As for the traffic light, color of "To Go" is called "Green" in many countries, while people in some countries call that "Blue".
That is not only for the traffic light. Sometimes people call immature person as "green" in English, but in other language, they are called "blue".
What is the distance of blue and green?
Superficially just a distance in frequency spectrum?
Ancient people needed to symbolize all the facts in front of us to communicate in certain rule, I guess.
That's why they invented the word 'Green" or "Blue", area by area.
And that is linguistic system.
How could this symbolized linguistic system cover the area which occupy between "Green" and "Blue"?
Huge unknown crevice exists in our daily lives.
Still so many things we can find as an adventurous explorer!
Saturday, November 21, 2015
Sunday, October 25, 2015
"American Sniper"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Sniper
Spoiler alert.
Story of,
Distance between Trigger and Target (mile or more?),
Distance between Assumption and Judgement (for shooting),
Distance between Life and Death,
Spoiler alert.
Story of,
Distance between Assumption and Judgement (for shooting),
Distance between Life and Death,
Distance between Father and Son,
Distance between Friend and Enemy,
Distance between Patriotism and Familism,
Distance between Pax Americana and Anti-Globalism,
Distance between Love and Hate,
Distance between Hope and Fear,
Distance between shooter and shooter,
Distance between Hero and Veteran,
All distance as less than a second! And Sniper stands for all these!
Distance between Friend and Enemy,
Distance between Patriotism and Familism,
Distance between Pax Americana and Anti-Globalism,
Distance between Love and Hate,
Distance between Hope and Fear,
Distance between shooter and shooter,
Distance between Hero and Veteran,
All distance as less than a second! And Sniper stands for all these!
Thursday, April 30, 2015
Timeless design / Distance-less Design
Internet is the space without Sense of Distance, in a meaning.
That is not only people can connect each other beyond physical Distance, but also because people can edit content anytime from anywhere.
No sense of Settlement.
People cannot measure distance if the objects are always moving.
To leave a footprint on the ground as a record to cross the distance.
Or to forget about the footprint behind to scrawl the world.
Both necessary for life, maybe.
That is not only people can connect each other beyond physical Distance, but also because people can edit content anytime from anywhere.
No sense of Settlement.
People cannot measure distance if the objects are always moving.
To leave a footprint on the ground as a record to cross the distance.
Or to forget about the footprint behind to scrawl the world.
Both necessary for life, maybe.
Sunday, January 04, 2015
distance from the past till now
Sometimes we look back the past and notice that I come from there till now by selecting some particular options.
We do not notice when we are doing something, especially when suffering or struggling.
And after a while, we came to the point and found some distance which we walked all the way to there.
That is time distance from the past till now and sometimes another distance which we experienced and which is very hard to measure. Maybe that is the age.
I sometimes did look back and thought "was that the best option for me to take?"
But recently I also noticed "when I chose that option, that was the best I thought at that time." So no need to look back too much and no need to regret some choice even if the other option looks much more attractive now. I should respect myself of that age.
To talk about distance between the past and now is not to think about other options we could select, but to sharpen the sense for selecting options by looking back.
To start new year of 2015, just reminding the above to myself.
What will happen to me this year?
What do I want to achieve this year?
How much can I enjoy this year?
And how much can I develop "Distance" this year?
We do not notice when we are doing something, especially when suffering or struggling.
And after a while, we came to the point and found some distance which we walked all the way to there.
That is time distance from the past till now and sometimes another distance which we experienced and which is very hard to measure. Maybe that is the age.
I sometimes did look back and thought "was that the best option for me to take?"
But recently I also noticed "when I chose that option, that was the best I thought at that time." So no need to look back too much and no need to regret some choice even if the other option looks much more attractive now. I should respect myself of that age.
To talk about distance between the past and now is not to think about other options we could select, but to sharpen the sense for selecting options by looking back.
To start new year of 2015, just reminding the above to myself.
What will happen to me this year?
What do I want to achieve this year?
How much can I enjoy this year?
And how much can I develop "Distance" this year?
Friday, December 26, 2014
Distance inside distance?
Once there are two reference points, there exists distance.
