Lawyers and Scientists; Chaos and Order
Lawyers, even the most brilliant, execute their skilled craft through a weaving of technicalities; this is their edge, to know the details, to be intimate with every bump in the road, and to maneuver through the smoothest course. Facts exist, which in a world of common sense would stand, solitary and solid, upon their own principles, but the attorney seeks the anomalous exception, the detour toward upholding, exonerating, appealing, proper objection, and most proper objective. While justice is the principle, the objective is the law, with all of its technicality, implication, and application. Its fabric can be as simple as linen or as ornate as brocade.
Scientists address facts, as observed, relate their apparent state, and proscribe laws to explain them. The nuance of knowledge is based upon the perspective of holding to principle and, oftentimes, finding its explanation in, again, the anomalous exception. Thus, even black holes are discovered.
The world may be seen as trillions of things, with billions of laws, but we are all driven toward one principle. In any dimension, there is countless abundance of apparent chaos. There is, also, order, but we have to desire to detect it, acknowledge it when we observe it, and act upon it when it is recognized. It is the unity we all seek. It is born of the anomaly that is obscured by the disorder of details in a complex and chaotic environment.
Stop now. Look at it.
It stares you in the face while distraction assaults you. It asks you to put the faith that you have in yourself into others. It asks you to put your weakness out there, as well. Where you are strong, by sharing, another can find his own. Others may help you in this regard.
The one unifying body, the language of the cosmos, the order of even the most chaotic elements, can be expressed by a single word: music. No dogma. No hype. No denial of its existence. It is form; it is action; it is principle. It just is.
MyGigNet asks a lot from you. It doesn't ask for it all at once. All that is asked is to do a little, then to do a little more. Most importantly, though, is where it starts.
Desire to see it. Know it when you see it. Then act.
David Kahl
President, CVO MyGigNet
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2 comments:
I don't get it. What are you smokin'? Can I have some?
The language of the cosmos? Ai yi yi yi yi!
A unifying body, um-hmm, like I haven't heard THAT one before...
Complexity and chaos are...do-able, but it may just be a juxtapositon of diatonic mediants within the exposition denoting a murky development of monte fonte, or a mirrored cadential gesture reinterpreting a liberal pattern of partitioned, sequential tonality in the theme zone, couldn't it?
hedy
Hedy:
So you've heard it before. Your cynicism is understandable. (By the way, there's no smokin' here; I just call them as I see them)
We all have our experiences, good and bad, that bring themselves to bear upon perspective. Yours, like so many others, me included, has been hammered by the touchy-feely, the "trust me", the "this is the way the world works", crap. It has been moved to reductionist thinking, a minimized, local orientation toward the bigger picture. In other words, you are looking for the panorama, but are boggled and distracted by the details that are immediately in front of you; you want the answers to particulars that directly impact you. That's okay, because that's what this project is about -- as much as it's about broader objectivity. However,.........
"Order and chaos are doable"?!?!
Talk about packing the pipe! Those words make no sense and it is obvious to me that you really don't get it. My apologies for being frank, but you started it. I do say this with honest compassion for you and where you come from. That said...
What I am positing here is that order can be determined, even when chaotic conditions are rampant. Unifying body? Physics, geometry, and even the orbits of the planets have a common grounding -- music and consonant harmony. That, my dear, is order. Don't just take my word for it, ask Pythagoras or Kepler. The difference between them and numerous, forgettable others is that they noted commonalities, applied them to particulars, embraced and integrated them into a higher, principled order -- an objective perspective -- which holds its own implications and further application.
Ultimately, if you want to really do something, like contribute a functional and valuable tool for others to use, then get off your ass and do it. Or you can sit on it, snipe at others who are acting upon their principles, play semantically cute games, and accomplish nothing. I have been working on this for years, in spite of people (like you) that have said it was all impossible, pointless, or too daunting. Well, I got up and acted, continued to act, and will keep on doing so. Want a demonstration of validity? You -- yes, even you -- are here, getting off your ass and participating. I may not be quite so far off base as you think.
Peace,
David "MyGigNet"
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