Patterns !

Hi,

when we walk around in the universe, I am sometimes fascinated by how many things we "know", we seem to recognize. Seeing things in a sort of flow can be an absolute fascinating experience ! For example, when you would see the large Gothic style cathedral in Cologne, how many structures can be seen that provide a function of making the whole building robust ? A lot. The people who had built this cathedral must have absolutely been amazed of what clever building can do. On the other hand, there must have been a huge learning effort before one culture is able to start building these sort of structures.

Music is still one of my most favorite structures to study, next to software, and computer architectures. It is also about communication. I am reading a book by Negroponte about "Being digital", the introduction of multimedia in our lifes. The book is already a bit older, but still an interesting reading.

Here some side-way thinking: I had listened to some piano/saxophone jazz by
Coltrane and Ellington on the bike on the way home. I had the CD from the quartier latin in Paris from a second hand jazz shop, where some old people were having a party while selling music. Music is fascinating in how in interacts with our memories.