As I mentioned, perception or understanding of that distance will be different depending on the view point. That means there would be "Distance" even between perception of that distance from each other.
How can we handle these?
Distance contained distance itself.
Or is that the fate and character of Distance?
Sunday, December 21, 2014
Depth of Distance
Related to previous thread (distance from each side), not only perception of distance is different but also depth of distance also differ by person by person.
Experience or age is always the factor. But also nationality or cultural (in many meanings) back ground will affect.
And I believe that will not only make bad for the people. Sometimes this small gaps between person by person will create much more dramatic life for each.
Most of love stories in the world are generated by these kind of small gaps by perception or depth of distance.
Life is filled with full of Distance, but that's why it is fulfilled with full of happiness or secret of life.
Experience or age is always the factor. But also nationality or cultural (in many meanings) back ground will affect.
And I believe that will not only make bad for the people. Sometimes this small gaps between person by person will create much more dramatic life for each.
Most of love stories in the world are generated by these kind of small gaps by perception or depth of distance.
Life is filled with full of Distance, but that's why it is fulfilled with full of happiness or secret of life.
distance from each side
Distance will be observed from both side, because distance can only exist when there is two different point.
But of course depending on each experience or value, perception of distance differ.
So even if it seems they are discussing about same distance, sometimes they discuss totally different thing.
One of the idea is to hire somebody else for fare judgement for that distance like universal code, but for our general daily life, we need to rely on our own intuition or somebody's advice.
There would be no correct answer, which distance would be correct. Rather, at least, to be sure that distance can be different from view point by view point is basic requirement for all persons for each matter.
And what kind of happy misinterpretation occur will save the world, I would like to believe, though such idea is a childish dream I really know.
But of course depending on each experience or value, perception of distance differ.
So even if it seems they are discussing about same distance, sometimes they discuss totally different thing.
One of the idea is to hire somebody else for fare judgement for that distance like universal code, but for our general daily life, we need to rely on our own intuition or somebody's advice.
There would be no correct answer, which distance would be correct. Rather, at least, to be sure that distance can be different from view point by view point is basic requirement for all persons for each matter.
And what kind of happy misinterpretation occur will save the world, I would like to believe, though such idea is a childish dream I really know.
Monday, November 24, 2014
Distance of Ballpoint Pen
Length :approx. 14 mm
Writing Distance :1,200 m ("PENTEL E-BALL BALLPOINT PEN RETRACTABLE BK130 1.0mm")
Letter :120,000 letters (assumed an average letter is 10 mm)
Word :26,667 words (assumed an average of 4.5 letters per word)
Line :2,667 lines (assumed 10 words in a line in A4 size notebook)
Page :80 pages (assumed 33 lines in A4 size notebook)
How many boy/girl friends you can catch by writing love letters to grab their hearts :?
How much you can move people's heart:?
http://www.pelikanartline.co.nz/product-BK130-C,pentel-e-ball-ballpoint-pen-retractable-bk130-1.0mm-blue.php
http://yehweh.org/profiles/blogs/the-average-number-of-letters
By the way, now people prefers typing key board rather than writing by pen.
Is that the reason why recent issue for communication is getting much more on hitting rather than on distance?
Writing Distance :1,200 m ("PENTEL E-BALL BALLPOINT PEN RETRACTABLE BK130 1.0mm")
Letter :120,000 letters (assumed an average letter is 10 mm)
Word :26,667 words (assumed an average of 4.5 letters per word)
Line :2,667 lines (assumed 10 words in a line in A4 size notebook)
Page :80 pages (assumed 33 lines in A4 size notebook)
How many boy/girl friends you can catch by writing love letters to grab their hearts :?
How much you can move people's heart:?
http://www.pelikanartline.co.nz/product-BK130-C,pentel-e-ball-ballpoint-pen-retractable-bk130-1.0mm-blue.php
http://yehweh.org/profiles/blogs/the-average-number-of-letters
By the way, now people prefers typing key board rather than writing by pen.
Is that the reason why recent issue for communication is getting much more on hitting rather than on distance?
