[extropy-chat] The Extropy of Cooking

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From: J. Andrew Rogers andrew at ceruleansystems.com
Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2006 10:38:54 -0700
To: extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org
Subject: Re: [extropy-chat] The Extropy of Cooking

From: J. Andrew Rogers 

On Jun 27, 2006, at 8:19 AM, Natasha Vita-More wrote:

>>I took a bus from my apartment by the sea (where I would pick up  
>>muscles on the shore...

>Freudian slip? 

No, neurological. Probably was simply sitting here visualizing the sea and
the arts, smells and joyful times and reading a biography about
Michelangelo (_The Agony and the Ecstasy_ (Irving Stone)), (although I was
reading –Naked Came I_ (David Weiss ) about Rodin simultaneously .  So, the
only muscles that I recall admiring in Italy were in Michelangelo's
drawings and sculptures (like Ignudi); or descriptions in the books BUT
definitely not in the Byzantium mosaic larger than life portraits in the
San Vitale basilica!

Here is some interesting FOOD for thought:  Michelangelo was a student of
Dante and his copy "Divine Comedy" was ornamented by him with drawings.  He
was inspired by Dante.

"When divine Art conceives a form or face,
She bids the craftsman for his first essay
To shape a simple model in mere clay:
This is the earliest birth of Art's embrace."  (Michelangelo sonnet)

Note:  Dante is the first person to write about transhumanizing with his
transumanare of  humanity.  http://www.transhumanist.biz/transhumanism.htm

Note:  I have no idea what Italian dishes Michelangelo enjoyed preparing or
eating. :-)

Natasha


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