda Lavender: sounds good
oO0Oo Resident: I'll bring up the link for folks to look at in their time if they wish.. it's likely too long for now 16-18 minutes
oO0Oo Resident: but
Lucinda Lavender: in our spare time...
Lucinda Lavender: :)
oO0Oo Resident: I liked the non-pushy, no mistakes, atuned listening messages
Calvino Rabeni: copious spare time :)
Lucinda Lavender: not said sarcastically
Calvino Rabeni: ah thanks, that
Calvino Rabeni: is good to know
Lucinda Lavender: Sam what did you like...not sure I got it...
oO0Oo Resident: .. 2 secs.. please...

Calvino Rabeni: Meanwhile, a public service announcement:

"The worst part of censorship is ... mmpgfffphfffh!"

Aphrodite Macbain: lol
Lucinda Lavender: :)))
Lucinda Lavender: HI aph
oO0Oo Resident: . Stefon Harris on how there are no mistakes in jazz -- if the rest of the band is open to new ideas: http://t.co/ooYIFzBE I liked the understatedness.. the lateralness of brilliance,  , the trust in not knowing, the willingness to shine in the sacred present..
Aphrodite Macbain: Hi Cinda
oO0Oo Resident waves to Aphrodite
Aphrodite Macbain: waves back to nobody special!
Aphrodite Macbain: :-)
Lucinda Lavender: I will have to go soon...thanks for explaining Sam..
Calvino Rabeni: That's great oO0Oo, it is exactly what I wished for earlier today, thanks :)
Aphrodite Macbain: sorry I missed this
Aphrodite Macbain: I will check the log
Lucinda Lavender: must be the powerful interwoven weft
Aphrodite Macbain: is that what you were all talking about?
Aphrodite Macbain: wefts of steel
Lucinda Lavender: wefts of whatever...
Lucinda Lavender: we made a little poem...each just offering up one word
Aphrodite Macbain: wafting wefts weave wearily
Aphrodite Macbain: sorry that was 4
Lucinda Lavender: well so long campers:)
oO0Oo Resident: Thanks Luci.. enjoyed your poetry inspirations :) Deep rest when you do. :)
--BELL--

Calvino Rabeni: Bye Cinda :)
Aphrodite Macbain: By Luci
Lucinda Lavender: thanks for me too restful and energizing... as well as
Lucinda Lavender: inspiring...
Aphrodite Macbain: I should go and post the log from the 1pm session
oO0Oo Resident likes Luci's gradual departures.. they feel generous and comforting
Calvino Rabeni: :)
Aphrodite Macbain: Bye! bye
Calvino Rabeni: Bye!
oO0Oo Resident waves to Aph
Lucinda Lavender: yes leaving a room...can go on for a long time
Lucinda Lavender: :)
Lucinda Lavender: ha ha
Lucinda Lavender: bfn...
oO0Oo Resident: bfn
Calvino Rabeni: Thanks both of you for the reminders .. they were synchronic, calibrated even ... :)
oO0Oo Resident: Hats off indeed
Calvino Rabeni intends to leave in the near future
oO0Oo Resident: me interleaves
Calvino Rabeni: Let's see, how is this done?
oO0Oo Resident: progressively?
Calvino Rabeni: wafting away
oO0Oo Resident: ...ting.. ....way
Calvino Rabeni:

like a puff of smoke
that was there
a moment