Saturday, November 22, 2014
Distance in Blog system
I started (actually resumed several years after registration) this blog recently to just leave a memorandum for myself to think about Distance. So I am writing randomly from what I thought about. I often start writing very roughly first and edit (or sometimes totally revise) it very later on. I wrote from PC at home or sometimes from mobile phone during biz trip in other countries.
I am not sure about the detail of this blog system or even internet system, but anyway all appeared in the web.
How did these thoughts or texts travel these invisible distances and where did these to be stored?
Really childish and old fashioned query to information technology but still mysterious and somehow fantastic, though based on actual technology......
”Billy Elliot"
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0249462/
Spoiler alert.
Story of,
Distance between a boy and his dream
Distance between Boxing and Ballet
Distance between the Masculine and the Feminine
Distance between a boy and his mother who already passed away but connected by her letters
Distance between an innocent boy and his muscular father & elder brother
Distance between father's expectation and his final understanding of his son
Distance between a ballet coach in the country and her pupil with potential power
But what a vibrant movement Billy Elliot shows!
He crosses the stage and all above distances with beautiful steps!
Spoiler alert.
Story of,
Distance between a boy and his dream
Distance between Boxing and Ballet
Distance between the Masculine and the Feminine
Distance between a boy and his mother who already passed away but connected by her letters
Distance between an innocent boy and his muscular father & elder brother
Distance between father's expectation and his final understanding of his son
Distance between a ballet coach in the country and her pupil with potential power
But what a vibrant movement Billy Elliot shows!
He crosses the stage and all above distances with beautiful steps!
Achilles and Tortoise
Achilles cannot catch up Tortoise forever. This famous story often reminds me dullness of discussing about "distance".
Not only because it is directly the story which mention about distance, but also because it suggests "if you stick to some distance from the very narrow view point, you miss something much more important."
To point out, there are many distances between something and another, that is too much easy. Rather, to find out unusual crevasse in the world which seems very usual at a glance, that's much more important.
Actually we are all living in a bit dull world. It is not meaningless even if Distancology is full of dullness. Rather, starting from dullness is required manner for a person like me who is in a way awkward at living!?
Not only because it is directly the story which mention about distance, but also because it suggests "if you stick to some distance from the very narrow view point, you miss something much more important."
To point out, there are many distances between something and another, that is too much easy. Rather, to find out unusual crevasse in the world which seems very usual at a glance, that's much more important.
Actually we are all living in a bit dull world. It is not meaningless even if Distancology is full of dullness. Rather, starting from dullness is required manner for a person like me who is in a way awkward at living!?
Painting
Some people seem to jump into the painting's world when they see their favorite paintings. I happen to realize this by reading a mystery novel about Henry Rousseau.
I do sometimes go to museums and see a lot art works, but for me, they are still objects to be see.
I keep distance to observe, examine, understand or even think another things. But people who really love painting will not take distance to observe. They will directly dive into the world which the painting provide and live together with the artist or the object.
Painting is usually believed to be as an existence to be seen. But once the painting grab somebody's heart, suddenly the distance between the painting and the person disappear.
I understand such thing often happen in many medias in art, but almost forgot this may still happen in the classic art of 2d painting world.
What have I seen or experienced in museums till now?
I do sometimes go to museums and see a lot art works, but for me, they are still objects to be see.
I keep distance to observe, examine, understand or even think another things. But people who really love painting will not take distance to observe. They will directly dive into the world which the painting provide and live together with the artist or the object.
Painting is usually believed to be as an existence to be seen. But once the painting grab somebody's heart, suddenly the distance between the painting and the person disappear.
I understand such thing often happen in many medias in art, but almost forgot this may still happen in the classic art of 2d painting world.
What have I seen or experienced in museums till now?
Ballet
Last weekend, I went to see a rehearsal for ballet performance for kids.
It was fun to see my daughters' performance though it appeared not so much different from some comical performances when they did at kindergarten few years before.
But some of elder girls in the class show some high quality performance.
I am totally amateur about Ballet, I have never seen real ballet performance.
So I have no back ground knowledge nor right to criticize.
But I was quite impressed they are crossing the stage from corner to corner with very beautiful manner! Crossing by Jumping, turning, posing, combination of these and others.
