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All here was unhealthy, toxic. Was damaged and infectious. It was a bad place. 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Eyes closed, arms oaring. Upright to what? Something nameless in the night, lode or matrix. To which he and the stars were common satellite.","quote-source":"Cormac McCarthy, <i>The Road<\/i>"},{"id":"120876065134","url":"https:\/\/metopal.tumblr.com\/post\/120876065134","url-with-slug":"https:\/\/metopal.tumblr.com\/post\/120876065134\/the-best-conceived-computer-should-be-thought-of","type":"quote","date-gmt":"2015-06-06 19:58:40 GMT","date":"Sat, 06 Jun 2015 15:58:40","bookmarklet":0,"mobile":0,"feed-item":"","from-feed-id":0,"unix-timestamp":1433620720,"format":"html","reblog-key":"SglHLmcs","slug":"the-best-conceived-computer-should-be-thought-of","is-submission":false,"like-button":"<div class=\"like_button\" data-post-id=\"120876065134\" data-blog-name=\"metopal\" id=\"like_button_120876065134\"><iframe id=\"like_iframe_120876065134\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.tumblr.com\/assets\/html\/like_iframe.html?_v=66c22ab5319d742bca5762b8d18f9d06#name=metopal&amp;post_id=120876065134&amp;color=black&amp;rk=SglHLmcs\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" frameborder=\"0\" 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ruins&hellip;","quote-source":"Bruno Latour, <i>Irreductions<\/i>"},{"id":"62901691073","url":"https:\/\/metopal.tumblr.com\/post\/62901691073","url-with-slug":"https:\/\/metopal.tumblr.com\/post\/62901691073\/texts-are-bodies-that-can-light-up-by-rendering","type":"quote","date-gmt":"2013-10-02 14:26:52 GMT","date":"Wed, 02 Oct 2013 10:26:52","bookmarklet":0,"mobile":0,"feed-item":"","from-feed-id":0,"unix-timestamp":1380724012,"format":"html","reblog-key":"UvOwwAsT","slug":"texts-are-bodies-that-can-light-up-by-rendering","is-submission":false,"like-button":"<div class=\"like_button\" data-post-id=\"62901691073\" data-blog-name=\"metopal\" id=\"like_button_62901691073\"><iframe id=\"like_iframe_62901691073\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.tumblr.com\/assets\/html\/like_iframe.html?_v=66c22ab5319d742bca5762b8d18f9d06#name=metopal&amp;post_id=62901691073&amp;color=black&amp;rk=UvOwwAsT\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" frameborder=\"0\" class=\"like_toggle\" 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light up, by rendering human perception more acute, those bodies whose favored vehicle of affectivity is less wordy: plants, animals, blades of grass, household objects, trash. One of the stakes for me of the turn to things in contemporary theory is how it might help us live more sustainably, with less violence toward a variety of bodies. Poetry can help us feel more of the liveliness hidden in such things and reveal more of the threads of connection binding our fate to theirs.","quote-source":"Jane Bennett, \u2018Systems and Things,\u2019\u00a0<em>New Literary History<\/em>\u00a0(2012)"},{"id":"62901504030","url":"https:\/\/metopal.tumblr.com\/post\/62901504030","url-with-slug":"https:\/\/metopal.tumblr.com\/post\/62901504030\/thing-or-body-has-advantages-over-object-i","type":"quote","date-gmt":"2013-10-02 14:23:31 GMT","date":"Wed, 02 Oct 2013 10:23:31","bookmarklet":0,"mobile":0,"feed-item":"","from-feed-id":0,"unix-timestamp":1380723811,"format":"html","reblog-key":"82p3phYV","slug":"thing-or-body-has-advantages-over-object-i","is-submission":false,"like-button":"<div class=\"like_button\" data-post-id=\"62901504030\" data-blog-name=\"metopal\" id=\"like_button_62901504030\"><iframe id=\"like_iframe_62901504030\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.tumblr.com\/assets\/html\/like_iframe.html?_v=66c22ab5319d742bca5762b8d18f9d06#name=metopal&amp;post_id=62901504030&amp;color=black&amp;rk=82p3phYV\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" frameborder=\"0\" class=\"like_toggle\" allowTransparency=\"true\" name=\"like_iframe_62901504030\"><\/iframe><\/div>","reblog-button":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tumblr.com\/reblog\/metopal\/62901504030\/82p3phYV\" class=\"reblog_button\"style=\"display: block;width:20px;height:20px;\"><svg width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" viewBox=\"0 0 21 21\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\" fill=\"#000\"><path d=\"M5.01092527,5.99908429 L16.0088498,5.99908429 L16.136,9.508 L20.836,4.752 L16.136,0.083 L16.1360004,3.01110845 L2.09985349,3.01110845 C1.50585349,3.01110845 0.979248041,3.44726568 0.979248041,4.45007306 L0.979248041,10.9999998 L3.98376463,8.30993634 L3.98376463,6.89801007 C3.98376463,6.20867902 4.71892527,5.99908429 5.01092527,5.99908429 Z\"><\/path><path d=\"M17.1420002,13.2800293 C17.1420002,13.5720293 17.022957,14.0490723 16.730957,14.0490723 L4.92919922,14.0490723 L4.92919922,11 L0.5,15.806 L4.92919922,20.5103758 L5.00469971,16.9990234 L18.9700928,16.9990234 C19.5640928,16.9990234 19.9453125,16.4010001 19.9453125,15.8060001 L19.9453125,9.5324707 L17.142,12.203\"><\/path><\/svg><\/a>","note-count":"0","tumblelog":{"title":"metopal","name":"metopal","cname":false,"url":"https:\/\/metopal.tumblr.com\/","timezone":"US\/Eastern","avatar_url_512":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_512.png","avatar_url_128":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_128.png","avatar_url_96":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_96.png","avatar_url_64":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_64.png","avatar_url_48":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_48.png","avatar_url_40":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_40.png","avatar_url_30":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_30.png","avatar_url_24":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_24.png","avatar_url_16":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_16.png"},"quote-text":"&lsquo;Thing&rsquo; or 'body&rsquo; has advantages over 'object,&rsquo; I think, if one&rsquo;s task is to disrupt the political parsing that yields only active (American, manly) subjects and passive objects. Why try to disrupt this parsing? Because we are daily confronted with evidence of nonhuman vitalities actively at work around and within us.","quote-source":"Jane Bennett, &lsquo;Systems and Things,'\u00a0<em>New Literary History<\/em> (2012)"},{"id":"62900643679","url":"https:\/\/metopal.tumblr.com\/post\/62900643679","url-with-slug":"https:\/\/metopal.tumblr.com\/post\/62900643679\/but-perhaps-there-is-no-need-to-choose-between","type":"quote","date-gmt":"2013-10-02 14:07:55 GMT","date":"Wed, 02 Oct 2013 10:07:55","bookmarklet":0,"mobile":0,"feed-item":"","from-feed-id":0,"unix-timestamp":1380722875,"format":"html","reblog-key":"6RIZudOf","slug":"but-perhaps-there-is-no-need-to-choose-between","is-submission":false,"like-button":"<div class=\"like_button\" data-post-id=\"62900643679\" data-blog-name=\"metopal\" id=\"like_button_62900643679\"><iframe id=\"like_iframe_62900643679\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.tumblr.com\/assets\/html\/like_iframe.html?_v=66c22ab5319d742bca5762b8d18f9d06#name=metopal&amp;post_id=62900643679&amp;color=black&amp;rk=6RIZudOf\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" frameborder=\"0\" class=\"like_toggle\" allowTransparency=\"true\" name=\"like_iframe_62900643679\"><\/iframe><\/div>","reblog-button":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tumblr.com\/reblog\/metopal\/62900643679\/6RIZudOf\" class=\"reblog_button\"style=\"display: block;width:20px;height:20px;\"><svg width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" viewBox=\"0 0 21 21\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\" fill=\"#000\"><path d=\"M5.01092527,5.99908429 L16.0088498,5.99908429 L16.136,9.508 L20.836,4.752 L16.136,0.083 L16.1360004,3.01110845 L2.09985349,3.01110845 C1.50585349,3.01110845 0.979248041,3.44726568 0.979248041,4.45007306 L0.979248041,10.9999998 L3.98376463,8.30993634 L3.98376463,6.89801007 C3.98376463,6.20867902 4.71892527,5.99908429 5.01092527,5.99908429 Z\"><\/path><path d=\"M17.1420002,13.2800293 C17.1420002,13.5720293 17.022957,14.0490723 16.730957,14.0490723 L4.92919922,14.0490723 L4.92919922,11 L0.5,15.806 L4.92919922,20.5103758 L5.00469971,16.9990234 L18.9700928,16.9990234 C19.5640928,16.9990234 19.9453125,16.4010001 19.9453125,15.8060001 L19.9453125,9.5324707 L17.142,12.203\"><\/path><\/svg><\/a>","note-count":"0","tumblelog":{"title":"metopal","name":"metopal","cname":false,"url":"https:\/\/metopal.tumblr.com\/","timezone":"US\/Eastern","avatar_url_512":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_512.png","avatar_url_128":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_128.png","avatar_url_96":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_96.png","avatar_url_64":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_64.png","avatar_url_48":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_48.png","avatar_url_40":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_40.png","avatar_url_30":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_30.png","avatar_url_24":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_24.png","avatar_url_16":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_16.png"},"quote-text":"But perhaps there is no need to choose between objects or their relations. Since everyday, earthly experience routinely identifies some effects as coming from individual objects and some from larger systems (or, better put, from individuations within material configurations and from the complex assemblages in which they participate), why not aim for a theory that toggles between both kinds or magnitudes of &ldquo;unit&rdquo;? One would then understand &ldquo;objects&rdquo; to be those swirls of matter, energy, and incipience that hold themselves together long enough to vie with the strivings of other objects, including the indeterminate momentum of the throbbing whole. The project, then, would be to make both objects and relations the periodic focus of theoretical attention, even if it is impossible to articulate fully the &ldquo;vague&rdquo; or &ldquo;vagabond&rdquo; essence of any system or any things, and even if it is impossible to give equal attention to both at once.","quote-source":"Jane Bennett, &lsquo;Systems and Things,'\u00a0<em>New Literary History<\/em> (2012)"},{"id":"50915731828","url":"https:\/\/metopal.tumblr.com\/post\/50915731828","url-with-slug":"https:\/\/metopal.tumblr.com\/post\/50915731828\/yet-the-reservation-must-also-be-well-noted-that","type":"quote","date-gmt":"2013-05-20 16:50:45 GMT","date":"Mon, 20 May 2013 12:50:45","bookmarklet":0,"mobile":0,"feed-item":"","from-feed-id":0,"unix-timestamp":1369068645,"format":"html","reblog-key":"WPe2c8mY","slug":"yet-the-reservation-must-also-be-well-noted-that","is-submission":false,"like-button":"<div class=\"like_button\" data-post-id=\"50915731828\" data-blog-name=\"metopal\" id=\"like_button_50915731828\"><iframe id=\"like_iframe_50915731828\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.tumblr.com\/assets\/html\/like_iframe.html?