posts tagged ‘meaning’
The obvious and the meaningful
7 September 2010 • out of context
tags: books, meaning, minimal, quotes
“Simplicity is about subtracting the obvious, and adding the meaningful.”
The Laws of Simplicity by John Maeda
Undo is not about love
7 September 2010 • out of context
tags: books, love, meaning, quotes
“(…) undo is not about love, but simply a relationship of convenience. Power is equally balanced between experience and user such that neither side has the upper hand. There can be no relationship of depth because every interaction can be completely rewound to the beginning. Thus commitment is rendered meaningless when for every action, there is a corresponding un-action. In contrast to the trusting relationship with a Master, the power of undo results in a feeling of simplicity that is rooted in not having to care at all. Although there is something morally sad about this interpretation, undo is not the enemy. Embrace undo as a rational partner in maintaining the many complex relationships with the objects in your environment. But put the undo button away when dealing with real people if possible.”
The Laws of Simplicity by John Maeda
Omakase
6 September 2010 • out of context
tags: freedom, language, liberation, meaning, uncertainty
Omakase (お任せ) is a Japanese phrase that means “It’s up to you” (from Japanese 任す, entrust).
The Uncanny
27 August 2010 • out of context
tags: meaning, perception, quotes
“The Uncanny (Ger. Das Unheimliche — literally, “un-home-ly”) is a Freudian concept of an instance where something can be familiar, yet foreign at the same time, resulting in a feeling of it being uncomfortably strange. [1] (See Uncanny valley)
Because the uncanny is familiar, yet strange, it often creates cognitive dissonance within the experiencing subject due to the paradoxical nature of being attracted to, yet repulsed by an object at the same time. This cognitive dissonance often leads to an outright rejection of the object, as one would rather reject than rationalize.”
Exteroceptive/Interoceptive
8 August 2010 • out of context
tags: body, brain, etymology, meaning, pain, perception
Exteroceptive
Main Entry: ex·tero·cep·tive
Pronunciation: \ˌek-stə-rō-ˈsep-tiv\
Function: adjective
Etymology: exterior + -o- + -ceptive (as in receptive)
Date: 1906
: relating to, being, or activated by stimuli received by an organism from outside
Interoceptive
Main Entry: in·ter·o·cep·tive
Pronunciation: \ˌin-tə-rō-ˈsep-tiv\
Function: adjective
Etymology: interior + -o- + -ceptive (as in receptive)
Date: circa 1921
: of, relating to, or being stimuli arising within the body and especially in the viscera
Where the Truth Lies
23 August 2009 • out of context
tags: cinema, meaning, quotes, recording
Where the Truth Lies by Atom Egoyan
Contextomy
27 April 2009 • out of context
tags: meaning, quotes
The practice of “quoting out of context”, sometimes referred to as “contextomy,” is a logical fallacy and type of false attribution in which a passage is removed from its surrounding matter in such a way as to distort its intended meaning.
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