Usually we move some distance from one place to the other by walking or running. It depends on how much we are hurrying. I guess in Ballet, they integrated that method of moving into a kind of ultimate manner.
Now the purpose is no more reaching to the destination, but moving itself.
How to cross the distance.
And when we think back about our lives, those are just like crossing the distance as whole life time. Some have some destination as a goal. But that is just an additional for entire lives.
In that meaning, I imagine Ballet could represent lives by showing How we can cross distance as LIFE.
It was fun to see my daughters' performance though it appeared not so much different from some comical performances when they did at kindergarten few years before.
But some of elder girls in the class show some high quality performance.
I am totally amateur about Ballet, I have never seen real ballet performance.
So I have no back ground knowledge nor right to criticize.
But I was quite impressed they are crossing the stage from corner to corner with very beautiful manner! Crossing by Jumping, turning, posing, combination of these and others.
Usually we move some distance from one place to the other by walking or running. It depends on how much we are hurrying. I guess in Ballet, they integrated that method of moving into a kind of ultimate manner.
Now the purpose is no more reaching to the destination, but moving itself.
How to cross the distance.
And when we think back about our lives, those are just like crossing the distance as whole life time. Some have some destination as a goal. But that is just an additional for entire lives.
In that meaning, I imagine Ballet could represent lives by showing How we can cross distance as LIFE.
Sunday, November 09, 2014
Stop smoking
When I used to smoke, almost 10 years before, I sometimes tried to stop smoking.
It was not so much difficult for me to stop smoking for example for three weeks.
Actually it was very refreshing and comfortable period during when I can woke up more comfortably.
But after some while, I always wondered "I was smoking so much comfortably which I already forgot! How was that like?"
Then I resumed smoking from just a curiosity.
Anyway, after repeating these several times, I noticed that I no need to stop smoking, just imagine "I am continue smoking, but by accident a period of one cigaret to the next is getting a bit longer......"
Even during I was smoking, period from one cigaret to the next it took 30 min. or some hours. So it is just taking too much time than usual, I thought like that.
And it actually succeeding. I always keep one box of cigarette in my desk drawer almost 10 years but not opened yet.
I believe life is something like that.
There is just a short and dry distance between two accidents.
Some people regards that as just a pause, while the others consider that as a lack.
Optimistic or Pessimistic?
Hope or Despair?
Regret or Restart?
Depending on our way of perception, world appeared to us upside down, although the fact is there is just a short and dry distance.
There is just a short and dry distance between two accidents.
Some people regards that as just a pause, while the others consider that as a lack.
Optimistic or Pessimistic?
Hope or Despair?
Regret or Restart?
Depending on our way of perception, world appeared to us upside down, although the fact is there is just a short and dry distance.
Saturday, November 01, 2014
Dream
Few days ago, I had a dream.
I got on the bus which is different bus and direction from the one I used for going to work.
But I was somehow familiar with that rout, I don't know why. I guess I had a destination to go, but I missed the bus stop.
So I got off at a bus stop after 2 or 3 stops.
It was along the see. And from the road to see shore, I need to go down the stairs.
(At this moment, I already forgot originally where I wanted to go and already seemed not interested at all about that destination.)
In the middle of the stairs, there are two small restaurants. One is Ramen shop facing road side and at the other side there was a Japanese style Pizza so called "Okonomiyaki" restaurant. Interesting thing to say, that was Hiroshima style "Okonomiyaki" restaurant in I guess oversea country island.
I decided to enter, but at that same time, shining sea water coming into my eyes and I went down more.
I a little bit worried if I should jump into the sea or not. But I took off my T-shirt and prepared for swimming.
Suddenly I noticed my two daughters are watching me. They are almost saying "Daddy, are you really going to swim here?"
Anyway I did jumped in the water. In the water I saw sea snake is swimming in the water.
I was not scared than expected, but I slowly swim back to avoid be bitten by the snake.
That's all I remembered when I woke up.
Dream is story which lacks sense of Distance......
Distance in Time
Distance in Location
I got on the bus which is different bus and direction from the one I used for going to work.
But I was somehow familiar with that rout, I don't know why. I guess I had a destination to go, but I missed the bus stop.
