tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-899946063697780510.post6660429068272233166..comments2024-03-09T04:06:47.712-05:00Comments on Abstract Comics: The Blog: Pythagorus comic.Andrei Molotiuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17400106944822618816noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-899946063697780510.post-7475705142147225942009-12-11T17:42:43.052-05:002009-12-11T17:42:43.052-05:00This is brilliant. I am also interested in the use...This is brilliant. I am also interested in the use of abstract imagery to reproduce philosophical and mathematical ideas. Although, I hesitate to call it abstract at this point, if we are defining abtsraction as opposed to representation. Because this comic absolutely "represents ideas" through the manipulation of symbols (squares, triangles).<br /><br />However, in terms of the philosophical meaning of the term abstraction, then this is entirely abstract (but most so-called "abstract" images become "particular" or "concrete" rather than abstract).<br /><br />Very nice post anyhow. Great work!!!Dick Whytehttp://www.wayfarergallery.net/solartsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-899946063697780510.post-39751866724103785122009-12-09T12:19:06.480-05:002009-12-09T12:19:06.480-05:00Love it!Love it!Mark Staff Brandlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09790837634536259781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-899946063697780510.post-21883232810636522952009-12-09T02:38:54.732-05:002009-12-09T02:38:54.732-05:00I really like the idea of abstract comics illustra...I really like the idea of abstract comics illustrating mathematic principles. Thank you for sharing this.Melvin Mannheimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10162579553535511024noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-899946063697780510.post-80507097681217272222009-12-08T17:51:48.175-05:002009-12-08T17:51:48.175-05:00the shapes remind me slightly of Wlademir Dias Pin...the shapes remind me slightly of Wlademir Dias Pino's visual poems A Ave (The Bird) & Solida (Solid), & Derek Beaulieu's Flatland. there's possibly even a connection with Shigeru Matsui's monotonous method-poems.<br /><br />a wordless proof by use of shapes is a fantastic idea.Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13899806026545091899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-899946063697780510.post-11794556098562664432009-12-08T17:20:48.050-05:002009-12-08T17:20:48.050-05:00Oh, I was imagining some abstruse mathematical rea...Oh, I was imagining some abstruse mathematical reason for the repetition of the third panel. :)<br /><br />Now it just looks like the entire construct just vanishes in the fifth panel--kind of a combination of Pythagoras and the 10 Oxherding Pictures in Zen? (But please don't fix it--I really like it like this.)Andrei Molotiuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17400106944822618816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-899946063697780510.post-78289723724708627472009-12-08T09:47:15.006-05:002009-12-08T09:47:15.006-05:00Hay, thanks Andrei, I had uploaded a wrong version...Hay, thanks Andrei, I had uploaded a wrong version, I have edited it now, there are only 4 panels and no repetition. <br /><br />I was a bit tired yaesterday and did not notice the mistake.Ibn al Rabinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16665229209622941985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-899946063697780510.post-54142243652414479172009-12-08T02:15:39.324-05:002009-12-08T02:15:39.324-05:00It is really cool, and it makes sense... How shal...It is really cool, and it makes sense... How shall I put it? The geometrical transformations required for the proof seem to me to be of a piece--or at least, on the same order of ideas--with those involved in sequencing many abstract comics. But why is panel 3 repeated?Andrei Molotiuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17400106944822618816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-899946063697780510.post-11680696166244008222009-12-08T01:24:06.866-05:002009-12-08T01:24:06.866-05:00this is lovely! good idea.this is lovely! good idea.Phanero Noemikonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08430230355065457354noreply@blogger.com