~e; electromagnetic jewels

[bc <human@electronetwork.org>]

  oftentimes when days are dark, the beauty of
  nature, and also the transformations of humans
  can bring what words may never be able to.

  for me, it is seeing, and thinking about, the
  electromagetic gemstones in the .jpg photo
  uploaded at the following url. just scanned:


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  there are 3 objects (and a scarf as background)



  top: silicon

  made from sand, this piece was from silicon valley,
  the tech museum or the Intel museum there, forget
  which. in any case, it is made from some process in
  which sand is transformed into silicon tubes, if it is
  the correct image, like a big circular tube of this stuff
  which is then sliced for the semiconductor machines
  to start etching circuit boards onto. the intel museum
  in san jose has the whole process, and used to have
  pentium processors (that were duds) as necklaces.
  so this silion, sand, that place where archaeologists
  find oldest footprints of humanity, is now another
  area where we imprint our minds, and futures, in
  the silicon valleys, alleys, islands, etc. it can be
  found at most geological/science museums. this
  'stone' that is artificial, human made, i think, is
  or could be considered fundamental as a symbol for
  all things electronic, especially the digital. quartz
  is another (for vibrations/frequency), but if it is
  about computing, silicon is likely involved somehow.




  left: amber

  this is a special piece of amber given to me as a gift,
  and software would be needed to give some chanel-
  optimization of the orangeness of it. it is transparent
  and translucent. no bugs in this one, but that is one
  variety/style of amber, to get a million year old
  ant or fly in there. it is very pretty to see in light.
  this stone is where 'electricity' was 'discovered'
  by Thales of Miletus, in Turkey/Greece,  in the
  present-day. apparently others knew of the EM
  properties of amber, but Thales seemed to have
  made a special something out of amber, a gift for
  his daughter i think, for her to weave with. and,
  found out that this chunk of amber attracted some
  things like straw through electrostatic forces by
  way of charge, if not mistaken. the amber has to
  be rubbed, to get charge, and then effects arise.
  amber is named after the sun, which became the
  default name of electricity, electron. as Thales
  was the first (in the West) to write about such.





  right: lodestone

  i forget if this is the same as magnetic iron ore,
  but it is magnetic. likely ore. a type of ore. and
  it is said long before Thales, which was around
  2500 B.C.E., that the Chinese had a ruler who
  used a magnetic compass thousands of years
  before anyone in the Western countries realized
  its unique properties of magnetism. magnetics,
  and the Eastern Religions versus their non-use
  in the Western Medical system, is one way to
  see how the cultural developments can differ,
  yet both are coming in the same directions now.
  one is example in medicine is acupuncture, and
  another is brainscanning machines using mag-
  netic resonance imaging (MRI). among others.




  in any case, with amber and lodestone, there
  is an ability to tell the beginning of our human
  awareness of EM. have been sharing this with
  my little niece. and she is about 4 and is able
  to understand how TVs work, how computers
  are using information as energy, e-lights, all
  through the concept of amber having a charge
  (similar to lightning, etc).  and with silicon in
  the story, then another whole dimension of the
  20th-21st centuries emerges, via its stories.
  knowing how this little 'magic rock' makes a
  little person smile and wonder and imagine all
  of the wonders of the world makes me want to
  share these photos, in hopes they bring a smile.

  funny thing is, all three stones are invaluable in
  terms of knowledge, and valueless monetarily.

  bc

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