LESSONS OF CHAOS

http://mediosdigitalescr.tripod.com As part of the reading material in the Doctorate Program on Pedagogical Mediation at Universidad De La Salle that I've been undertaking for over the past two years, I have luckily been assigned to read a book titled SEVEN LIFE LESSONS OF CHAOS by John Briggs and David Peat. This book has created deep changes in my life with so much insight into understanding the world of chaos. SEVEN LIFE LESSONS OF CHAOS I've done a lesson by lesson summary for you to read and for further discussion.Each lesson summary is broken in to three parts. 1. Summary of the lesson in my own words 2. Edvidence and examples given by the authors 3. How the lesson can be applied to my everyday life SEVEN LIFE LESSONS OF CHAOS: Spiritual Wisdom from the Science of Change Lesson 1—Being Creative: Lessons of the Vortex Lesson 2—Using Butterfly Power: Lessons of Subtle Influence Lesson 3—Going with the Flow: Lesson About Collective Creativity and Renewal Lesson 4—Exploring What's Between: Lesson About the Simple and Complex Lesson 5—Seeing the Art of the World: Lessons About Fractals and Reason Lesson 6—Living Within Time: Lesson About the Fractal Curls of Duration Lesson 7—Rejoining the Whole: Lesson About the Tide of a New Perception LESSON 1 Lesson 1—Being Creative: Lessons of the Vortex 1. The first lesson highlights the nature of creativity. Chaos is nature's creativity and each of us are creative beings. Creativity is not limited to few “gifted” individuals but is inherit within all of us. Nature is chaotic but within the chaos, systems of self-organization form to create ordered vortexes. This self-organization occurs when a random fluctuation becomes amplified by creating a feedback loop that links with other feedback loops until an ordered system emerges. This is the bifurcation point—the moment when the feedback loops interconnect and transformation occurs. There are two types of feedback called negative feedback and positive feedback. Negative feedback damps and regulates activity while positive feedback amplifies activity. Society is a system of organization that sets the conditions for behavior within the system. Society creates the illusion that the system encompasses all-that-is and it should dictate the roles to be played out by individuals in order for the system to function properly. This is a negative feedback loop that holds everyone in check, so to speak. Some negative feedback loops are necessary in order to allow society to run smoothly, but it is also very limiting when we come to believe that is all there truly is. New discoveries and change come about through the positive feedback loops of creativity. When individuals descent form the confines of negative feedback and open up the creative flows of the larger whole, they initiate positive feedback loops that amplify activity towards change. This opening up to the creative flow of nature occurs when we look at the world around us from different perspectives. These new perspectives help us to escape from the confines of ordered society and put us in touch with the truth of the moment. 2. The authors give several examples of creativity and chaos at work in nature, as well as in society. The first piece of evidence presented is a model of thermodynamics. When water is heated, the hot water at the bottom of the pan rises and the cooler water at the top sinks to the bottom. The rising and falling create chaos within the pan until feedback loops form and interconnect with other feedback loops until stable hexagonal cells form a honeycomb-like pattern. Another piece of evidence can be seen in the behavior of a flock of birds. As they take off, chaos ensues as they jockey for position. They are driven by the desire to be part of the group while simultaneously trying to avoid collision. This causes a feedback loop of attraction and repulsion. The result is a transformation into a flock that appears to be a single organism. Weather patterns self-organize into hurricanes and interstellar gases self-organize into galexies and star systems. Human society is also a self-organized system. The authors refer to certain human behaviors as evidence. Our obsession with control and power, the desire to remain within comfort zones, the pursuit of repetitive actions and pleasures, and restricting ourselves to what others think of us are just a few examples of self-organization. When we let go of these restrictions and get in touch with creativity, we become aware of new perspectives and larger degrees of freedom that can eventually lead to a bifurcation point and transformation into a new self-organized system. 3. This lesson is helpful in understanding that creativity is not limited to only a few and that I am a creative being. It also helps me to understand that the systems of organization in my life are not as rigid as the appear. All I need to do in order to break free of a restrictive pattern is to get in touch with my own creativity. When confronted with challenges and frustrating repetition, I can look for a new perspective and gain a deeper understanding and ultimate truth of the moment. I can use this lesson to help me to quit smoking. By realizing this it is a mechanical habit that keeps me locked in the pattern, I can learn to let go and reach out to the creative powers of chaos for inspiration and change. I can change my perspective to see that being a smoker is only a persona and that it is not a part of my true self. I can use this new perspective to change my habitual behavior, and with creativity, set in motion a positive feedback loop that will amplify to a bifurcation point, allowing me to transform into a nonsmoker. © 2006 Gilberto Hernández Quirós is a TEFL professor at Universidad de Costa Rica and Universidad De La Salle

DINERGETIC THOUGHTS AND ACTIONS

Our brains are absolutely marvelous and chaotically self-organized. Without such rather organized and sustainable chaos, we would be horribly driven by mechanics and linear structures that would perhaps complicate our very existence even more.

