Ejercitando la neurona en otra red socialTumblr (3.0; @melinamercouri)http://melinamercouri.tumblr.com/<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/725fa32d25910b643a653b5891fe4d21/tumblr_miwwa2hS8P1qd5e3ao1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://remash.tumblr.com/post/44496411105/house-in-okawa-moo-architecture-workshop">remash</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>house in okawa ~ moo architecture workshop</p> </blockquote>http://melinamercouri.tumblr.com/post/48453418299http://melinamercouri.tumblr.com/post/48453418299Sat, 20 Apr 2013 13:59:15 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/b17768f3dca4f979075c298a1e01130f/tumblr_mfces93Yo31qat99uo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/14e156f938f5520a85320fcfbfd5ea38/tumblr_mfces93Yo31qat99uo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/03ba923fe27a6abdf0dc9ae1eed0b9b3/tumblr_mfces93Yo31qat99uo3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/dff4246be496ed7b8934db2d3f43ddc8/tumblr_mfces93Yo31qat99uo4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://www.elcontexto.net/post/38404080827/hans-peter-worndl-gucklhupf-transformable">elcontexto</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Hans Peter Wörndl - <a href="http://www.nextroom.at/building.php?id=2623">GucklHupf</a> (transformable house), Mondsee 1993, photos (C) <a href="http://www.paul-ott.at">Paul Ott</a>. (via <a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://subtilitas.tumblr.com/post/38396717552/hans-peter-worndl-gucklhupf-transformable">subtilitas</a>)</p> </blockquote>http://melinamercouri.tumblr.com/post/46211350332http://melinamercouri.tumblr.com/post/46211350332Sun, 24 Mar 2013 20:54:57 -0400<iframe width="400" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/xUHQ2ybTejU?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p><a href="http://exp.lore.com/post/42879825466/this-is-amazing-the-first-canon-from-bachs" class="tumblr_blog">explore-blog</a>:</p> <blockquote><p>This is amazing: The first canon from Bach’s <em>Musical Offering</em>, known as the “crab canon,” is essentially the musical version of a Möbius Strip – it can be played back-to-front as well. Then again, mathemusician Vi Hart knew that when she <a href="http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2013/02/11/vi-hart-space-time-music/">used backwards Bach and a music box to explain space-time</a>.</p> <p><em>(<a href="http://www.curatorscode.org">↬</a> <a href="http://www.itsokaytobesmart.com/post/42869472186/the-genius-of-j-s-bachs-crab-canon-visualized">It’s Okay To Be Smart</a>)</em></p></blockquote>http://melinamercouri.tumblr.com/post/42887771934http://melinamercouri.tumblr.com/post/42887771934Mon, 11 Feb 2013 20:42:17 -0500<iframe width="400" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/xUHQ2ybTejU?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p><a href="http://exp.lore.com/post/42879825466/this-is-amazing-the-first-canon-from-bachs" class="tumblr_blog">explore-blog</a>:</p> <blockquote><p>This is amazing: The first canon from Bach’s <em>Musical Offering</em>, known as the “crab canon,” is essentially the musical version of a Möbius Strip – it can be played back-to-front as well. Then again, mathemusician Vi Hart knew that when she <a href="http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2013/02/11/vi-hart-space-time-music/">used backwards Bach and a music box to explain space-time</a>.</p> <p><em>(<a href="http://www.curatorscode.org">↬</a> <a href="http://www.itsokaytobesmart.com/post/42869472186/the-genius-of-j-s-bachs-crab-canon-visualized">It’s Okay To Be Smart</a>)</em></p></blockquote> <p>Maravilla</p>http://melinamercouri.tumblr.com/post/42887726937http://melinamercouri.tumblr.com/post/42887726937Mon, 11 Feb 2013 20:41:45 -0500“If you want to do something sharp and innovative, you have to know what went on before. Museums are custodians of epiphanies, and these epiphanies enter the central nervous system and deep recesses of the mind.”<br/><br/> - <em><p><a href="http://www.fastcocreate.com/1682114/essential-creative-advice-from-joss-whedon-carrie-brownstein-jim-stengel-and-13-others#14">George Lois</a> on inspiration. </p> <p>Also see the legendary adman <a href="http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2012/06/29/george-lois-on-creativity/">on creativity and ideas as the product of discovery, not invention</a>. </p> <p>(via <a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://exp.lore.com/">explore-blog</a>)</p></em>http://melinamercouri.tumblr.com/post/40685430006http://melinamercouri.tumblr.com/post/40685430006Wed, 16 Jan 2013 11:02:26 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_medv645Oya1r3uobno1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Bonito trazo de un sueño guajiro (taken with Avatr*)</p>http://melinamercouri.tumblr.com/post/37000846870http://melinamercouri.tumblr.com/post/37000846870Sat, 01 Dec 2012 22:03:40 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mdjomh6yth1r3uobno1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Le iba a Romney… (taken with Avatr*)</p>http://melinamercouri.tumblr.com/post/35788232101http://melinamercouri.tumblr.com/post/35788232101Thu, 15 Nov 2012 14:54:17 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mcttadjyE71r3uobno1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Ideas faltan (taken with Avatr*)</p>http://melinamercouri.tumblr.com/post/34778165778http://melinamercouri.tumblr.com/post/34778165778Thu, 01 Nov 2012 16:37:24 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mcgsstCySJ1r3uobno1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Cancún como horizonte (taken with Avatr*)</p>http://melinamercouri.tumblr.com/post/34311161387http://melinamercouri.tumblr.com/post/34311161387Thu, 25 Oct 2012 