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Philosophy. Of lighting.

Skynet: Your Friendly Lighting Designer, Part I

Skynet: Your Friendly Touring Lighting Designer, Part I I wonder, sometimes, at the sorts of scenarios that military specialists imagine, particularly specialists tasked with dreaming up out-there scenarios like Klaatu landing on the South Lawn of the White House or (perhaps somewhat more likely) something both armed and dangerously experimental escaping from Boston Dynamics. Fun to think about, for sure, but also important. Even if any number of these scenarios is unlikely, this sort of imaginative play is vital to staying agile across a variety of domains. “What if…” is, and has always been, a question that we should ask from time to time. While not as (militarily) dire as, say, a Skynet scenario, an economically and – perhaps artistically… Read More »Skynet: Your Friendly Lighting Designer, Part I

Colors Exist

And, Why It Is Not Just Philosophical Navel-Gazing To Say So This is a response to an article I most recently saw in PLSN, but in fairness to my friend and author of that article, Chris Lose, this is an argument I’ve heard put forward by many people over the years. The argument goes like this: color is a perceptual phenomenon, and therefore, “does not exist”. It exists, the argument goes, only in our minds, and this somehow makes it less real. I find this line of reasoning to be highly suspect. It places all perceptual phenomenon on “non-existent” footing, including a lot of things that I think we would all agree exist, like smells, flavors, all of music, language,… Read More »Colors Exist