As complex as each one of us is, with so many differences and fixations, we have come to a turning point where we can no longer continue fighting against each other to make evident our differences and thereby "uniqueness" for the sake of survival no matter the consequences.I have been recently presented with a new concept, a new word which is intended to harmonize our differences and turn them into holistic strengths. That word and concept is dinergy as a way to make odds meet and blend into a harmonious symbiosis of coexistence.

According to György Doczi "the trace of dinergy, that creating energy of the process of harmonious descrepancies, allowing for differences to complement mutually."Dinergy should be incorporated into practically all aspects of this chaotic life which cannot seem to find its way to self-organization. In the midst of this daily unhealthy chaos many human beings are being systematically lessened and destroyed. Not to mention the natural resources which are being exterminated, leading the planet to devastation in clear lack of dinergetic thinkina and acting in all manifestations of life.

By manifestations I mean social, spiritual, intellectual, political and even sexual expressions of our deepest urges and orientations.This article has initially been intended to cause us to experience that sudden spark of dinergy and begin to understand and accept differences as part of life's scheme and avoid restorting to violent clashes between people from different walks of life.

More articles related to this topic will continue as I learn further information applicable to teaching and learning.

© Gilberto Hernández Quirós is a TEFL professor at Universidad de Costa Rica.

EL TALENTO DE EZEQUIEL GALOTTI

Un joven argentino llamado Ezequiel Galott de solo 20 años, ha venido trabajando desde hace sólo seis meses en un proyecto, versión inédita de "La Reina de la Plata" en tres dimensiones (3D) que se puede recorrer de punta a punta con el cartografía global de Google Earth.

El miércoles 7 de junio vi una entrevista con Ezequiel en CNN en Español sobre su proyecto y realmente quedé impresionado por su profesionalismo y sobre todo por su gran pasión por lograr las metas propuestas. Además quiero felicitarlo por su gran aporte a la visualización de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires con sus calles y edificios en tercera dimensión. En la nota, Ezequiel comentó que "las cosas se deben hacer con amor y dedicación y no darle importancia a aquellos que nos tratan de disuadir en hacer lo que realmente queremos hacer por más novedoso que esto sea."

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LA DINERGÍA EN EL ARTE

LA DINERGÍA EN EL ARTE
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LAS DIVERSAS MANIFESTACIONES DEL ARTE

El ciberespacio es el nuevo gran hábitat plasmado de dinergía para mediar los intercambios de saberes y expresiones artísticas.
Gilberto Hernández Quirós
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Las artes son la más bella conjugación y recopilación de las manifestaciones, del intelecto y de las procreaciones sociales, biológicas, científicas y espirituales del ser humano y de su existencia así como de su dependencia dentro del hábitat en nuestro planeta.

Las diversas expresiones de arte responden al producto y al potencial intrínseco de los seres humanos y de la naturaleza en todas las épocas y culturas donde, concientes o no, de su derecho a estar en una constante búsqueda de su propia identidad y a expresar, desde el momento del nacimiento hasta la muerte, la necesidad de estar en relación constante y directa consigo mismo/as, con sus congéneres, con su entorno y con el cosmos a través de “ecuaciones diferenciales.”

Según Wagensberg, las ecuaciones diferenciales contemplan posiciones, velocidades, concentraciones de sustancias, temperatura, distribuciones de masa, de carga, de tiempo y de espacio. Al relacionar lo anterior con una nueva forma de conceptualizar el significado del arte, me doy cuenta del principio de conservación implícito en dichas “ecuaciones” y de las magnitudes de libertad y/o prohibición para dar paso a la creatividad y a una riquísima explosión artística sin limitaciones.

LA PROHIBICIÓN Y LA CREATIVIDAD
El arte y la creatividad son el resultado de los límites de la prohibición como parte del funcionamiento de la realidad imperante según el pensamiento asertivo, racional, analítico, reduccionista y lineal, característico de la mentalidad occidental bajo el paradigma cartesiano. Para Fritjof Capra, el arte proviene del pensamiento integrativo.

Mónica Cosachov advierte que prefiere exponer y comunicar sus conocimientos, “viajando” de una forma libre, desestructurada y no ortodoxa, posiblemente dando paso a la superficialidad con el objetivo de ejercer su derecho a expresarse con libertad y creatividad.

“Se puede ser feliz en un mundo de prohibiciones. La prohibición es un buen estímulo para la creatividad human. Un mundo de obligaciones, por el contrario, deja a nuestro cerebro sin trabajo. Nos obligaría a una vida sin sentido, patética, sin margen para la creación ni la responsabilidad de ningún signo…” Jorge Wagensberg