15:58:05 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mcgso3zn3C1r3uobno1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Donde se pone el sol (taken with Avatr*)</p>http://melinamercouri.tumblr.com/post/34310994462http://melinamercouri.tumblr.com/post/34310994462Thu, 25 Oct 2012 15:55:14 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mcewh4wUVX1r3uobno1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>El faro (taken with Avatr*)</p>http://melinamercouri.tumblr.com/post/34243790221http://melinamercouri.tumblr.com/post/34243790221Wed, 24 Oct 2012 15:22:15 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mc3m307NSU1rqpa8po1_r2_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://exp.lore.com/post/33841172550/10-timeless-commandments-from-bertrand-russell">explore-blog</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2012/05/02/a-liberal-decalogue-bertrand-russell/">10 timeless commandments</a> from <strong>Bertrand Russell</strong>.</p> </blockquote>http://melinamercouri.tumblr.com/post/33842084150http://melinamercouri.tumblr.com/post/33842084150Thu, 18 Oct 2012 13:25:53 -0400<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/42863899?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0" width="400" height="224" frameborder="0"></iframe><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://exp.lore.com/post/30092985538/decoding-our-senses-a-fascinating-look-at-what">explore-blog</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><em><a href="http://www.sciencebytes.org/2012/05/30/episode-4-decoding-our-senses/">Decoding Our Senses</a></em> – a fascinating look at what happens to our brains in a world where our eyes and ears are constantly bombarded with colors, shapes, textures, and noises of all types. </p> <p><em>(<a href="http://www.curatorscode.org">ᔥ</a> <a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/video/index/261145/">The Atlantic</a>)</em></p> </blockquote>http://melinamercouri.tumblr.com/post/30938346077http://melinamercouri.tumblr.com/post/30938346077Wed, 05 Sep 2012 12:43:50 -0400“I certainly want [my readers] to think like scientists – to think critically, skeptically – but I also want them to be imbued with the poetry of the universe, the poetry of reality, which is what science is.”<br/><br/> - <em><p><strong>Richard Dawkins</strong>, echoing the famous words of <a href="http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2012/08/27/richard-feynman-on-the-role-of-scientific-culture-in-modern-society/">Richard Feynman</a> and <a href="http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2012/05/23/carl-sagan-the-burden-of-skepticism/">Carl Sagan</a>, in this great <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01mc11f">BBC 4 Radio interview</a>. </p> <p>Also see Dawkins’s <em><a href="http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2011/10/06/the-magic-of-reality-richard-dawkins/">The Magic of Reality</a></em>, a children’s book debunking religious mythology with the awe of science.</p> <p>(via <a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://exp.lore.com/">explore-blog</a>)</p></em>http://melinamercouri.tumblr.com/post/30937941081http://melinamercouri.tumblr.com/post/30937941081Wed, 05 Sep 2012 12:33:30 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m92r5fBqNZ1r3uobno1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Profetas en proceso (tomada con <a href="http://instagram.com">Instagram</a> en Amara)</p>http://melinamercouri.tumblr.com/post/29853335869http://melinamercouri.tumblr.com/post/29853335869Mon, 20 Aug 2012 18:15:15 -0400<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/45658298?byline=0&portrait=0&color=ffffff" width="400" height="224" frameborder="0"></iframe><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://exp.lore.com/post/27481962881/amazing-animated-infographic-uses-the-olympic">explore-blog</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Amazing <a href="http://oceaniaeuropeamericasafricaasia.tumblr.com/">animated infographic</a> uses the Olympic rings to look at global inequality, from population to homicides to number of billionaires –  a fine example of <a href="http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2011/07/26/visualize-this-nathan-yau/">how to tell stories with data</a>.</p> </blockquote>http://melinamercouri.tumblr.com/post/29134322159http://melinamercouri.tumblr.com/post/29134322159Fri, 10 Aug 2012 13:52:26 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m5394y2A1u1roh7abo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://ziadelsharkawiarch.tumblr.com/post/24396338601/tadao-ando-abu-dhabi-maritime-museum-image-c">ziadelsharkawiarch</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><strong>tadao ando</strong></p> <p>abu dhabi maritime museum</p> <p>image © tomio ohashi</p> </blockquote>http://melinamercouri.tumblr.com/post/27488269144http://melinamercouri.tumblr.com/post/27488269144Wed, 18 Jul 2012 12:39:42 -0400<blockquote> <p>Find me now, before someone else does.</p> <p>- <strong>Haruki</strong> <strong>Murakami</strong>, <em>1Q84</em></p> </blockquote>http://melinamercouri.tumblr.com/post/27487250764http://melinamercouri.tumblr.com/post/27487250764Wed, 18 Jul 2012 12:20:57 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m6loboCr4c1qcv7buo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://melinamercouri.tumblr.com/post/26459971421http://melinamercouri.tumblr.com/post/26459971421Tue, 03 Jul 2012 21:27:52 -0400<a href="http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/06/08/friday-night-music-more-early-music/">Paul Krugman: Friday Night Music: More Early Music</a>: <p>Indie music of the Renaissance.</p>http://melinamercouri.tumblr.com/post/25048094415http://melinamercouri.tumblr.com/post/25048094415Wed, 13 Jun 2012 18:06:16 -0400