_v=66c22ab5319d742bca5762b8d18f9d06#name=metopal&amp;post_id=50915731828&amp;color=black&amp;rk=WPe2c8mY\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" frameborder=\"0\" class=\"like_toggle\" allowTransparency=\"true\" name=\"like_iframe_50915731828\"><\/iframe><\/div>","reblog-button":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tumblr.com\/reblog\/metopal\/50915731828\/WPe2c8mY\" class=\"reblog_button\"style=\"display: block;width:20px;height:20px;\"><svg width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" viewBox=\"0 0 21 21\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\" fill=\"#000\"><path d=\"M5.01092527,5.99908429 L16.0088498,5.99908429 L16.136,9.508 L20.836,4.752 L16.136,0.083 L16.1360004,3.01110845 L2.09985349,3.01110845 C1.50585349,3.01110845 0.979248041,3.44726568 0.979248041,4.45007306 L0.979248041,10.9999998 L3.98376463,8.30993634 L3.98376463,6.89801007 C3.98376463,6.20867902 4.71892527,5.99908429 5.01092527,5.99908429 Z\"><\/path><path d=\"M17.1420002,13.2800293 C17.1420002,13.5720293 17.022957,14.0490723 16.730957,14.0490723 L4.92919922,14.0490723 L4.92919922,11 L0.5,15.806 L4.92919922,20.5103758 L5.00469971,16.9990234 L18.9700928,16.9990234 C19.5640928,16.9990234 19.9453125,16.4010001 19.9453125,15.8060001 L19.9453125,9.5324707 L17.142,12.203\"><\/path><\/svg><\/a>","note-count":"0","tumblelog":{"title":"metopal","name":"metopal","cname":false,"url":"https:\/\/metopal.tumblr.com\/","timezone":"US\/Eastern","avatar_url_512":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_512.png","avatar_url_128":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_128.png","avatar_url_96":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_96.png","avatar_url_64":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_64.png","avatar_url_48":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_48.png","avatar_url_40":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_40.png","avatar_url_30":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_30.png","avatar_url_24":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_24.png","avatar_url_16":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_16.png"},"quote-text":"Yet the reservation must also be well noted, that even if we cannot cognize these same objects as things in themselves, we at least must be able to think them as things in themselves. For otherwise there would follow the absurd proposition that there is an appearance without anything that appears.","quote-source":"Kant, <em>Critique of Pure Reason<\/em>, B XXVI"},{"id":"44544428171","url":"https:\/\/metopal.tumblr.com\/post\/44544428171","url-with-slug":"https:\/\/metopal.tumblr.com\/post\/44544428171\/arcade-games-arent-profitable-if-people-can","type":"quote","date-gmt":"2013-03-04 15:59:31 GMT","date":"Mon, 04 Mar 2013 10:59:31","bookmarklet":0,"mobile":0,"feed-item":"","from-feed-id":0,"unix-timestamp":1362412771,"format":"html","reblog-key":"fqlD526X","slug":"arcade-games-arent-profitable-if-people-can","is-submission":false,"like-button":"<div class=\"like_button\" data-post-id=\"44544428171\" data-blog-name=\"metopal\" id=\"like_button_44544428171\"><iframe id=\"like_iframe_44544428171\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.tumblr.com\/assets\/html\/like_iframe.html?_v=66c22ab5319d742bca5762b8d18f9d06#name=metopal&amp;post_id=44544428171&amp;color=black&amp;rk=fqlD526X\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" frameborder=\"0\" class=\"like_toggle\" allowTransparency=\"true\" name=\"like_iframe_44544428171\"><\/iframe><\/div>","reblog-button":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tumblr.com\/reblog\/metopal\/44544428171\/fqlD526X\" class=\"reblog_button\"style=\"display: block;width:20px;height:20px;\"><svg width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" viewBox=\"0 0 21 21\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\" fill=\"#000\"><path d=\"M5.01092527,5.99908429 L16.0088498,5.99908429 L16.136,9.508 L20.836,4.752 L16.136,0.083 L16.1360004,3.01110845 L2.09985349,3.01110845 C1.50585349,3.01110845 0.979248041,3.44726568 0.979248041,4.45007306 L0.979248041,10.9999998 L3.98376463,8.30993634 L3.98376463,6.89801007 C3.98376463,6.20867902 4.71892527,5.99908429 5.01092527,5.99908429 Z\"><\/path><path d=\"M17.1420002,13.2800293 C17.1420002,13.5720293 17.022957,14.0490723 16.730957,14.0490723 L4.92919922,14.0490723 L4.92919922,11 L0.5,15.806 L4.92919922,20.5103758 L5.00469971,16.9990234 L18.9700928,16.9990234 C19.5640928,16.9990234 19.9453125,16.4010001 19.9453125,15.8060001 L19.9453125,9.5324707 L17.142,12.203\"><\/path><\/svg><\/a>","note-count":"0","tumblelog":{"title":"metopal","name":"metopal","cname":false,"url":"https:\/\/metopal.tumblr.com\/","timezone":"US\/Eastern","avatar_url_512":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_512.png","avatar_url_128":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_128.png","avatar_url_96":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_96.png","avatar_url_64":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_64.png","avatar_url_48":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_48.png","avatar_url_40":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_40.png","avatar_url_30":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_30.png","avatar_url_24":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_24.png","avatar_url_16":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_16.png"},"quote-text":"Arcade games aren&rsquo;t profitable if people can continue playing for long periods, so their level of difficulty is steeply curved. After a short period of time, the games will actually start to attack the player. However, there are also players capable of clearing the games, giving them a glimpse into an unseen world.","quote-source":"Sunsoft programmer <a href=\"http:\/\/www.glitterberri.com\/developer-interviews\/making-mr-gimmick\/\">Tomomi Sakai<\/a> (<em>Mr. Gimmick<\/em>)","tags":["ontology","world","gimmick"]},{"id":"39334597411","url":"https:\/\/metopal.tumblr.com\/post\/39334597411","url-with-slug":"https:\/\/metopal.tumblr.com\/post\/39334597411\/however-with-ever-depressing-emphasis-on","type":"quote","date-gmt":"2012-12-31 21:52:24 GMT","date":"Mon, 31 Dec 2012 16:52:24","bookmarklet":0,"mobile":0,"feed-item":"","from-feed-id":0,"unix-timestamp":1356990744,"format":"html","reblog-key":"W9jMEMx0","slug":"however-with-ever-depressing-emphasis-on","is-submission":false,"like-button":"<div class=\"like_button\" data-post-id=\"39334597411\" data-blog-name=\"metopal\" id=\"like_button_39334597411\"><iframe id=\"like_iframe_39334597411\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.tumblr.com\/assets\/html\/like_iframe.html?_v=66c22ab5319d742bca5762b8d18f9d06#name=metopal&amp;post_id=39334597411&amp;color=black&amp;rk=W9jMEMx0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" frameborder=\"0\" class=\"like_toggle\" allowTransparency=\"true\" name=\"like_iframe_39334597411\"><\/iframe><\/div>","reblog-button":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tumblr.com\/reblog\/metopal\/39334597411\/W9jMEMx0\" class=\"reblog_button\"style=\"display: block;width:20px;height:20px;\"><svg width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" viewBox=\"0 0 21 21\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\" fill=\"#000\"><path d=\"M5.01092527,5.99908429 L16.0088498,5.99908429 L16.136,9.508 L20.836,4.752 L16.136,0.083 L16.1360004,3.01110845 L2.09985349,3.01110845 C1.50585349,3.01110845 0.979248041,3.44726568 0.979248041,4.45007306 L0.979248041,10.9999998 L3.98376463,8.30993634 L3.98376463,6.89801007 C3.98376463,6.20867902 4.71892527,5.99908429 5.01092527,5.99908429 Z\"><\/path><path d=\"M17.1420002,13.2800293 C17.1420002,13.5720293 17.022957,14.0490723 16.730957,14.0490723 L4.92919922,14.0490723 L4.92919922,11 L0.5,15.806 L4.92919922,20.5103758 L5.00469971,16.9990234 L18.9700928,16.9990234 C19.5640928,16.9990234 19.9453125,16.4010001 19.9453125,15.8060001 L19.9453125,9.5324707 L17.142,12.203\"><\/path><\/svg><\/a>","note-count":"0","tumblelog":{"title":"metopal","name":"metopal","cname":false,"url":"https:\/\/metopal.tumblr.com\/","timezone":"US\/Eastern","avatar_url_512":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_512.png","avatar_url_128":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_128.png","avatar_url_96":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_96.png","avatar_url_64":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_64.png","avatar_url_48":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_48.png","avatar_url_40":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_40.png","avatar_url_30":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_30.png","avatar_url_24":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_24.png","avatar_url_16":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_16.png"},"quote-text":"However, with ever-depressing emphasis on advancing computer graphics, light and shadow have been more or less claimed as a simulation element, an aspect of realism, not a poetic substance to be conceived and tailored for expressive impact. Darkness is one of the oldest concepts in the human imagination, the thing we&rsquo;ve all been afraid of for the past several thousand years. There was a brief era in video game graphics when, because they lacked subtelty, these poetics were brought to the surface through a fortuitous collision of technology and subject matter.","quote-source":"Matthew Weise, <a href=\"http:\/\/outsideyourheaven.blogspot.com\/2012\/10\/a-brief-history-of-darkness.html\">&lsquo;A Brief History of Darkness&rsquo;<\/a>","tags":["darkness","poetics"]},{"id":"38228770403","url":"https:\/\/metopal.tumblr.com\/post\/38228770403","url-with-slug":"https:\/\/metopal.tumblr.com\/post\/38228770403\/metaphysical-thinking-is-precipitated-in-the","type":"quote","date-gmt":"2012-12-18 15:35:36 GMT","date":"Tue, 18 Dec 2012 10:35:36","bookmarklet":0,"mobile":0,"feed-item":"","from-feed-id":0,"unix-timestamp":1355844936,"format":"html","reblog-key":"YLJ3lOPF","slug":"metaphysical-thinking-is-precipitated-in-the","is-submission":false,"like-button":"<div class=\"like_button\" data-post-id=\"38228770403\" data-blog-name=\"metopal\" id=\"like_button_38228770403\"><iframe id=\"like_iframe_38228770403\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.tumblr.com\/assets\/html\/like_iframe.html?