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Some comments on my little clip!

From a HitRECorder whose parents are Chinese physicists:

As the child of two Chinese physicists this really makes me happy. I have distinct memories of my parents talking to me about gravity as well as the principles behind ba gua. This is a nice synthesis of the worlds i grew up with. :)

Now this video has my head trying to relate string theory to aspects of eastern philosophy. >.< I think its amazing how thousands of years later and technological canyons apart the same idea can emerge. Then again, before Big Bang gained credibility what was it but an idea some intelligent people had about how the universe might work.

That's just too legit to quit. ^_^

From Joe:

BRAVO jules!! This is really great work. Not only is the content (the ideas and sentiments) intriguing; the form (the execution and presentation) keeps all six minutes entertaining. Not an easy balance to strike!

One thing that jumped out at me was the rule of eight. I remember from highschool science that electrons make balanced groups in intervals of eight, but I'd forgotten. The number eight is a big deal in western music because of octaves: you go up or down eight post-Bach "whole steps" and you get back to the same note just in that higher or lower key. And that fits in with the Fibonacci snailshell pattern 1,1,2,3,5,8,13...

There's SO much stuff here that makes for good springboards as we move forward on wirrow's Creation Myth(s) collaboration.

thanks!

DOUBLE OMG. ♥ Joe. ♥. Film-maker props, and music/math geek props? He totally said "Fibonacci sequence" dude. Fantabulous.

And from a HR pal Dusty, who is a mathematician:

jules! i am CERTAIN that this is a wonderful explanation of chinese creation myth, and that i'd like to watch it again. not only was it entertaining, but you're so clearly passionate about chinese creation myth and physics and it warms my little math-worshipping heart! i love your crow and how when you gave her(?) the tomato she was like FUCK YEAH I HAVE A TOMATO. love love love to both of you! also i totally got chills when you mentioned the eight valence electrons, i have wondered that too but never associated it with the rule of eight! <3

Dusty knows I'm MATHCURIOUS.

From collab's creator and artist, Wirrow:

sometimes i watch the tv static for ages just to steal some of those virgin untouched photons. one day i will steal them all...
im really glad we're on the same wavelength with this stuff jules.. and u presented it amazingly. like.. ridiculously amazingly. it's a little film all by itself

Wirrow is another physics geek, lectures and all! Wirrow who I just want to squeeze.

Also a comment from Metaphorest, my number one HitRECord writer squee:
You had me at the pet crow. WOW! Love this in several ways. <3

And the best! HitRECorder HATI!

I NEED TO GET TO NY BECAUSE YOU ARE SO AWESOME. :D

And I will bring my own nucleus to share, since Havok is a grinch. <3

Hati is actually

skitty_kitty AND SHE IS COMING TO VISIT ME IN THE SPRING. Which really has nothing to do with the collab or the video but still! We're going to create a universe with awesomeness alone and then make an apple pie from scratch. ^_^

In short, THIS WAS A TRIUMPH. :D