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IOTW: Imitation v inspiration

Bruce — Sun, 15 Oct 2006 22:12:55 +0000

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Sometimes it surely happens by chance that two logos are as alike as peas in a pod. At other times (and I've seen several examples on the 'net) it is equally clear that there is something more than chance at work. During our recent trip to China we noted a few shop logos that looked remarkably familiar, despite a zero probability that we had encountered the shop displaying it before. An imitation is intended to copy or at least closely simulate a design. It is the antithesis of design by inspiration, which implies a certain measure of creativity, innovation and imagination—without stretching all the way to originality and inventiveness. Inspiration is a valuable artistic tool for those suffering from a depletion of vision, but can readily be taken too far. Here is a shop logo that may have been conceived due to lack of inventiveness, sheer laziness, or maybe the constraints of time or budget. But I suspect it may have been re-engineered from a famous logo for reasons of brand association. It makes good marketing sense: a vaguely familiar or trustworthy logo may draw in customers otherwise confused by the visual cacophony of a busy street. You decide: imitation or inspiration? Would the real logo please stand up? Want to see more from IOTW? Click here for an archive view.

Nine Rules to blog by

Bruce — Wed, 07 Jun 2006 21:34:24 +0000

From http://www.bioneural.net doi:tSglPpAB7a8nfM :

Three Rounds for the First-lings who touched the sky, Seven hundred Hopefuls in Round Four alone, Nine Rules proffered for them to blog by, One button to [Submit] before the world prone In this Cyberspace where the Virtuous vie. One Site to list them all, One Site to find them, One Site to syndicate them all and to the Readers bind them In this Cyberspace where the Virtuous vie. Update 30.03.08: bioneural.net withdrew from 9rules Membership on 30 March 2008. I thought a small poem was in order to celebrate the offer of bioneural.net joining 9rules.com—someone thinks bioneural.net is OK. Not having seen or agreed to the Membership agreement (as of this writing), this is merely a preliminary offer. I'm not part of the Community yet. So while we're in limbo, what's this all about then? What is 9rules? The 9rules Network is a community of the best weblogs in the world on a variety of topics... Anyone can join 9rules—you don't have to be well-known, networked, rich, successful, or beautiful—but you do have to have a fiery passion for the medium. You can only join during a 24-hour submission round. Round 4 initially selected 111 sites to join the network from 700 evaluated submissions. To my genuine amazement, bioneural.net was offered inclusion in The 700 Club. Member sites are allocated to a Community, ranging from Apple to Writing as representing the primary focus of the member site. As you can see from my tag cloud, the primary focus of bioneural.net is the Mac—but no word yet as to which Community I've ...

The teachings of Te Koru

Bruce — Thu, 30 Mar 2006 05:59:47 +0000

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The unfurling fern frond (Te Koru in Maori) teaches us three important lessons. Lesson One Life can take many directions. Lesson Two In each direction there are many variations. Lesson Three What we can see is only part of the story; possibilities are yet to be revealed.

Excerpt from Buddhist literature

Bruce — Thu, 13 May 2004 16:25:24 +0000

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I don't know who wrote this, but they are fine words. Can you identify the author so I can properly attribute them? In referring to the religious devotion of the author, this prose succinctly captures his or her wonder at the beauty of Creation (or, if you prefer, the environment on the third planet from the Sun). It shows an appreciation for the physical world around us, and demonstrates how this appreciation can be enhanced by giving it a spiritual context. You don't need to be religious to be spiritual: prophet and scientist alike may draw inspiration from these words. My footsteps I know you hear night and day. Your pleasure Blooms in the purple of autumn's dawn, Sparkles in the springtime shower of blossoms. The nearer I come to you on your path, The livelier dances the sea. Like lotus-petals my life unfolds From birth to birth, And your crowding suns and stars Circle men in wonder. The blossom of the world woven of light Fills your offering hands, And your shy heaven Unfolds its love, Petal by petal, In my sky.

The inspiration of Kahlil Gibran

Bruce — Thu, 05 Feb 2004 07:35:04 +0000

From http://www.bioneural.net doi:tSglPpAB7a8nfM :

If you ever feel the need to take a moment to reflect on the goings-on in life, look to Kahlil Gibran for inspiration. First published in 1926, a paperback edition of this philosopher-poet's The Prophet has accompanied me since 1989. I heartily recommend it as an aid to reflection, and share here a few choice extracts... On Death: For what is it to die but to stand naked in the wind and melt into the sun? And what is it to cease breathing but to free the breath from its restless tides, that it may rise and expand and seek God unencumbered? For Opa, d. 2 February 2004 aged 96. On Marriage: Love one another, but make not a bond of love: Let it be rather a moving sea between the shores of your souls. Fill each other's cup but drink not from one cup. Give one another of your bread but eat not from the same loaf. Sing and dance together and be joyous, but let each one of you be alone, Even as the strings of a lute are alone though they quiver with the same music. For my wife, with whom the sum is indeed greater than its parts. On Joy and Sorrow: When you are sorrowful, look again into your heart, and you shall see that in truth you are weeping for that which has been your delight. For my parting colleagues as we come to terms with change. All extracts from Gibran K. The Prophet. London: William Heinemann; 1980.