Steven,
Thank you for the tips. Wish I taken the art course & the Art Science Lab is intriguing. Had no idea this was in town. Much appreciated! I look forward to meeting you at Jane's. Regards, Liz -- Elizabeth Cates, CFA P.O. Box 9222 Sante Fe, NM 87504-9222 Home/FAX: 505-474-9050 Cell: 505-913-0099 [hidden email] > 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 > > ____________________________________________________ > http://www.redfish.com [hidden email] > 624 Agua Fria Street office: (505)995-0206 > Santa Fe, NM 87501 mobile: (505)577-5828 > > > > > > > > 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: 505-474-9050 > > Cell: 505-913-0099 > > [hidden email] > > > > > > > > ============================================================ > > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > > Meets Fridays 9AM @ Jane's Cafe > > Lecture schedule, archives, unsubscribe, etc.: > > http://www.friam.org > > > > > > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9AM @ Jane's Cafe > Lecture schedule, archives, unsubscribe, etc.: > http://www.friam.org |
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