_v=66c22ab5319d742bca5762b8d18f9d06#name=metopal&amp;post_id=38228770403&amp;color=black&amp;rk=YLJ3lOPF\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" frameborder=\"0\" class=\"like_toggle\" allowTransparency=\"true\" name=\"like_iframe_38228770403\"><\/iframe><\/div>","reblog-button":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tumblr.com\/reblog\/metopal\/38228770403\/YLJ3lOPF\" class=\"reblog_button\"style=\"display: block;width:20px;height:20px;\"><svg width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" viewBox=\"0 0 21 21\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\" fill=\"#000\"><path d=\"M5.01092527,5.99908429 L16.0088498,5.99908429 L16.136,9.508 L20.836,4.752 L16.136,0.083 L16.1360004,3.01110845 L2.09985349,3.01110845 C1.50585349,3.01110845 0.979248041,3.44726568 0.979248041,4.45007306 L0.979248041,10.9999998 L3.98376463,8.30993634 L3.98376463,6.89801007 C3.98376463,6.20867902 4.71892527,5.99908429 5.01092527,5.99908429 Z\"><\/path><path d=\"M17.1420002,13.2800293 C17.1420002,13.5720293 17.022957,14.0490723 16.730957,14.0490723 L4.92919922,14.0490723 L4.92919922,11 L0.5,15.806 L4.92919922,20.5103758 L5.00469971,16.9990234 L18.9700928,16.9990234 C19.5640928,16.9990234 19.9453125,16.4010001 19.9453125,15.8060001 L19.9453125,9.5324707 L17.142,12.203\"><\/path><\/svg><\/a>","note-count":"2","tumblelog":{"title":"metopal","name":"metopal","cname":false,"url":"https:\/\/metopal.tumblr.com\/","timezone":"US\/Eastern","avatar_url_512":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_512.png","avatar_url_128":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_128.png","avatar_url_96":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_96.png","avatar_url_64":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_64.png","avatar_url_48":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_48.png","avatar_url_40":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_40.png","avatar_url_30":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_30.png","avatar_url_24":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_24.png","avatar_url_16":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_16.png"},"quote-text":"Metaphysical thinking is precipitated in the between. We find ourselves in the midst of beings.","quote-source":"William Desmond,\u00a0<em>Being and the Between<\/em>, p. 5","tags":["metaphysics","being","philosophy","interstitial"]},{"id":"38228723723","url":"https:\/\/metopal.tumblr.com\/post\/38228723723","url-with-slug":"https:\/\/metopal.tumblr.com\/post\/38228723723\/the-mindful-human-being-is-within-a-community-of","type":"quote","date-gmt":"2012-12-18 15:34:34 GMT","date":"Tue, 18 Dec 2012 10:34:34","bookmarklet":0,"mobile":0,"feed-item":"","from-feed-id":0,"unix-timestamp":1355844874,"format":"html","reblog-key":"NOHwWFoL","slug":"the-mindful-human-being-is-within-a-community-of","is-submission":false,"like-button":"<div class=\"like_button\" data-post-id=\"38228723723\" data-blog-name=\"metopal\" id=\"like_button_38228723723\"><iframe id=\"like_iframe_38228723723\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.tumblr.com\/assets\/html\/like_iframe.html?_v=66c22ab5319d742bca5762b8d18f9d06#name=metopal&amp;post_id=38228723723&amp;color=black&amp;rk=NOHwWFoL\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" frameborder=\"0\" class=\"like_toggle\" allowTransparency=\"true\" name=\"like_iframe_38228723723\"><\/iframe><\/div>","reblog-button":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tumblr.com\/reblog\/metopal\/38228723723\/NOHwWFoL\" class=\"reblog_button\"style=\"display: block;width:20px;height:20px;\"><svg width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" viewBox=\"0 0 21 21\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\" fill=\"#000\"><path d=\"M5.01092527,5.99908429 L16.0088498,5.99908429 L16.136,9.508 L20.836,4.752 L16.136,0.083 L16.1360004,3.01110845 L2.09985349,3.01110845 C1.50585349,3.01110845 0.979248041,3.44726568 0.979248041,4.45007306 L0.979248041,10.9999998 L3.98376463,8.30993634 L3.98376463,6.89801007 C3.98376463,6.20867902 4.71892527,5.99908429 5.01092527,5.99908429 Z\"><\/path><path d=\"M17.1420002,13.2800293 C17.1420002,13.5720293 17.022957,14.0490723 16.730957,14.0490723 L4.92919922,14.0490723 L4.92919922,11 L0.5,15.806 L4.92919922,20.5103758 L5.00469971,16.9990234 L18.9700928,16.9990234 C19.5640928,16.9990234 19.9453125,16.4010001 19.9453125,15.8060001 L19.9453125,9.5324707 L17.142,12.203\"><\/path><\/svg><\/a>","note-count":"3","tumblelog":{"title":"metopal","name":"metopal","cname":false,"url":"https:\/\/metopal.tumblr.com\/","timezone":"US\/Eastern","avatar_url_512":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_512.png","avatar_url_128":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_128.png","avatar_url_96":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_96.png","avatar_url_64":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_64.png","avatar_url_48":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_48.png","avatar_url_40":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_40.png","avatar_url_30":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_30.png","avatar_url_24":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_24.png","avatar_url_16":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_16.png"},"quote-text":"The mindful human being is within a community of being that &ldquo;englobes&rdquo; it, in the sense of being more encompassing than its singular being; but this is not such as to swallow the singular being within an absorbing totality. Quite to the contrary, the astonishing diversity and differentiation of beings, and precisely within a community of being as common, emerges for mindfulness. Metaphysical mindfulness is aware of difference in itself, as other in thought to being&ndash;being with which mind is also intimate.","quote-source":"William Desmond, <em>Being and the Between<\/em>, p. 4-5","tags":["metaphysics","being","interstitial","philosophy"]},{"id":"35208552686","url":"https:\/\/metopal.tumblr.com\/post\/35208552686","url-with-slug":"https:\/\/metopal.tumblr.com\/post\/35208552686\/each-place-its-own-mind-its-own-psyche-oak","type":"quote","date-gmt":"2012-11-07 17:29:57 GMT","date":"Wed, 07 Nov 2012 12:29:57","bookmarklet":0,"mobile":0,"feed-item":"","from-feed-id":0,"unix-timestamp":1352309397,"format":"html","reblog-key":"kBKuS1D7","slug":"each-place-its-own-mind-its-own-psyche-oak","is-submission":false,"like-button":"<div class=\"like_button\" data-post-id=\"35208552686\" data-blog-name=\"metopal\" id=\"like_button_35208552686\"><iframe id=\"like_iframe_35208552686\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.tumblr.com\/assets\/html\/like_iframe.html?_v=66c22ab5319d742bca5762b8d18f9d06#name=metopal&amp;post_id=35208552686&amp;color=black&amp;rk=kBKuS1D7\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" frameborder=\"0\" class=\"like_toggle\" allowTransparency=\"true\" name=\"like_iframe_35208552686\"><\/iframe><\/div>","reblog-button":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tumblr.com\/reblog\/metopal\/35208552686\/kBKuS1D7\" class=\"reblog_button\"style=\"display: block;width:20px;height:20px;\"><svg width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" viewBox=\"0 0 21 21\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\" fill=\"#000\"><path d=\"M5.01092527,5.99908429 L16.0088498,5.99908429 L16.136,9.508 L20.836,4.752 L16.136,0.083 L16.1360004,3.01110845 L2.09985349,3.01110845 C1.50585349,3.01110845 0.979248041,3.44726568 0.979248041,4.45007306 L0.979248041,10.9999998 L3.98376463,8.30993634 L3.98376463,6.89801007 C3.98376463,6.20867902 4.71892527,5.99908429 5.01092527,5.99908429 Z\"><\/path><path d=\"M17.1420002,13.2800293 C17.1420002,13.5720293 17.022957,14.0490723 16.730957,14.0490723 L4.92919922,14.0490723 L4.92919922,11 L0.5,15.806 L4.92919922,20.5103758 L5.00469971,16.9990234 L18.9700928,16.9990234 C19.5640928,16.9990234 19.9453125,16.4010001 19.9453125,15.8060001 L19.9453125,9.5324707 L17.142,12.203\"><\/path><\/svg><\/a>","note-count":"1","tumblelog":{"title":"metopal","name":"metopal","cname":false,"url":"https:\/\/metopal.tumblr.com\/","timezone":"US\/Eastern","avatar_url_512":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_512.png","avatar_url_128":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_128.png","avatar_url_96":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_96.png","avatar_url_64":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_64.png","avatar_url_48":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_48.png","avatar_url_40":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_40.png","avatar_url_30":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_30.png","avatar_url_24":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_24.png","avatar_url_16":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_16.png"},"quote-text":"Each place its own mind, its own psyche. Oak, madrone, Douglas fir, red-tailed hawk, serpentine in the sandstone, a certain scale to the topography, drenching rains in the winter, fog off-shore in the summer, salmon surging in the streams&ndash;all these together make up a particular state of mind, a place-specific intelligence shared by all the humans that dwell therein, but also by the coyotes yapping in those valleys, by the bobcats and the ferns and the spiders, by all beings who live and make their way in that zone. Each place its own psyche. Each sky its own blue.","quote-source":"David Abram,\u00a0<em>The Spell of the Sensuous<\/em>,\u00a0p. 262","tags":["Phenomenology"]},{"id":"35208417378","url":"https:\/\/metopal.tumblr.com\/post\/35208417378","url-with-slug":"https:\/\/metopal.tumblr.com\/post\/35208417378\/nourished-by-the-leakage-from-the-past-and-the","type":"quote","date-gmt":"2012-11-07 17:26:46 GMT","date":"Wed, 07 Nov 2012 12:26:46","bookmarklet":0,"mobile":0,"feed-item":"","from-feed-id":0,"unix-timestamp":1352309206,"format":"html","reblog-key":"amEUzT8B","slug":"nourished-by-the-leakage-from-the-past-and-the","is-submission":false,"like-button":"<div class=\"like_button\" data-post-id=\"35208417378\" data-blog-name=\"metopal\" id=\"like_button_35208417378\"><iframe id=\"like_iframe_35208417378\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.tumblr.com\/assets\/html\/like_iframe.html?