So I got off at a bus stop after 2 or 3 stops.
It was along the see. And from the road to see shore, I need to go down the stairs.
(At this moment, I already forgot originally where I wanted to go and already seemed not interested at all about that destination.)
In the middle of the stairs, there are two small restaurants. One is Ramen shop facing road side and at the other side there was a Japanese style Pizza so called "Okonomiyaki" restaurant. Interesting thing to say, that was Hiroshima style "Okonomiyaki" restaurant in I guess oversea country island.
I decided to enter, but at that same time, shining sea water coming into my eyes and I went down more.
I a little bit worried if I should jump into the sea or not. But I took off my T-shirt and prepared for swimming.
Suddenly I noticed my two daughters are watching me. They are almost saying "Daddy, are you really going to swim here?"
Anyway I did jumped in the water. In the water I saw sea snake is swimming in the water.
I was not scared than expected, but I slowly swim back to avoid be bitten by the snake.
That's all I remembered when I woke up.
Dream is story which lacks sense of Distance......
Distance in Time
Distance in Location
Wednesday, October 29, 2014
Sense of Distance
One of very clear reason I started thinking about Distance is because I am very bad at taking good distance with others. That does not mean I have no idea how to live in a kind of society. Maybe sometimes rather I look like very good at communication. But to be honest, because I sometimes very confused and how to keep good distance with even my family or friends, I am trying to measure or observe it.
But that is not so bad, people will get better at living step by step, if they are not genius.
Conversely, Genius is the one who can keep best distance with his/her subject with one action without measuring!
But that is not so bad, people will get better at living step by step, if they are not genius.
Conversely, Genius is the one who can keep best distance with his/her subject with one action without measuring!
Sunday, October 26, 2014
Ceremony
Sometimes we face unreasonable distance in our life.
When someone who is very important to us passed away, we are not sure what to do.
Till yesterday we believed there are some certain distance between him/her and me, but now is that all gone? Or originally what we believed as steady distance between us, is that just a fantasy?
Anyway, to mitigate such a cruel notification about distance, maybe people invented ceremony.
How to fill the gap, how to cover the distance, that is one of the aspect of ceremony like funeral.
Not only that kind of negative (?) way of filling up the lost distance but also there are way of ceremony that very positively create a new distance like marriage or birth.
In case of facing such kinds of newly created distance, we experience influence of enormous power like a Big Bang, explosion of new power.
Is "Distance" repetitive?
Our life was only one time experience for each, of course.
For example, distance as "love" between a man and a woman is also irreplaceable experience. It acts as a very fresh and only one time experience even though the distance varies depending on the time and even though people will get a bit good at handling of distance after several experience. We cannot repeat or go back.
In that meaning, we are living in an uncontrollable distance world and maybe talking about distance is just an appendix explanation.
But to represent some of the distances in the world is worth showing, because that is beautiful and dramatic as existence. (I am not pointing out the beauty of things themselves but the beauty of distance between things.)
That's why some of excellent art works show a good sense of distance, as deepness, moving, shocking or whatever. And art is repetitive experience. Human being probabley invented Art to represent the distance which is uncontrollable in life.
We cannot repeat Distance. Only in art, we can experience the distance again and again.
For example, distance as "love" between a man and a woman is also irreplaceable experience. It acts as a very fresh and only one time experience even though the distance varies depending on the time and even though people will get a bit good at handling of distance after several experience. We cannot repeat or go back.
In that meaning, we are living in an uncontrollable distance world and maybe talking about distance is just an appendix explanation.
But to represent some of the distances in the world is worth showing, because that is beautiful and dramatic as existence. (I am not pointing out the beauty of things themselves but the beauty of distance between things.)
That's why some of excellent art works show a good sense of distance, as deepness, moving, shocking or whatever. And art is repetitive experience. Human being probabley invented Art to represent the distance which is uncontrollable in life.
We cannot repeat Distance. Only in art, we can experience the distance again and again.
"Arthur Newman"
http://arthur-newman.com/
Spoiler Alert.
Story which wanted to tell about,
Distance between a man who (thought) changed his life and a man who was until yesterday.
