Hello

Hi,

I joined and look forward to meeting everyone at Jane's and the lectures.

My main interest and pursuit has always has been art. I've been trying to
concoct a new aesthetics of art. In trying to find the right vocabulary, I
have chosen Complexity. My major problem is that I cannot come up with a
robust enough definition of truth (robust enough to surmount the relativism
and subjectivism of the 20th Century). The best I can do are metaphors. Any
ideas are most welcome.

Of course I paint a lot. My recent 911 painting is small. It squashes the
towers I once commuted to every day into a kind of ball.

During the day I worked--S&P just closed the office--on neural network models
to predict various financial events. We mostly focused on trade (receivables)
data. Energy trading companies were keenly interested in the product despite
the clunky platform.

Misc: GIS and architectural systems, 3D database tools, GIS and mapping
systems, gambling, typology, statistics and my cat, Perry (who can't meow).

Is there place listing everyone else's interests? I can only infer from the
archives.

Regards, Liz

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Elizabeth Cates, CFA
P.O. Box 9222
Sante Fe, NM  87504-9222
Home/FAX: [phone]
Cell: 505-913-0099
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[Stephen Guerin-2]

Hello Liz,

Welcome to FRIAM!

> My main interest and pursuit has always has been art. I've been trying to
> concoct a new aesthetics of art. In trying to find the right
> vocabulary, I have chosen Complexity. My major problem is that I cannot
come up with a
> robust enough definition of truth (robust enough to surmount the
> relativism
> and subjectivism of the 20th Century). The best I can do are
> metaphors. Any
> ideas are most welcome.

Yaneer Bar-Yam of <http://www.necsi.org> held a workshop a couple years ago
at Santa Fe College that explored Complexity and Art.
<http://necsi.org/education/sfai.html>

Also, Jim Crutchfield <http://www.santafe.edu/~chaos/> has had a couple of
initiatives in this space...<http://artscilab.org/>

> Is there place listing everyone else's interests? I can only
> infer from the archives.

There's been talk about adding wiki / phpNuke types of services on the FRIAM
server. We have these packages installed so it's just a matter of figuring
out what we want to do with them. A wiki of people seems very appropriate.
I'll look into getting this up in the next week or two. Anyone have specific
ideas of what to would be good to do?

-Steve

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>
>
> Hi,
>
> I joined and look forward to meeting everyone at Jane's and the lectures.
>
> My main interest and pursuit has always has been art. I've been trying to
> concoct a new aesthetics of art. In trying to find the right
> vocabulary, I
> have chosen Complexity. My major problem is that I cannot come up with a
> robust enough definition of truth (robust enough to surmount the
> relativism
> and subjectivism of the 20th Century). The best I can do are
> metaphors. Any
> ideas are most welcome.
>
> Of course I paint a lot. My recent 911 painting is small. It squashes the
> towers I once commuted to every day into a kind of ball.
>
> During the day I worked--S&P just closed the office--on neural
> network models
> to predict various financial events. We mostly focused on trade
> (receivables)
> data. Energy trading companies were keenly interested in the
> product despite
> the clunky platform.
>
> Misc: GIS and architectural systems, 3D database tools, GIS and mapping
> systems, gambling, typology, statistics and my cat, Perry (who
> can't meow).
>
> Is there place listing everyone else's interests? I can only
> infer from the
> archives.
>
> Regards, Liz
>
> --
> Elizabeth Cates, CFA
> P.O. Box 9222
> Sante Fe, NM  87504-9222
> Home/FAX: [phone]
> Cell: 505-913-0099
> [hidden email]
>
>
>
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