_v=66c22ab5319d742bca5762b8d18f9d06#name=metopal&amp;post_id=35208417378&amp;color=black&amp;rk=amEUzT8B\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" frameborder=\"0\" class=\"like_toggle\" allowTransparency=\"true\" name=\"like_iframe_35208417378\"><\/iframe><\/div>","reblog-button":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tumblr.com\/reblog\/metopal\/35208417378\/amEUzT8B\" class=\"reblog_button\"style=\"display: block;width:20px;height:20px;\"><svg width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" viewBox=\"0 0 21 21\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\" fill=\"#000\"><path d=\"M5.01092527,5.99908429 L16.0088498,5.99908429 L16.136,9.508 L20.836,4.752 L16.136,0.083 L16.1360004,3.01110845 L2.09985349,3.01110845 C1.50585349,3.01110845 0.979248041,3.44726568 0.979248041,4.45007306 L0.979248041,10.9999998 L3.98376463,8.30993634 L3.98376463,6.89801007 C3.98376463,6.20867902 4.71892527,5.99908429 5.01092527,5.99908429 Z\"><\/path><path d=\"M17.1420002,13.2800293 C17.1420002,13.5720293 17.022957,14.0490723 16.730957,14.0490723 L4.92919922,14.0490723 L4.92919922,11 L0.5,15.806 L4.92919922,20.5103758 L5.00469971,16.9990234 L18.9700928,16.9990234 C19.5640928,16.9990234 19.9453125,16.4010001 19.9453125,15.8060001 L19.9453125,9.5324707 L17.142,12.203\"><\/path><\/svg><\/a>","note-count":"1","tumblelog":{"title":"metopal","name":"metopal","cname":false,"url":"https:\/\/metopal.tumblr.com\/","timezone":"US\/Eastern","avatar_url_512":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_512.png","avatar_url_128":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_128.png","avatar_url_96":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_96.png","avatar_url_64":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_64.png","avatar_url_48":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_48.png","avatar_url_40":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_40.png","avatar_url_30":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_30.png","avatar_url_24":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_24.png","avatar_url_16":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_16.png"},"quote-text":"Nourished by the leakage from the past and the future, the present moment swells in proportion as those other dimensions shrink. Soon it is very large; and the past and future have dwindled down to mere knots on the edge of this huge expanse. At this point I let the past and the future dissolve entirely.","quote-source":"David Abram,\u00a0<em>The Spell of the Sensuous<\/em>, p. 202","tags":["Phenomenology","time"]},{"id":"34119259431","url":"https:\/\/metopal.tumblr.com\/post\/34119259431","url-with-slug":"https:\/\/metopal.tumblr.com\/post\/34119259431\/emergent-systems-aka-things-made-up-of-things","type":"quote","date-gmt":"2012-10-22 21:30:33 GMT","date":"Mon, 22 Oct 2012 17:30:33","bookmarklet":0,"mobile":0,"feed-item":"","from-feed-id":0,"unix-timestamp":1350941433,"format":"html","reblog-key":"fYzoM6bk","slug":"emergent-systems-aka-things-made-up-of-things","is-submission":false,"like-button":"<div class=\"like_button\" data-post-id=\"34119259431\" data-blog-name=\"metopal\" id=\"like_button_34119259431\"><iframe id=\"like_iframe_34119259431\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.tumblr.com\/assets\/html\/like_iframe.html?_v=66c22ab5319d742bca5762b8d18f9d06#name=metopal&amp;post_id=34119259431&amp;color=black&amp;rk=fYzoM6bk\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" frameborder=\"0\" class=\"like_toggle\" allowTransparency=\"true\" name=\"like_iframe_34119259431\"><\/iframe><\/div>","reblog-button":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tumblr.com\/reblog\/metopal\/34119259431\/fYzoM6bk\" class=\"reblog_button\"style=\"display: block;width:20px;height:20px;\"><svg width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" viewBox=\"0 0 21 21\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\" fill=\"#000\"><path d=\"M5.01092527,5.99908429 L16.0088498,5.99908429 L16.136,9.508 L20.836,4.752 L16.136,0.083 L16.1360004,3.01110845 L2.09985349,3.01110845 C1.50585349,3.01110845 0.979248041,3.44726568 0.979248041,4.45007306 L0.979248041,10.9999998 L3.98376463,8.30993634 L3.98376463,6.89801007 C3.98376463,6.20867902 4.71892527,5.99908429 5.01092527,5.99908429 Z\"><\/path><path d=\"M17.1420002,13.2800293 C17.1420002,13.5720293 17.022957,14.0490723 16.730957,14.0490723 L4.92919922,14.0490723 L4.92919922,11 L0.5,15.806 L4.92919922,20.5103758 L5.00469971,16.9990234 L18.9700928,16.9990234 C19.5640928,16.9990234 19.9453125,16.4010001 19.9453125,15.8060001 L19.9453125,9.5324707 L17.142,12.203\"><\/path><\/svg><\/a>","note-count":"1","tumblelog":{"title":"metopal","name":"metopal","cname":false,"url":"https:\/\/metopal.tumblr.com\/","timezone":"US\/Eastern","avatar_url_512":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_512.png","avatar_url_128":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_128.png","avatar_url_96":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_96.png","avatar_url_64":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_64.png","avatar_url_48":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_48.png","avatar_url_40":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_40.png","avatar_url_30":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_30.png","avatar_url_24":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_24.png","avatar_url_16":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_16.png"},"quote-text":"Emergent systems (aka things made up of things) exercise all sorts of funky agency: flocking behaviours, attraction to strange attractors, radical modulations at state-change thresholds. Yes, non-inert behaviours; but not sentient behaviours. A painter enters into a kind of pragmatic dialogue with the viscous and luminous behaviours of her paint. She need not speculate about its withdrawn essence.","quote-source":"Curt Cloninger, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.metamute.org\/editorial\/articles\/manifesto-theory-%E2%80%98new-aesthetic%E2%80%99\">&lsquo;Manifesto for a Theory of the New Aesthetic&rsquo;<\/a>","tags":["ontology","aesthetics"]},{"id":"33589123252","url":"https:\/\/metopal.tumblr.com\/post\/33589123252","url-with-slug":"https:\/\/metopal.tumblr.com\/post\/33589123252\/the-problem-of-reality-always-had-a-special","type":"quote","date-gmt":"2012-10-14 20:15:01 GMT","date":"Sun, 14 Oct 2012 16:15:01","bookmarklet":0,"mobile":0,"feed-item":"","from-feed-id":0,"unix-timestamp":1350245701,"format":"html","reblog-key":"oMJvZDRc","slug":"the-problem-of-reality-always-had-a-special","is-submission":false,"like-button":"<div class=\"like_button\" data-post-id=\"33589123252\" data-blog-name=\"metopal\" id=\"like_button_33589123252\"><iframe id=\"like_iframe_33589123252\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.tumblr.com\/assets\/html\/like_iframe.html?_v=66c22ab5319d742bca5762b8d18f9d06#name=metopal&amp;post_id=33589123252&amp;color=black&amp;rk=oMJvZDRc\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" frameborder=\"0\" class=\"like_toggle\" allowTransparency=\"true\" name=\"like_iframe_33589123252\"><\/iframe><\/div>","reblog-button":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tumblr.com\/reblog\/metopal\/33589123252\/oMJvZDRc\" class=\"reblog_button\"style=\"display: block;width:20px;height:20px;\"><svg width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" viewBox=\"0 0 21 21\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\" fill=\"#000\"><path d=\"M5.01092527,5.99908429 L16.0088498,5.99908429 L16.136,9.508 L20.836,4.752 L16.136,0.083 L16.1360004,3.01110845 L2.09985349,3.01110845 C1.50585349,3.01110845 0.979248041,3.44726568 0.979248041,4.45007306 L0.979248041,10.9999998 L3.98376463,8.30993634 L3.98376463,6.89801007 C3.98376463,6.20867902 4.71892527,5.99908429 5.01092527,5.99908429 Z\"><\/path><path d=\"M17.1420002,13.2800293 C17.1420002,13.5720293 17.022957,14.0490723 16.730957,14.0490723 L4.92919922,14.0490723 L4.92919922,11 L0.5,15.806 L4.92919922,20.5103758 L5.00469971,16.9990234 L18.9700928,16.9990234 C19.5640928,16.9990234 19.9453125,16.4010001 19.9453125,15.8060001 L19.9453125,9.5324707 L17.142,12.203\"><\/path><\/svg><\/a>","note-count":"0","tumblelog":{"title":"metopal","name":"metopal","cname":false,"url":"https:\/\/metopal.tumblr.com\/","timezone":"US\/Eastern","avatar_url_512":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_512.png","avatar_url_128":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_128.png","avatar_url_96":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_96.png","avatar_url_64":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_64.png","avatar_url_48":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_48.png","avatar_url_40":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_40.png","avatar_url_30":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_30.png","avatar_url_24":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_24.png","avatar_url_16":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_16.png"},"quote-text":"The problem of reality always had a special fascination for me. Why are so many people dissatisfied with what they can see and feel? Why do they look for surprises behind events? Why do they believe that, taken together, these surprises form an entire world, and why, most strangely, do they take it for granted that this hidden world is more solid, more trustworthy, more &ldquo;real&rdquo; than the world from which they started?","quote-source":"Paul Feyerabend,\u00a0<em>Conquest of Abundance<\/em> (vii)","tags":["philosophy","realism"]},{"id":"22390191715","url":"https:\/\/metopal.tumblr.com\/post\/22390191715","url-with-slug":"https:\/\/metopal.tumblr.com\/post\/22390191715\/when-i-was-seventeen-i-was-back-at-home-and-i","type":"quote","date-gmt":"2012-05-04 17:48:00 GMT","date":"Fri, 04 May 2012 13:48:00","bookmarklet":0,"mobile":0,"feed-item":"","from-feed-id":0,"unix-timestamp":1336153680,"format":"html","reblog-key":"KVgBOI9O","slug":"when-i-was-seventeen-i-was-back-at-home-and-i","is-submission":false,"like-button":"<div class=\"like_button\" data-post-id=\"22390191715\" data-blog-name=\"metopal\" id=\"like_button_22390191715\"><iframe id=\"like_iframe_22390191715\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.tumblr.com\/assets\/html\/like_iframe.html?_v=66c22ab5319d742bca5762b8d18f9d06#name=metopal&amp;post_id=22390191715&amp;color=black&amp;rk=KVgBOI9O\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" frameborder=\"0\" class=\"like_toggle\" allowTransparency=\"true\" name=\"like_iframe_22390191715\"><\/iframe><\/div>","reblog-button":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tumblr.com\/reblog\/metopal\/22390191715\/KVgBOI9O\" class=\"reblog_button\"style=\"display: block;width:20px;height:20px;\"><svg width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" viewBox=\"0 0 21 21\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\" fill=\"#000\"><path d=\"M5.01092527,5.99908429 L16.0088498,5.99908429 L16.136,9.508 L20.836,4.752 L16.136,0.083 L16.1360004,3.01110845 L2.09985349,3.01110845 C1.50585349,3.01110845 0.979248041,3.44726568 0.979248041,4.45007306 L0.979248041,10.9999998 L3.98376463,8.30993634 L3.98376463,6.89801007 C3.98376463,6.20867902 4.71892527,5.99908429 5.01092527,5.99908429 Z\"><\/path><path d=\"M17.1420002,13.2800293 C17.1420002,13.5720293 17.022957,14.0490723 16.730957,14.0490723 L4.92919922,14.0490723 L4.92919922,11 L0.5,15.806 L4.92919922,20.5103758 L5.00469971,16.9990234 L18.9700928,16.9990234 C19.5640928,16.9990234 19.9453125,16.4010001 19.9453125,15.8060001 L19.9453125,9.5324707 L17.142,12.203\"><\/path><\/svg><\/a>","note-count":"5","tumblelog":{"title":"metopal","name":"metopal","cname":false,"url":"https:\/\/metopal.tumblr.com\/","timezone":"US\/Eastern","avatar_url_512":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_512.png","avatar_url_128":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_128.png","avatar_url_96":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_96.png","avatar_url_64":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_64.png","avatar_url_48":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_48.png","avatar_url_40":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_40.png","avatar_url_30":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_30.png","avatar_url_24":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_24.png","avatar_url_16":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_16.png"},"quote-text":"When I was seventeen, I was back at home, and I remember asking my father what he thought it was to be religious. His answer was: \u201cto find the world significant.