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Rerun The Space Between

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The Space in Between

Monday, February 21, 2011

There



Did you notice that?
The Space in Between?
The Pause, The Gap, the air we do not see.

Will you pay attention if I ask,
to the space in between
end and beginning,
and beginning and end.

Think about it next time,
When you notice a pause, a stop in the
conversation or the moment.

Was there something more in the silence you did not hear?
A hidden message in the air you cannot see?
And listen to the other signs,
Because the space in between is not nothing,
It is real.

The space between 2

"we were caught” between “two worlds, one dead / the other powerless to be born"
matthew arnold

Do you remember when there was no
space between?
before you emerged,
were born,
& became 
another.

When your mother 
could not help it,
she caressed your tiny head through
her thinning skin.

And when they cut the cord,
did you feel the cut?
Did you feel the sudden
separateness?

or was the pain delayed,
your eager eyes ready to take on
the challenge
of a new life?

And when she is there
and you are here,
do you still feel the tug
of the cord?

and do you hear
her voice
late at night
and you look and she is not there,
was she?

Cat at Rest

 

Cat Awake 

Cat at Rest

They built a ship. The Constitution 250 years ago

 

Welcome World 🌎 🌏 🌍

 It’s small world, after all.

From the Walt Disney Museum:

https://www.waltdisney.org/blog/small-world-big-message-music-its-small-world%20It%E2%80%99s%20small%20world,%20after%20all.

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Color Charts & Effects on Humans Grok Teaching

 Color Charts & Effects on Humans Grok Teaching 

Color theory is the practical study of how colors mix, match, and influence each other. It’s a core tool in design (including app icons), art, and visual communication.

The Color Wheel

The foundation is the color wheel, which organizes hues in a circle based on their relationships.

•  Primary colors: Red, yellow, and blue. These cannot be created by mixing other colors.

•  Secondary colors: Orange, green, and purple (made by mixing two primaries).

•  Tertiary colors: Combinations of a primary and a secondary (e.g., red-orange, yellow-green).

 

Warm vs. Cool Colors

•  Warm colors (reds, oranges, yellows) feel energetic, advancing, and inviting.

•  Cool colors (blues, greens, purples) feel calm, receding, and professional.

In the Glenrow icon we just made, the darker blue background is a cool color. It creates strong contrast with the warm brown and cream tones of the cat’s fur, which helps the face stand out.

Practical Tips for Design (especially icons)

•  Limit yourself to 2–4 main colors for clarity at small sizes.

•  Ensure enough contrast between foreground and background (especially for text or key shapes).

•  Test how colors look at different sizes and on both light and dark backgrounds.

•  Consider emotional associations: blues often feel trustworthy and calm; greens can feel natural or growth-oriented.

Would you like me to go deeper on any specific part (e.g., how to apply these ideas to the Glenrow icon, examples of specific schemes, or color psychology)? Or generate visual examples of particular harmonies?

I picked blue

Trustworthy & Calm

TBT

 

It was a beautiful day on

Lake Champlain, Vermont 

When I took this photo,

So special TBT 😻

Cat on s.i.

 

Grok and Me, We Built another app Glenrow

 Glenrow

The Game

https://fleet-lilac-light-ruby.grok.me/

Warren is the old word for a rabbit’s home: a hill of rooms and paths. In Glenrow it is the first, gentlest glen.

A rabbit dug five rooms under a quiet hill. Rain came, and four others asked to stay the night: a turtle, a bird, a cat, and a squirrel. The rabbit said yes, with one rule. Each animal gets its own path, its own door, and its own room. No one sleeps against a neighbor’s wall, not even at a corner.

They settled like this:

•  The rabbit took the room at the end of the top path.

•  The turtle stayed by the low door on the left.

•  The bird sat in the middle of the third path.

•  The cat claimed the far door on the fourth.

•  The squirrel took the second door along the bottom.

That night the hill went quiet. That is the sample board, and why the game says the glen is settled.

The Conservatory is a glass house on the glen. Eight rooms. Warm soil. Leaves against the panes.

A cat keeps it. Rain brought seven others to the door: rabbit, turtle, bird, squirrel, dog, fish, and snail. The cat let them in, then looked twice. Glass shows every creature a second time, and a second shape is easy to mistake for a neighbor.

So the cat’s rule is the same rule, said slowly. One animal to a path. One to a door. One to a room. No one against another’s wall, not even at a corner. Look once for the room. Look again for the glass.

When the panes go dark and each animal has its own square of earth, the house is quiet. That is the Conservatory, settled.

The Conservatory is a glass house on the glen. Eight rooms. Warm soil. Leaves against the panes.

A cat keeps it. Rain brought seven others to the door: rabbit, turtle, bird, squirrel, dog, fish, and snail. The cat let them in, then looked twice. Glass shows every creature a second time, and a second shape is easy to mistake for a neighbor.

So the cat’s rule is the same rule, said slowly. One animal to a path. One to a door. One to a room. No one against another’s wall, not even at a corner. Look once for the room. Look again for the glass.

When the panes go dark and each animal has its own square of earth, the house is quiet. That is the Conservatory, settled.

 Here’s the story Grok told 😎

The Cat Who Looked Twice

A cat lived in a glass house at the edge of the glen. The house had eight rooms. The sun came in. The leaves tapped the windows. The cat was happy there, all alone.

Then the rain came.

Knock, knock.

At the door stood a rabbit, a turtle, a bird, a squirrel, a dog, a fish in a little bowl, and a snail with a shiny trail.

“May we come in?” asked the rabbit. “It is wet out here.”

“Yes,” said the cat. “One night. But this house has a rule.”

They shook off the rain and stepped inside. On the glass, each animal appeared again. A second rabbit. A second dog. A second cat.

The rabbit hopped toward the second rabbit.

“Stop,” said the cat. “That is not a friend. That is you, in the window. Look twice.”

The rabbit looked twice. “Oh,” he said. “Hello, me.”

The cat walked them through the rooms.

“Every animal gets one path. Every animal gets one door. Every animal gets one room. Nobody sits against a neighbor. Not even at a corner.”

The dog sat down right beside the cat.

“Look twice,” said the cat.

The dog looked. His shoulder would bump the cat. He moved one room over and let out a big sigh. The sigh fogged the glass. For a moment his reflection disappeared.

“Where did I go?” said the dog.

The glass cleared. There he was, in his own room, with space all around him.

“There you are,” said the cat.

Night came. The windows went dark. The second animals vanished with the light. Eight real animals rested in eight rooms. No one touched. No one was crowded. No one was out in the rain.

The cat looked once. Then the cat looked again.

“The house is quiet,” said the cat. “You may stay.”

In the morning the rain was gone. Nobody left. The glass house was their glen, and the cat still looks twice, because windows like to play tricks.

The Cat Who Looked Twice.

A story from Glenrow

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My Mac

 My Mac

Seemed like a good choice at the time,

You know, I was looking for an Upgrade from Ipad,

The kind of laptop for writing my dream novel,

No one will want to read.

I will, however, struggle with my Mac,

Like our first Tandy 1000 computer from Radio Shack,

5 and 1/4 inch floppy disks. 

It was such a struggle.

We just remembered Space Quest took about 10 floppy's,

Leisure Suit Larry 10 floppy's.

Fun games.

Mac was supposed to get along with my new Canon Scanner,

It seemed to work a couple of times.

Like the Tandy.

The salesman said: "This is the last computer you'll ever buy."

Still working on my challenge,

My friend Mac.