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Monthly Archives: December 2006

Nietzsche Quote

28-Dec-06

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“You need chaos in your soul to give birth to a dancing star.” - Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche
This quote has been stuck to my parents’ kitchen wall ever since I can remember. Whenever I see it I feel rich.

What’s a Metaverse?

27-Dec-06

I became interest in a project called Second Life (http://www.secondlife.com/) - initially just out of curiosity. Broadly, the idea is a whole virtual world, with residents, money, shops, houses, businesses and so on.
I tried it out, and lasted about 10 minutes before I was inspired enough to leave. This is because, the actual second life, [...]

Ask why? Live

23-Dec-06

My girlfriend Caiti said to me, very profoundly for her intoxicated state at the time, “To ask why, is to live” and whilst counting traffic last summer I wrote some words that were meant to reflect that sentiment. I ended up with something that was pretty heavy-going and not very good reading/listening - I don’t [...]

Learning Agreement: "Classic" Photography

12-Dec-06

I’ve become very aware of my (lack of) bank balance recently, especially due to the proximity to Christmas.
On a trip to Chorlton water park (South Manchester) and various other expeditions I’ve been over the last two months, it struck me I could possibly make some money selling prints of my images. I haven’t a particular [...]

Learning Agreement: Time

10-Dec-06

Whilst working on my VJ project I’ve become very interested in different ways of taking photographs over a period of time, as well as representing time with photographic methods. Combining the two is a goal but I’m not quite sure how wide the posts are.