Internet

Internet
Originally uploaded by punyamishra

The Internet
inking pacts
across the world.

Linking
and connecting
all humanity.

Shakily
connecting
all the dots
into one
continuous whole.

GB #29

Internet II

Internet II
Originally uploaded by punyamishra

Small knots
woven together
become a net.
Flexible, stable,
and very strong.

Small computers
inter-connected
become the Net.

Unleashing
the power
of communication,
of creativity,
and
of community.

Small individuals,
linked together
become the
Internet.

GB #28

Douglas R Hofstadter

Sides-reversed-is
Originally uploaded by punyamishra

Douglas R Hofstadter
sides reversed is
Retdatsfoh R Salgoud
sides reversed is
Douglas R Hofstadter
...
is one Strange Loop.

Hofstadter wrote
Godel, Escher and Bach:
An eternal golden braid.

A personal review follows.

Four young boys
growing up
the Modern way:
Gaurav and Hartosh,
Punya
and GB.

Like other 16 year olds
just focussed on
having fun.

Fun,
defined for them
by Hofstadter
with wordplay,
Palindromes,
Anagrams, Ambigrams,
and paradoxical
self-referential statements.

Many years went by,
in the pursuit of fun,
doing what they please,
each in their own way.

Until,
like everyone else,
they grew up
and became serious.

Each in their own way,
they did what
they had to do;
they became what
they had to become:
Consultant, Journalist,
Professor,
and Manager.

And thats what
they are
in this life.

Their one
and only one
life.

Only one life?

Is it ever
enough
for anyone
to live
just one life?

Memories of
a fun-filled youth
don't just die:
They bring in
A Certain Ambiguity -
Ambigrams,
and not to forget,
Ambi-Poettary.


Back to Hofstadter
and the book review.

Just one life
is certainly not enough
for Hofstadter's
Godel, Escher and Bach.

But do not fear.
Perhaps one day
a Gardner will come
to annotate GEB,
and give us a chance,
to figure it all out
in just one life-time.

GB # 27

Dog

Dog
Originally uploaded by punyamishra

A dog,
wags his tail,
seeks attention.
And licks your face,
without asking for
your permission.

Comes up close
and becomes
personal.

And becomes
your best friend.

GB #26

God

God
Originally uploaded by punyamishra

GOD
looks the same
whichever way
you look at it.

Look down from the top
or up from bottom --
and find GOD.

Look in the mirror
and see GOD.

Just like the 0,
symbol for
nothingness.

But still,
required,
to count from
one to infinity.

GB #25

Darwin

Darwin
Originally uploaded by punyamishra

"Beauty in mathematics,"
says Polya,
"is seeing the truth
without effort."

Polya's dictum applies 
to Science
as well.

Darwin explained
nature's bounty --
from simplicity
emerged complexity,
adapting by competing.

Darwin explained
so much, so simply,
so beautifully.

GB #24

Infinite

Infinite
Originally uploaded by punyamishra

Infinite plane
made compact
becomes a sphere.

Still infinite,
but compact,
somehow closer to
being finite.

GB # 23 (also Math Poettary)

Look here too.

No-x-in-Nixon

No-x-in-Nixon
Originally uploaded by punyamishra

NO X IN NIXON

A palindrome
but False.

NO X IN NIXON
sides reversed is
NO X IN NIXON

Truly
a longer palindrome.

sides reversed is
sides reversed is
sides reversed is

(repeated ad infinitum)

truly
the longest
palindrome.

GB #22

Sense-non-Sense

Sense-Non-Sense
Originally uploaded by punyamishra

Image in
No Og
de Nash,
No Jabber
wock soever.

No pun
ya at all.
No Ji,
No Bee,
No ambi,
just potty.

Life sans
non-sense,
makes no sense:

It is
like this sentence.
Meaning less,
or none at all.

Or like this one.
Not funny;
no fun at all.

GB #21

Love

Love
Originally uploaded by punyamishra

Fools marry the girl they love,
Wise men love the girl they marry,
goes an old dictum.

Love turns
most of us
backwards --
into a fool.

Eventually,
all turn wise.

GB #20