\u201d","quote-source":"Brian Cantwell Smith, CTNS Interview, p. 2","tags":["religion","ontology"]},{"id":"22388851449","url":"https:\/\/metopal.tumblr.com\/post\/22388851449","url-with-slug":"https:\/\/metopal.tumblr.com\/post\/22388851449\/the-strike-zone-one-of-my-favourite-objects","type":"quote","date-gmt":"2012-05-04 17:15:00 GMT","date":"Fri, 04 May 2012 13:15:00","bookmarklet":0,"mobile":0,"feed-item":"","from-feed-id":0,"unix-timestamp":1336151700,"format":"html","reblog-key":"IvrwVSz3","slug":"the-strike-zone-one-of-my-favourite-objects","is-submission":false,"like-button":"<div class=\"like_button\" data-post-id=\"22388851449\" data-blog-name=\"metopal\" id=\"like_button_22388851449\"><iframe id=\"like_iframe_22388851449\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.tumblr.com\/assets\/html\/like_iframe.html?_v=66c22ab5319d742bca5762b8d18f9d06#name=metopal&amp;post_id=22388851449&amp;color=black&amp;rk=IvrwVSz3\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" frameborder=\"0\" class=\"like_toggle\" allowTransparency=\"true\" name=\"like_iframe_22388851449\"><\/iframe><\/div>","reblog-button":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tumblr.com\/reblog\/metopal\/22388851449\/IvrwVSz3\" class=\"reblog_button\"style=\"display: block;width:20px;height:20px;\"><svg width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" viewBox=\"0 0 21 21\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\" fill=\"#000\"><path d=\"M5.01092527,5.99908429 L16.0088498,5.99908429 L16.136,9.508 L20.836,4.752 L16.136,0.083 L16.1360004,3.01110845 L2.09985349,3.01110845 C1.50585349,3.01110845 0.979248041,3.44726568 0.979248041,4.45007306 L0.979248041,10.9999998 L3.98376463,8.30993634 L3.98376463,6.89801007 C3.98376463,6.20867902 4.71892527,5.99908429 5.01092527,5.99908429 Z\"><\/path><path d=\"M17.1420002,13.2800293 C17.1420002,13.5720293 17.022957,14.0490723 16.730957,14.0490723 L4.92919922,14.0490723 L4.92919922,11 L0.5,15.806 L4.92919922,20.5103758 L5.00469971,16.9990234 L18.9700928,16.9990234 C19.5640928,16.9990234 19.9453125,16.4010001 19.9453125,15.8060001 L19.9453125,9.5324707 L17.142,12.203\"><\/path><\/svg><\/a>","note-count":"2","tumblelog":{"title":"metopal","name":"metopal","cname":false,"url":"https:\/\/metopal.tumblr.com\/","timezone":"US\/Eastern","avatar_url_512":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_512.png","avatar_url_128":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_128.png","avatar_url_96":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_96.png","avatar_url_64":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_64.png","avatar_url_48":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_48.png","avatar_url_40":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_40.png","avatar_url_30":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_30.png","avatar_url_24":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_24.png","avatar_url_16":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_16.png"},"quote-text":"The strike zone (one of my favourite objects) isn\u2019t part of the furniture of the world, for earwigs.","quote-source":"Brian Cantwell Smith, &lsquo;God, Approximately,&rsquo; p. 12.","tags":["ontology","objects"]},{"id":"22388822255","url":"https:\/\/metopal.tumblr.com\/post\/22388822255","url-with-slug":"https:\/\/metopal.tumblr.com\/post\/22388822255\/the-material-ontology-of-the-world-in-other","type":"quote","date-gmt":"2012-05-04 17:14:00 GMT","date":"Fri, 04 May 2012 13:14:00","bookmarklet":0,"mobile":0,"feed-item":"","from-feed-id":0,"unix-timestamp":1336151640,"format":"html","reblog-key":"6vNgTBzX","slug":"the-material-ontology-of-the-world-in-other","is-submission":false,"like-button":"<div class=\"like_button\" data-post-id=\"22388822255\" data-blog-name=\"metopal\" id=\"like_button_22388822255\"><iframe id=\"like_iframe_22388822255\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.tumblr.com\/assets\/html\/like_iframe.html?_v=66c22ab5319d742bca5762b8d18f9d06#name=metopal&amp;post_id=22388822255&amp;color=black&amp;rk=6vNgTBzX\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" frameborder=\"0\" class=\"like_toggle\" allowTransparency=\"true\" name=\"like_iframe_22388822255\"><\/iframe><\/div>","reblog-button":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tumblr.com\/reblog\/metopal\/22388822255\/6vNgTBzX\" class=\"reblog_button\"style=\"display: block;width:20px;height:20px;\"><svg width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" viewBox=\"0 0 21 21\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\" fill=\"#000\"><path d=\"M5.01092527,5.99908429 L16.0088498,5.99908429 L16.136,9.508 L20.836,4.752 L16.136,0.083 L16.1360004,3.01110845 L2.09985349,3.01110845 C1.50585349,3.01110845 0.979248041,3.44726568 0.979248041,4.45007306 L0.979248041,10.9999998 L3.98376463,8.30993634 L3.98376463,6.89801007 C3.98376463,6.20867902 4.71892527,5.99908429 5.01092527,5.99908429 Z\"><\/path><path d=\"M17.1420002,13.2800293 C17.1420002,13.5720293 17.022957,14.0490723 16.730957,14.0490723 L4.92919922,14.0490723 L4.92919922,11 L0.5,15.806 L4.92919922,20.5103758 L5.00469971,16.9990234 L18.9700928,16.9990234 C19.5640928,16.9990234 19.9453125,16.4010001 19.9453125,15.8060001 L19.9453125,9.5324707 L17.142,12.203\"><\/path><\/svg><\/a>","note-count":"1","tumblelog":{"title":"metopal","name":"metopal","cname":false,"url":"https:\/\/metopal.tumblr.com\/","timezone":"US\/Eastern","avatar_url_512":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_512.png","avatar_url_128":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_128.png","avatar_url_96":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_96.png","avatar_url_64":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_64.png","avatar_url_48":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_48.png","avatar_url_40":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_40.png","avatar_url_30":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_30.png","avatar_url_24":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_24.png","avatar_url_16":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_16.png"},"quote-text":"The material ontology of the world, in other words\u2014what objects and properties there are, for a given creature (not just what objects and properties the creature takes there to be, but what objects and properties there actually are, in the world, for that creature)\u2014will be a function of that creature\u2019s projects and practices.","quote-source":"Brian Cantwell Smith, &lsquo;God, Approximately,&rsquo; p. 12.","tags":["ontology","epistemology","objects"]},{"id":"22384289175","url":"https:\/\/metopal.tumblr.com\/post\/22384289175","url-with-slug":"https:\/\/metopal.tumblr.com\/post\/22384289175\/space-is-given-by-the-ability-to-move-movements","type":"quote","date-gmt":"2012-05-04 15:16:48 GMT","date":"Fri, 04 May 2012 11:16:48","bookmarklet":0,"mobile":0,"feed-item":"","from-feed-id":0,"unix-timestamp":1336144608,"format":"html","reblog-key":"qQYM5Afm","slug":"space-is-given-by-the-ability-to-move-movements","is-submission":false,"like-button":"<div class=\"like_button\" data-post-id=\"22384289175\" data-blog-name=\"metopal\" id=\"like_button_22384289175\"><iframe id=\"like_iframe_22384289175\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.tumblr.com\/assets\/html\/like_iframe.html?_v=66c22ab5319d742bca5762b8d18f9d06#name=metopal&amp;post_id=22384289175&amp;color=black&amp;rk=qQYM5Afm\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" frameborder=\"0\" class=\"like_toggle\" allowTransparency=\"true\" name=\"like_iframe_22384289175\"><\/iframe><\/div>","reblog-button":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tumblr.com\/reblog\/metopal\/22384289175\/qQYM5Afm\" class=\"reblog_button\"style=\"display: block;width:20px;height:20px;\"><svg width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" viewBox=\"0 0 21 21\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\" fill=\"#000\"><path d=\"M5.01092527,5.99908429 L16.0088498,5.99908429 L16.136,9.508 L20.836,4.752 L16.136,0.083 L16.1360004,3.01110845 L2.09985349,3.01110845 C1.50585349,3.01110845 0.979248041,3.44726568 0.979248041,4.45007306 L0.979248041,10.9999998 L3.98376463,8.30993634 L3.98376463,6.89801007 C3.98376463,6.20867902 4.71892527,5.99908429 5.01092527,5.99908429 Z\"><\/path><path d=\"M17.1420002,13.2800293 C17.1420002,13.5720293 17.022957,14.0490723 16.730957,14.0490723 L4.92919922,14.0490723 L4.92919922,11 L0.5,15.806 L4.92919922,20.5103758 L5.00469971,16.9990234 L18.9700928,16.9990234 C19.5640928,16.9990234 19.9453125,16.4010001 19.9453125,15.8060001 L19.9453125,9.5324707 L17.142,12.203\"><\/path><\/svg><\/a>","note-count":"1","tumblelog":{"title":"metopal","name":"metopal","cname":false,"url":"https:\/\/metopal.tumblr.com\/","timezone":"US\/Eastern","avatar_url_512":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_512.png","avatar_url_128":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_128.png","avatar_url_96":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_96.png","avatar_url_64":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_64.png","avatar_url_48":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_48.png","avatar_url_40":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_40.png","avatar_url_30":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_30.png","avatar_url_24":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_24.png","avatar_url_16":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_16.png"},"quote-text":"Space is given by the ability to move. Movements are often directed toward, or repulsed by, objects and places. Hence space can be variously experienced as the relative location of objects or places, as the distances and expanses that separate or link places, and\u2014more abstractly\u2014as the area defined by a network of places.","quote-source":"Yi-Fu Tuan, <em>Space and Place<\/em>, p. 12","tags":["space","objects","place"]},{"id":"22384112444","url":"https:\/\/metopal.tumblr.com\/post\/22384112444","url-with-slug":"https:\/\/metopal.tumblr.com\/post\/22384112444\/the-world-simply-doesnt-come-all-chopped-up-into","type":"quote","date-gmt":"2012-05-04 15:11:24 GMT","date":"Fri, 04 May 2012 11:11:24","bookmarklet":0,"mobile":0,"feed-item":"","from-feed-id":0,"unix-timestamp":1336144284,"format":"html","reblog-key":"YCcbfZgQ","slug":"the-world-simply-doesnt-come-all-chopped-up-into","is-submission":false,"like-button":"<div class=\"like_button\" data-post-id=\"22384112444\" data-blog-name=\"metopal\" id=\"like_button_22384112444\"><iframe id=\"like_iframe_22384112444\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.tumblr.com\/assets\/html\/like_iframe.html?