Monday, June 30, 2008
General Music
Here is another “Similar Triangle Poem” Titled “General Music” Inspired by the differences in their philosophy of battle execution.
Posted by Kaz Maslanka at 12:25 AM 0 comments
Labels: similar triangles poems, war
Thursday, June 26, 2008
공의 옉 설 The Empty Paradox
Posted by Kaz Maslanka at 11:38 PM 0 comments
Labels: Buddhism, Korea, limits, Mathematical Poetry, paradox
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
The Empty Paradox
Here is a new piece titled "The Empty Paradox"
C= Compassion and W= Wisdom
The Chinese character is 'Buddha's mind'
So we have C multiplied times W equals the limit of (1/x) as 'x' approaches Buddha's mind.
The equation is the familiar function of x equal to 1/x which yields a hyperbolic curve when graphed and results an asymptote when x = 0. Compassion multiplied by Wisdom is equal to 1 over X as the limit of X approaches Buddha’s mind. Buddhist philosophy tells us that Buddha’s mind is emptiness yet the philosophy also tells us that emptiness is different than nothingness or zero. In fact it is quite paradoxical for we are told that emptiness is very much something. This piece also uses visual imagery for poetic expression with Buddhist symbolism of flexibility and eternity represented by bamboo and pine trees respectively.
Posted by Kaz Maslanka at 10:43 PM 6 comments