Dear reader, this is the first article that I write as a pure blogger - earlier in this paper have been published previously - and I want to tell you a kind of game that has its final conclusion.
See the following picture of the Earth.
The'd ever seen? Probably not. Inverted Earth is viewed from the reference provided by the 150 ° meridian and the equator. The area's largest continent is Australia and is a little above the left, New Zealand.
Looked as this other photo.
Continents have disappeared! Only you can see the blue of the ocean. In this picture, the south pole is to the west and the north pole to the east of the meridian and the equator for the meridian of 140 ° for parallel compared to the traditional view north to south.
One last photo:
Is the Earth as seen from the reference meridian of 180 degrees ( see article of the same name ), the back (or front, depending on whom you see) the traditional image made by considering the Greenwich meridian.
What should Gurb see the alien entered by n'Eduardo when Mendoza arrived in Barcelona in 1991 and discovered the first planet? The universe has neither north nor south, then maybe his vision was that of the first or the second picture, that is approached by any valley - the valley to our head? Or maybe he did next - our concept of next?
Power to consider the world from different planes in a universe without references, that was a year when I did the first time with Google Earth, I make sense of the relativity of it all. The perception we have of people, things, facts, ..., that feeling we get from the collection made by the senses, not necessarily the reality, is a part of it, and usually our reality is not a picture that you can manipulate the computer to see it complete, so it is always incomplete, but so be it does not prevent you take every day decisions according to what we see, and miss but it was not to So this is life. However, this summer I thought that we help, in fact, relative to certain realities of today, perhaps because this year to look at reality from a new perspective, there are alternatives to disturbing realities. The reality of the crisis, for example?
Joseph Albet
29/07/2008 at 12:36
Joseph Excellent!
Congratulations and good summer!
29/07/2008 at 12:53
Some countries have long been calling for a different view of the traditional world map. In Australia and New Zealand there are maps with the opposite hemispheres, north and south down above. His vision is really different look and realize that a "traditional" we can not accept that other "realities" are as real as our
29/07/2008 at 20:51
Good, Joseph!
Actually, some Australians use the world map upside down to us as a friend coneixem.Quan Australian student there, he taught me (something like http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/2007/10/ medical_tourism.html) made me think a lot on the line posed. And it's funny how only lifting us both off the ground are images that fascinate us, make us see reality differently, and make us think. I think we moved the idea to the personal and social relations, of course, and often think that we are unable to imagine the other side of the table (in the other chair, said that some doctors ), the other skin, the other consciousness, the egocentrism and ethnocentrism are ears that do not let us see further.
And if you put these images in poetry or narrative in Mendoza or any good storyteller, is to dream awake.
When at night, but still the Satellite, the planet look, you see more light pollution in Europe and North America than in Africa. I do not know because it will be ...: http://www.astroseti.org/noticia_2545_la_tierra_noche.htm
30/07/2008 at 9:48
Very good article and final intriguing ...
30/07/2008 at 10:00
There are as different ways to deal with it ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... everything.
- It is clear however that we are afraid of losing our "comfort" and our references.
There are crises as opportunities. Many.
- But what happens crises forced to read the world, "reality" of a altremanera. The problem is that they do so by force. But a crisis as stronger, more hardened who survived (not all).
In my opinion it was purchased new perspectives (if we need them) requires, as in the example of the globe, winning mental distance (not consciously think about it) and physics. The holidays allow us (some lucky) often do two things to think and do different things, or something completely different places in our daily reality, often routine and not very stimulating. Luck of the crisis!
30/07/2008 at 11:37
Pep
Excellent, as John says Sola.
I find it excellently teaching. It has value because very few words and details and the wonderful illustrations you see and understand many things at once. Also I found very refreshing and appropriate to the period of quasi-holiday. I remember that your proposal helps to analyze, to understand and accept the realities of others, whether individuals, companies or gruos from the whole, not only from the standpoint of normal is usually based on each of its I. Of course, as you say we need to predict decisions in our opinion, but if we do much better having at least tried to analyze the question whether in its entirety. Many FELICITATATS and to put forward your ideas in black and white!
13/08/2008 at 14:19
I encourage Joseph
I see that discipline is the constancy of blogger, but for these comments is that leo is rewarded.
I think it very acertada visions of the land as example of the relativity of things. And yes, everything is relative to our perceptions, and be conscious of that? Relativity is many times the ironing and salvación of light for many crises ... ... ... Globales or individuals. Congratulations.