_v=66c22ab5319d742bca5762b8d18f9d06#name=metopal&amp;post_id=22384112444&amp;color=black&amp;rk=YCcbfZgQ\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" frameborder=\"0\" class=\"like_toggle\" allowTransparency=\"true\" name=\"like_iframe_22384112444\"><\/iframe><\/div>","reblog-button":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tumblr.com\/reblog\/metopal\/22384112444\/YCcbfZgQ\" class=\"reblog_button\"style=\"display: block;width:20px;height:20px;\"><svg width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" viewBox=\"0 0 21 21\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\" fill=\"#000\"><path d=\"M5.01092527,5.99908429 L16.0088498,5.99908429 L16.136,9.508 L20.836,4.752 L16.136,0.083 L16.1360004,3.01110845 L2.09985349,3.01110845 C1.50585349,3.01110845 0.979248041,3.44726568 0.979248041,4.45007306 L0.979248041,10.9999998 L3.98376463,8.30993634 L3.98376463,6.89801007 C3.98376463,6.20867902 4.71892527,5.99908429 5.01092527,5.99908429 Z\"><\/path><path d=\"M17.1420002,13.2800293 C17.1420002,13.5720293 17.022957,14.0490723 16.730957,14.0490723 L4.92919922,14.0490723 L4.92919922,11 L0.5,15.806 L4.92919922,20.5103758 L5.00469971,16.9990234 L18.9700928,16.9990234 C19.5640928,16.9990234 19.9453125,16.4010001 19.9453125,15.8060001 L19.9453125,9.5324707 L17.142,12.203\"><\/path><\/svg><\/a>","note-count":"1","tumblelog":{"title":"metopal","name":"metopal","cname":false,"url":"https:\/\/metopal.tumblr.com\/","timezone":"US\/Eastern","avatar_url_512":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_512.png","avatar_url_128":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_128.png","avatar_url_96":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_96.png","avatar_url_64":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_64.png","avatar_url_48":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_48.png","avatar_url_40":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_40.png","avatar_url_30":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_30.png","avatar_url_24":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_24.png","avatar_url_16":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_16.png"},"quote-text":"The world simply doesn\u2019t come all chopped up into nice neat categories, to be selected among by peripatetic critters\u2014as if objects were potted plants in God\u2019s nursery, with the categories conveniently inscribed on white plastic labels. A glance at the input lines coming from a robot\u2019s TV camera quickly dispels any such myth.","quote-source":"Brian Cantwell Smith, &lsquo;God, Approximately&rsquo;, p. 7","tags":["ontology","objects"]},{"id":"14165882950","url":"https:\/\/metopal.tumblr.com\/post\/14165882950","url-with-slug":"https:\/\/metopal.tumblr.com\/post\/14165882950\/an-increasing-number-of-game-players-have-become","type":"quote","date-gmt":"2011-12-13 14:10:11 GMT","date":"Tue, 13 Dec 2011 09:10:11","bookmarklet":0,"mobile":0,"feed-item":"","from-feed-id":0,"unix-timestamp":1323785411,"format":"html","reblog-key":"6NNK5BER","slug":"an-increasing-number-of-game-players-have-become","is-submission":false,"like-button":"<div class=\"like_button\" data-post-id=\"14165882950\" data-blog-name=\"metopal\" id=\"like_button_14165882950\"><iframe id=\"like_iframe_14165882950\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.tumblr.com\/assets\/html\/like_iframe.html?_v=66c22ab5319d742bca5762b8d18f9d06#name=metopal&amp;post_id=14165882950&amp;color=black&amp;rk=6NNK5BER\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" frameborder=\"0\" class=\"like_toggle\" allowTransparency=\"true\" name=\"like_iframe_14165882950\"><\/iframe><\/div>","reblog-button":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tumblr.com\/reblog\/metopal\/14165882950\/6NNK5BER\" class=\"reblog_button\"style=\"display: block;width:20px;height:20px;\"><svg width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" viewBox=\"0 0 21 21\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\" fill=\"#000\"><path d=\"M5.01092527,5.99908429 L16.0088498,5.99908429 L16.136,9.508 L20.836,4.752 L16.136,0.083 L16.1360004,3.01110845 L2.09985349,3.01110845 C1.50585349,3.01110845 0.979248041,3.44726568 0.979248041,4.45007306 L0.979248041,10.9999998 L3.98376463,8.30993634 L3.98376463,6.89801007 C3.98376463,6.20867902 4.71892527,5.99908429 5.01092527,5.99908429 Z\"><\/path><path d=\"M17.1420002,13.2800293 C17.1420002,13.5720293 17.022957,14.0490723 16.730957,14.0490723 L4.92919922,14.0490723 L4.92919922,11 L0.5,15.806 L4.92919922,20.5103758 L5.00469971,16.9990234 L18.9700928,16.9990234 C19.5640928,16.9990234 19.9453125,16.4010001 19.9453125,15.8060001 L19.9453125,9.5324707 L17.142,12.203\"><\/path><\/svg><\/a>","note-count":"16","tumblelog":{"title":"metopal","name":"metopal","cname":false,"url":"https:\/\/metopal.tumblr.com\/","timezone":"US\/Eastern","avatar_url_512":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_512.png","avatar_url_128":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_128.png","avatar_url_96":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_96.png","avatar_url_64":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_64.png","avatar_url_48":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_48.png","avatar_url_40":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_40.png","avatar_url_30":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_30.png","avatar_url_24":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_24.png","avatar_url_16":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_16.png"},"quote-text":"An increasing number of game players have become the new philatelists, less enjoying the act of play and more scouring a digital landscape for tokens, stamps: trophies of their hard-earned toil. Mario games have always offered a wealth of sparkly baubles to collect; the two-toned \u201cba-ding!\u201d of grabbing a coin is one of the most recognizable in all of gaming. But the tendency feels odd in a series that values the sheer joy of movement over the gathering of arbitrary treasure.","quote-source":"Jon Irwin, <a href=\"http:\/\/killscreendaily.com\/articles\/reviews\/super-mario-3d-land\">Review: Super Mario 3D Land<\/a>","tags":["mario","play","space","joy"]},{"id":"14165844461","url":"https:\/\/metopal.tumblr.com\/post\/14165844461","url-with-slug":"https:\/\/metopal.tumblr.com\/post\/14165844461\/marios-world-has-always-been-more-amusement-park","type":"quote","date-gmt":"2011-12-13 14:08:29 GMT","date":"Tue, 13 Dec 2011 09:08:29","bookmarklet":0,"mobile":0,"feed-item":"","from-feed-id":0,"unix-timestamp":1323785309,"format":"html","reblog-key":"0fTtAlk2","slug":"marios-world-has-always-been-more-amusement-park","is-submission":false,"like-button":"<div class=\"like_button\" data-post-id=\"14165844461\" data-blog-name=\"metopal\" id=\"like_button_14165844461\"><iframe id=\"like_iframe_14165844461\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.tumblr.com\/assets\/html\/like_iframe.html?_v=66c22ab5319d742bca5762b8d18f9d06#name=metopal&amp;post_id=14165844461&amp;color=black&amp;rk=0fTtAlk2\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" frameborder=\"0\" class=\"like_toggle\" allowTransparency=\"true\" name=\"like_iframe_14165844461\"><\/iframe><\/div>","reblog-button":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tumblr.com\/reblog\/metopal\/14165844461\/0fTtAlk2\" class=\"reblog_button\"style=\"display: block;width:20px;height:20px;\"><svg width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" viewBox=\"0 0 21 21\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\" fill=\"#000\"><path d=\"M5.01092527,5.99908429 L16.0088498,5.99908429 L16.136,9.508 L20.836,4.752 L16.136,0.083 L16.1360004,3.01110845 L2.09985349,3.01110845 C1.50585349,3.01110845 0.979248041,3.44726568 0.979248041,4.45007306 L0.979248041,10.9999998 L3.98376463,8.30993634 L3.98376463,6.89801007 C3.98376463,6.20867902 4.71892527,5.99908429 5.01092527,5.99908429 Z\"><\/path><path d=\"M17.1420002,13.2800293 C17.1420002,13.5720293 17.022957,14.0490723 16.730957,14.0490723 L4.92919922,14.0490723 L4.92919922,11 L0.5,15.806 L4.92919922,20.5103758 L5.00469971,16.9990234 L18.9700928,16.9990234 C19.5640928,16.9990234 19.9453125,16.4010001 19.9453125,15.8060001 L19.9453125,9.5324707 L17.142,12.203\"><\/path><\/svg><\/a>","note-count":"12","tumblelog":{"title":"metopal","name":"metopal","cname":false,"url":"https:\/\/metopal.tumblr.com\/","timezone":"US\/Eastern","avatar_url_512":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_512.png","avatar_url_128":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_128.png","avatar_url_96":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_96.png","avatar_url_64":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_64.png","avatar_url_48":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_48.png","avatar_url_40":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_40.png","avatar_url_30":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_30.png","avatar_url_24":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_24.png","avatar_url_16":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_16.png"},"quote-text":"Mario\u2019s world has always been more amusement park than traversable terrain. Each level is an abstract construct floating in space. There\u2019s no semblance of continuity, of your quest as an act of progression through a connected environment. And there\u2019s no need; there is no meaningful destination besides the desire to see what\u2019s next.","quote-source":"John Irwin, <em><a href=\"http:\/\/killscreendaily.com\/articles\/reviews\/super-mario-3d-land\">Review: Super Mario 3D Land<\/a><\/em>","tags":["mario","space","play"]},{"id":"13512741988","url":"https:\/\/metopal.tumblr.com\/post\/13512741988","url-with-slug":"https:\/\/metopal.tumblr.com\/post\/13512741988\/the-ambience-act-is-an-action-executed-by-the","type":"quote","date-gmt":"2011-11-29 21:29:58 GMT","date":"Tue, 29 Nov 2011 16:29:58","bookmarklet":0,"mobile":0,"feed-item":"","from-feed-id":0,"unix-timestamp":1322602198,"format":"html","reblog-key":"eg34bsze","slug":"the-ambience-act-is-an-action-executed-by-the","is-submission":false,"like-button":"<div class=\"like_button\" data-post-id=\"13512741988\" data-blog-name=\"metopal\" id=\"like_button_13512741988\"><iframe id=\"like_iframe_13512741988\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.tumblr.com\/assets\/html\/like_iframe.html?