Distance between a man who lives his own life and a man who was living another one's life
Distance between a man and his son
Distance between a man who had a dream and a man who could not achieve
Distance between a girl and her twin sister
Distance between a man and a girl who are both running away from something
Story sounds like full of distances, but actually each distance was very cheaply assumed distance. Rather we should say, "it seemed a Distance at a glance, but actually it was not" that is what this movie wanted to tell. Reason why this movie looked dull and flat is because it lacks of sense of Distance.
No drama or beautiful athlete movement in describing Distance.
At the end, did they overcome some distance after they notice no meaning of creating fake distance? Not clear.
Spoiler Alert.
Story which wanted to tell about,
Distance between a man who (thought) changed his life and a man who was until yesterday.
Distance between a man who lives his own life and a man who was living another one's life
Distance between a man and his son
Distance between a man who had a dream and a man who could not achieve
Distance between a girl and her twin sister
Distance between a man and a girl who are both running away from something
Story sounds like full of distances, but actually each distance was very cheaply assumed distance. Rather we should say, "it seemed a Distance at a glance, but actually it was not" that is what this movie wanted to tell. Reason why this movie looked dull and flat is because it lacks of sense of Distance.
No drama or beautiful athlete movement in describing Distance.
At the end, did they overcome some distance after they notice no meaning of creating fake distance? Not clear.
"Colombiana"
http://www.sonypictures.com/movies/colombiana/
Spoiler Alert.
Story of,
Distance as "mafia family" between a boss and a henchman
Distance as "second family" and "master and pupil" between a girl and an uncle
Distance in a woman as "loneliness" between a killer and a lady
Distance as "love" between a mysterious woman and a steady male artist
Totally, Distance as "revenge" between a 9 years old girl whose parents were killed in front of her and a grown up lady who ends up her anger
But most important distance may be more particular distance as below.
Distance for 9 years old Cataleya as thrilling and athletic "Runaway" from the home which is occupied by a lot of gangs to Embassy of United States!
Distance as a kind of "Defection" from Colombia to U.S. using data device as passport !
Distance as lonely "Journey" from Washington to Chicago, uncle's home!
How to overcome these apparently unreachable distances, that is the exciting part of this movie. It was as beautiful as an athlete movement.
Escaping from the window frame like high jumper, jumping over the guy like vaulting horse athlete in the market, and hiding into Drainage as a baseball athlete sliding to home base.
After grown up, Cataleya shows also a beautiful athlete movement to overcome unreachable distance at a glance.
Distance from outside to an untouchable Prisoners or Target persons.
Actually Zoe Saldana as Cataleya was so beautiful as an athlete.
Life is full of distance, of course. If showing the Distance just as it is, that is just too much boring.
Whether there are beautiful athlete movement to challenge Distance or not, is that the key for movies?
Spoiler Alert.
Story of,
Distance as "mafia family" between a boss and a henchman
Distance as "second family" and "master and pupil" between a girl and an uncle
Distance in a woman as "loneliness" between a killer and a lady
Distance as "love" between a mysterious woman and a steady male artist
Totally, Distance as "revenge" between a 9 years old girl whose parents were killed in front of her and a grown up lady who ends up her anger
But most important distance may be more particular distance as below.
Distance for 9 years old Cataleya as thrilling and athletic "Runaway" from the home which is occupied by a lot of gangs to Embassy of United States!
Distance as a kind of "Defection" from Colombia to U.S. using data device as passport !
Distance as lonely "Journey" from Washington to Chicago, uncle's home!
How to overcome these apparently unreachable distances, that is the exciting part of this movie. It was as beautiful as an athlete movement.
Escaping from the window frame like high jumper, jumping over the guy like vaulting horse athlete in the market, and hiding into Drainage as a baseball athlete sliding to home base.
After grown up, Cataleya shows also a beautiful athlete movement to overcome unreachable distance at a glance.
Distance from outside to an untouchable Prisoners or Target persons.
Actually Zoe Saldana as Cataleya was so beautiful as an athlete.
Life is full of distance, of course. If showing the Distance just as it is, that is just too much boring.
Whether there are beautiful athlete movement to challenge Distance or not, is that the key for movies?
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