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July 3, 2009

0.333*

Oil on canvas, 14" x 18" – 2008
 
0.3333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333*
where * = recurring
 
The idea that a number never ends, is very expansive....
....and that little asterisk is very powerful!

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Comments (11)

Jul 03, 2009
inotherwords_c said...
@winsorandnewt oh i love love that thought, hmmm. what an inspiration for a haiku......... or two.. or more lol recurring haiku perhaps x
Jul 04, 2009
Angela Dunn said...
I was the 33rd person to view another lovely work by the ubertalented Sir Andrew, hmmm...
Jul 04, 2009
ilonapet said...
ride the asterisk into infinity...what a ride!
Jul 04, 2009
alan rich said...
We are free to be 3 and to look to infinity for inspiration. Be inspired.
Jul 05, 2009
Detlef said...
I enjoy it very much that as a musician I am able to divide 1 into 3 exact equal parts. Isn't that great? Why can't mathematicians do that? Probably they make the wrong assumptions ;)
Jul 06, 2009
Andrew Crane said...
I would like to know more about this Detlef
Jul 06, 2009
Detlef said...
I was referring to the musical concept of triplets, Andrew. The 4/4 bar is fundamental to most Jazz and Rock music. Each of the 4 beats may be divided into 3 parts, as in "Fixing a Hole" and Swing music - or 2 or 4 parts as in Funk or Heavy Metal. One instrument might even divide the beat in 2, while another divides it in 3 at the same time - as is often the case in Jazz.

If you want to emulate this with a computer driven sequenzer you divide each of the beats into 12 parts. That way it's divisible in 3, 2 and 4 equal parts. Nevertheless: for me each beat is an impulse, a ONE.

Jul 06, 2009
Andrew Crane said...
Thank you! I agree...the idea of a triplet is perfect...but surely (like maths) its execution is an approximation?
Jul 06, 2009
Detlef said...
I feel "Fixing a Hole" is right on time ;)
Jul 06, 2009
Andrew Crane said...
Haha!
Aug 25, 2009
Liz Spurgeon said...
Revisit of this wonderful painting

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