_v=66c22ab5319d742bca5762b8d18f9d06#name=metopal&amp;post_id=13512741988&amp;color=black&amp;rk=eg34bsze\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" frameborder=\"0\" class=\"like_toggle\" allowTransparency=\"true\" name=\"like_iframe_13512741988\"><\/iframe><\/div>","reblog-button":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tumblr.com\/reblog\/metopal\/13512741988\/eg34bsze\" class=\"reblog_button\"style=\"display: block;width:20px;height:20px;\"><svg width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" viewBox=\"0 0 21 21\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\" fill=\"#000\"><path d=\"M5.01092527,5.99908429 L16.0088498,5.99908429 L16.136,9.508 L20.836,4.752 L16.136,0.083 L16.1360004,3.01110845 L2.09985349,3.01110845 C1.50585349,3.01110845 0.979248041,3.44726568 0.979248041,4.45007306 L0.979248041,10.9999998 L3.98376463,8.30993634 L3.98376463,6.89801007 C3.98376463,6.20867902 4.71892527,5.99908429 5.01092527,5.99908429 Z\"><\/path><path d=\"M17.1420002,13.2800293 C17.1420002,13.5720293 17.022957,14.0490723 16.730957,14.0490723 L4.92919922,14.0490723 L4.92919922,11 L0.5,15.806 L4.92919922,20.5103758 L5.00469971,16.9990234 L18.9700928,16.9990234 C19.5640928,16.9990234 19.9453125,16.4010001 19.9453125,15.8060001 L19.9453125,9.5324707 L17.142,12.203\"><\/path><\/svg><\/a>","note-count":"23","tumblelog":{"title":"metopal","name":"metopal","cname":false,"url":"https:\/\/metopal.tumblr.com\/","timezone":"US\/Eastern","avatar_url_512":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_512.png","avatar_url_128":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_128.png","avatar_url_96":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_96.png","avatar_url_64":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_64.png","avatar_url_48":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_48.png","avatar_url_40":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_40.png","avatar_url_30":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_30.png","avatar_url_24":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_24.png","avatar_url_16":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_16.png"},"quote-text":"The ambience act is an action executed by the machine and thus emanates outward to the operator&hellip;The world of the game exists as a purely aesthetic object in the ambience act. It can be looked at; it is detached from the world, a self-contained expression.","quote-source":"Alexander Galloway, <em>Gaming<\/em>, p. 11","tags":["ambience","pastoral","play"]},{"id":"13512556907","url":"https:\/\/metopal.tumblr.com\/post\/13512556907","url-with-slug":"https:\/\/metopal.tumblr.com\/post\/13512556907\/forget-about-placement-a-score-elegance-as-an","type":"quote","date-gmt":"2011-11-29 21:25:54 GMT","date":"Tue, 29 Nov 2011 16:25:54","bookmarklet":0,"mobile":0,"feed-item":"","from-feed-id":0,"unix-timestamp":1322601954,"format":"html","reblog-key":"8nf73Mby","slug":"forget-about-placement-a-score-elegance-as-an","is-submission":false,"like-button":"<div class=\"like_button\" data-post-id=\"13512556907\" data-blog-name=\"metopal\" id=\"like_button_13512556907\"><iframe id=\"like_iframe_13512556907\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.tumblr.com\/assets\/html\/like_iframe.html?_v=66c22ab5319d742bca5762b8d18f9d06#name=metopal&amp;post_id=13512556907&amp;color=black&amp;rk=8nf73Mby\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" frameborder=\"0\" class=\"like_toggle\" allowTransparency=\"true\" name=\"like_iframe_13512556907\"><\/iframe><\/div>","reblog-button":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tumblr.com\/reblog\/metopal\/13512556907\/8nf73Mby\" class=\"reblog_button\"style=\"display: block;width:20px;height:20px;\"><svg width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" viewBox=\"0 0 21 21\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\" fill=\"#000\"><path d=\"M5.01092527,5.99908429 L16.0088498,5.99908429 L16.136,9.508 L20.836,4.752 L16.136,0.083 L16.1360004,3.01110845 L2.09985349,3.01110845 C1.50585349,3.01110845 0.979248041,3.44726568 0.979248041,4.45007306 L0.979248041,10.9999998 L3.98376463,8.30993634 L3.98376463,6.89801007 C3.98376463,6.20867902 4.71892527,5.99908429 5.01092527,5.99908429 Z\"><\/path><path d=\"M17.1420002,13.2800293 C17.1420002,13.5720293 17.022957,14.0490723 16.730957,14.0490723 L4.92919922,14.0490723 L4.92919922,11 L0.5,15.806 L4.92919922,20.5103758 L5.00469971,16.9990234 L18.9700928,16.9990234 C19.5640928,16.9990234 19.9453125,16.4010001 19.9453125,15.8060001 L19.9453125,9.5324707 L17.142,12.203\"><\/path><\/svg><\/a>","note-count":"4","tumblelog":{"title":"metopal","name":"metopal","cname":false,"url":"https:\/\/metopal.tumblr.com\/","timezone":"US\/Eastern","avatar_url_512":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_512.png","avatar_url_128":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_128.png","avatar_url_96":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_96.png","avatar_url_64":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_64.png","avatar_url_48":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_48.png","avatar_url_40":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_40.png","avatar_url_30":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_30.png","avatar_url_24":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_24.png","avatar_url_16":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_16.png"},"quote-text":"Forget about placement, a score, elegance as an end in its own right. Forget about a model of good play to motivate practice. 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there are also literary, machinic, and electronic sites of enchantment.","quote-source":"Jane Bennett, <em>The Enchantment of Modern Life<\/em>, p. 11","tags":["enchantment","ontology","philosophy","ethics"]},{"id":"6741817605","url":"https:\/\/metopal.tumblr.com\/post\/6741817605","url-with-slug":"https:\/\/metopal.tumblr.com\/post\/6741817605\/the-goal-is-to-take-a-game-with-this-kind-of-speed","type":"quote","date-gmt":"2011-06-21 01:38:09 GMT","date":"Mon, 20 Jun 2011 21:38:09","bookmarklet":0,"mobile":0,"feed-item":"","from-feed-id":0,"unix-timestamp":1308620289,"format":"html","reblog-key":"rW4Lv2Er","slug":"the-goal-is-to-take-a-game-with-this-kind-of-speed","is-submission":false,"like-button":"<div class=\"like_button\" data-post-id=\"6741817605\" data-blog-name=\"metopal\" id=\"like_button_6741817605\"><iframe id=\"like_iframe_6741817605\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.tumblr.com\/assets\/html\/like_iframe.html?_v=66c22ab5319d742bca5762b8d18f9d06#name=metopal&amp;post_id=6741817605&amp;color=black&amp;rk=rW4Lv2Er\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" frameborder=\"0\" class=\"like_toggle\" allowTransparency=\"true\" name=\"like_iframe_6741817605\"><\/iframe><\/div>","reblog-button":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tumblr.com\/reblog\/metopal\/6741817605\/rW4Lv2Er\" class=\"reblog_button\"style=\"display: block;width:20px;height:20px;\"><svg width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" viewBox=\"0 0 21 21\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\" fill=\"#000\"><path d=\"M5.01092527,5.99908429 L16.0088498,5.99908429 L16.136,9.508 L20.836,4.752 L16.136,0.083 L16.1360004,3.01110845 L2.09985349,3.01110845 C1.50585349,3.01110845 0.979248041,3.44726568 0.979248041,4.45007306 L0.979248041,10.9999998 L3.98376463,8.30993634 L3.98376463,6.89801007 C3.98376463,6.20867902 4.71892527,5.99908429 5.01092527,5.99908429 Z\"><\/path><path d=\"M17.1420002,13.2800293 C17.1420002,13.5720293 17.022957,14.0490723 16.730957,14.0490723 L4.92919922,14.0490723 L4.92919922,11 L0.5,15.806 L4.92919922,20.5103758 L5.00469971,16.9990234 L18.9700928,16.9990234 C19.5640928,16.9990234 19.9453125,16.4010001 19.9453125,15.8060001 L19.9453125,9.5324707 L17.142,12.203\"><\/path><\/svg><\/a>","note-count":"4","tumblelog":{"title":"metopal","name":"metopal","cname":false,"url":"https:\/\/metopal.tumblr.com\/","timezone":"US\/Eastern","avatar_url_512":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_512.png","avatar_url_128":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_128.png","avatar_url_96":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_96.png","avatar_url_64":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_64.png","avatar_url_48":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_48.png","avatar_url_40":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_40.png","avatar_url_30":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_30.png","avatar_url_24":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_24.png","avatar_url_16":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_16.png"},"quote-text":"The goal is to take a game with this kind of speed potential and push it to the limit. This allows me to create a run where the on screen animation becomes a visual pattern resulting in the less &amp; less importance on the game itself [sic]. The run transcends the usual gaming logic and becomes a sort of abstract art. The run becomes something unique and emphasizes the potential for TASes to truly be considered art.","quote-source":"adelikat&rsquo;s <a href=\"http:\/\/tasvideos.org\/1324S.html\">description<\/a> of his <em>Gradius <\/em>speedrun","tags":["speedrun","aesthetics"]},{"id":"5884983879","url":"https:\/\/metopal.tumblr.com\/post\/5884983879","url-with-slug":"https:\/\/metopal.tumblr.com\/post\/5884983879\/worlds-of-fantasy-have-been-built-on-meager","type":"quote","date-gmt":"2011-05-27 02:01:23 GMT","date":"Thu, 26 May 2011 22:01:23","bookmarklet":0,"mobile":0,"feed-item":"","from-feed-id":0,"unix-timestamp":1306461683,"format":"html","reblog-key":"LUDfTVCD","slug":"worlds-of-fantasy-have-been-built-on-meager","is-submission":false,"like-button":"<div class=\"like_button\" data-post-id=\"5884983879\" data-blog-name=\"metopal\" id=\"like_button_5884983879\"><iframe id=\"like_iframe_5884983879\" 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Place<\/em>, p. 86","tags":["tuan","world"]},{"id":"5480380725","url":"https:\/\/metopal.tumblr.com\/post\/5480380725","url-with-slug":"https:\/\/metopal.tumblr.com\/post\/5480380725\/i-can-in-a-single-act-of-perception-simply-see-a","type":"quote","date-gmt":"2011-05-14 14:37:53 GMT","date":"Sat, 14 May 2011 10:37:53","bookmarklet":0,"mobile":0,"feed-item":"","from-feed-id":0,"unix-timestamp":1305383873,"format":"html","reblog-key":"VWxozLpK","slug":"i-can-in-a-single-act-of-perception-simply-see-a","is-submission":false,"like-button":"<div class=\"like_button\" data-post-id=\"5480380725\" data-blog-name=\"metopal\" id=\"like_button_5480380725\"><iframe id=\"like_iframe_5480380725\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.tumblr.com\/assets\/html\/like_iframe.html?_v=66c22ab5319d742bca5762b8d18f9d06#name=metopal&amp;post_id=5480380725&amp;color=black&amp;rk=VWxozLpK\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" frameborder=\"0\" class=\"like_toggle\" allowTransparency=\"true\" 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Such given wholes are self-contained. The unity of a row, a swarm, a flock of wild ducks is not based upon a prior act of counting. 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We ought to repeat that man\u2019s most fundamental need is to experience his existence as meaningful.","quote-source":"Christian Norberg-Schulz, <em>Genius Loci<\/em>, p. 166.","tags":["Architecture","meaning","place","dwelling"]},{"id":"2326225227","url":"https:\/\/metopal.tumblr.com\/post\/2326225227","url-with-slug":"https:\/\/metopal.tumblr.com\/post\/2326225227\/hyrule-of-course-was-in-many-ways-based-on","type":"quote","date-gmt":"2010-12-15 18:16:00 GMT","date":"Wed, 15 Dec 2010 13:16:00","bookmarklet":0,"mobile":0,"feed-item":"","from-feed-id":0,"unix-timestamp":1292436960,"format":"html","reblog-key":"KTqQj8sa","slug":"hyrule-of-course-was-in-many-ways-based-on","is-submission":false,"like-button":"<div class=\"like_button\" data-post-id=\"2326225227\" data-blog-name=\"metopal\" id=\"like_button_2326225227\"><iframe id=\"like_iframe_2326225227\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.tumblr.com\/assets\/html\/like_iframe.html?_v=66c22ab5319d742bca5762b8d18f9d06#name=metopal&amp;post_id=2326225227&amp;color=black&amp;rk=KTqQj8sa\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" frameborder=\"0\" class=\"like_toggle\" allowTransparency=\"true\" name=\"like_iframe_2326225227\"><\/iframe><\/div>","reblog-button":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tumblr.com\/reblog\/metopal\/2326225227\/KTqQj8sa\" class=\"reblog_button\"style=\"display: block;width:20px;height:20px;\"><svg width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" viewBox=\"0 0 21 21\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\" fill=\"#000\"><path d=\"M5.01092527,5.99908429 L16.0088498,5.99908429 L16.136,9.508 L20.836,4.752 L16.136,0.083 L16.1360004,3.01110845 L2.09985349,3.01110845 C1.50585349,3.01110845 0.979248041,3.44726568 0.979248041,4.45007306 L0.979248041,10.9999998 L3.98376463,8.30993634 L3.98376463,6.89801007 C3.98376463,6.20867902 4.71892527,5.99908429 5.01092527,5.99908429 Z\"><\/path><path d=\"M17.1420002,13.2800293 C17.1420002,13.5720293 17.022957,14.0490723 16.730957,14.0490723 L4.92919922,14.0490723 L4.92919922,11 L0.5,15.806 L4.92919922,20.5103758 L5.00469971,16.9990234 L18.9700928,16.9990234 C19.5640928,16.9990234 19.9453125,16.4010001 19.9453125,15.8060001 L19.9453125,9.5324707 L17.142,12.203\"><\/path><\/svg><\/a>","note-count":"0","tumblelog":{"title":"metopal","name":"metopal","cname":false,"url":"https:\/\/metopal.tumblr.com\/","timezone":"US\/Eastern","avatar_url_512":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_512.png","avatar_url_128":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_128.png","avatar_url_96":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_96.png","avatar_url_64":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_64.png","avatar_url_48":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_48.png","avatar_url_40":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_40.png","avatar_url_30":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_30.png","avatar_url_24":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_24.png","avatar_url_16":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_16.png"},"quote-text":"Hyrule, of course, was in many ways based on Miyamoto\u2019s childhood adventures. Miyamoto told Sheff not only about the cave but about dares among his friends to make forays into neighbors\u2019 basements and yards, or about a neighbor\u2019s bulldog that would charge him each time he passed by, jerking on its chain, or about getting stuck high in a tree or wondering what was at the bottom of manholes. He filled his games with his childlike interpretation of the world as a carnival of quirky perils and hidden delights. &lsquo;Hyrule,&rsquo; he once said, is 'a miniature garden that you can put into a drawer and revisit anytime you like.&rsquo;","quote-source":"Interview, Shigeru Miyamoto (via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/reporting\/2010\/12\/20\/101220fa_fact_paumgarten?printable=true&amp;currentPage=1#ixzz18CnmdySQ\">New Yorker Magazine<\/a>)","tags":["Miyamoto","pastoral","zelda","Bachelard"]},{"id":"2190871062","url":"https:\/\/metopal.tumblr.com\/post\/2190871062","url-with-slug":"https:\/\/metopal.tumblr.com\/post\/2190871062\/we-all-play-occasionally-and-we-all-know-what","type":"quote","date-gmt":"2010-12-12 22:07:25 GMT","date":"Sun, 12 Dec 2010 17:07:25","bookmarklet":0,"mobile":0,"feed-item":"","from-feed-id":0,"unix-timestamp":1292191645,"format":"html","reblog-key":"LwLVeJJo","slug":"we-all-play-occasionally-and-we-all-know-what","is-submission":false,"like-button":"<div class=\"like_button\" data-post-id=\"2190871062\" data-blog-name=\"metopal\" id=\"like_button_2190871062\"><iframe id=\"like_iframe_2190871062\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.tumblr.com\/assets\/html\/like_iframe.html?_v=66c22ab5319d742bca5762b8d18f9d06#name=metopal&amp;post_id=2190871062&amp;color=black&amp;rk=LwLVeJJo\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" frameborder=\"0\" class=\"like_toggle\" allowTransparency=\"true\" name=\"like_iframe_2190871062\"><\/iframe><\/div>","reblog-button":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tumblr.com\/reblog\/metopal\/2190871062\/LwLVeJJo\" class=\"reblog_button\"style=\"display: block;width:20px;height:20px;\"><svg width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" viewBox=\"0 0 21 21\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\" fill=\"#000\"><path d=\"M5.01092527,5.99908429 L16.0088498,5.99908429 L16.136,9.508 L20.836,4.752 L16.136,0.083 L16.1360004,3.01110845 L2.09985349,3.01110845 C1.50585349,3.01110845 0.979248041,3.44726568 0.979248041,4.45007306 L0.979248041,10.9999998 L3.98376463,8.30993634 L3.98376463,6.89801007 C3.98376463,6.20867902 4.71892527,5.99908429 5.01092527,5.99908429 Z\"><\/path><path d=\"M17.1420002,13.2800293 C17.1420002,13.5720293 17.022957,14.0490723 16.730957,14.0490723 L4.92919922,14.0490723 L4.92919922,11 L0.5,15.806 L4.92919922,20.5103758 L5.00469971,16.9990234 L18.9700928,16.9990234 C19.5640928,16.9990234 19.9453125,16.4010001 19.9453125,15.8060001 L19.9453125,9.5324707 L17.142,12.203\"><\/path><\/svg><\/a>","note-count":"0","tumblelog":{"title":"metopal","name":"metopal","cname":false,"url":"https:\/\/metopal.tumblr.com\/","timezone":"US\/Eastern","avatar_url_512":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_512.png","avatar_url_128":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_128.png","avatar_url_96":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_96.png","avatar_url_64":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_64.png","avatar_url_48":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_48.png","avatar_url_40":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_40.png","avatar_url_30":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_30.png","avatar_url_24":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_24.png","avatar_url_16":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_16.png"},"quote-text":"We all play occasionally, and we all know what playing feels like. But when it comes to making theoretical statements about what play is, we fall into silliness.","quote-source":"Brian Sutton-Smith, <em>The Ambiguity of Play<\/em>, p. 1","tags":["play","theory"]},{"id":"2180466117","url":"https:\/\/metopal.tumblr.com\/post\/2180466117","url-with-slug":"https:\/\/metopal.tumblr.com\/post\/2180466117\/the-ball-isnt-there-for-the-body-the-exact","type":"quote","date-gmt":"2010-12-12 01:47:55 GMT","date":"Sat, 11 Dec 2010 20:47:55","bookmarklet":0,"mobile":0,"feed-item":"","from-feed-id":0,"unix-timestamp":1292118475,"format":"html","reblog-key":"lkALsBYm","slug":"the-ball-isnt-there-for-the-body-the-exact","is-submission":false,"like-button":"<div class=\"like_button\" data-post-id=\"2180466117\" data-blog-name=\"metopal\" id=\"like_button_2180466117\"><iframe id=\"like_iframe_2180466117\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.tumblr.com\/assets\/html\/like_iframe.html?_v=66c22ab5319d742bca5762b8d18f9d06#name=metopal&amp;post_id=2180466117&amp;color=black&amp;rk=lkALsBYm\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" frameborder=\"0\" class=\"like_toggle\" allowTransparency=\"true\" name=\"like_iframe_2180466117\"><\/iframe><\/div>","reblog-button":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tumblr.com\/reblog\/metopal\/2180466117\/lkALsBYm\" class=\"reblog_button\"style=\"display: block;width:20px;height:20px;\"><svg width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" viewBox=\"0 0 21 21\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\" fill=\"#000\"><path d=\"M5.01092527,5.99908429 L16.0088498,5.99908429 L16.136,9.508 L20.836,4.752 L16.136,0.083 L16.1360004,3.01110845 L2.09985349,3.01110845 C1.50585349,3.01110845 0.979248041,3.44726568 0.979248041,4.45007306 L0.979248041,10.9999998 L3.98376463,8.30993634 L3.98376463,6.89801007 C3.98376463,6.20867902 4.71892527,5.99908429 5.01092527,5.99908429 Z\"><\/path><path d=\"M17.1420002,13.2800293 C17.1420002,13.5720293 17.022957,14.0490723 16.730957,14.0490723 L4.92919922,14.0490723 L4.92919922,11 L0.5,15.806 L4.92919922,20.5103758 L5.00469971,16.9990234 L18.9700928,16.9990234 C19.5640928,16.9990234 19.9453125,16.4010001 19.9453125,15.8060001 L19.9453125,9.5324707 L17.142,12.203\"><\/path><\/svg><\/a>","note-count":"0","tumblelog":{"title":"metopal","name":"metopal","cname":false,"url":"https:\/\/metopal.tumblr.com\/","timezone":"US\/Eastern","avatar_url_512":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_512.png","avatar_url_128":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_128.png","avatar_url_96":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_96.png","avatar_url_64":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_64.png","avatar_url_48":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_48.png","avatar_url_40":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_40.png","avatar_url_30":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_30.png","avatar_url_24":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_24.png","avatar_url_16":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_16.png"},"quote-text":"The ball isn&rsquo;t there for the body; the exact contrary is true: the body is the object of the ball; the subject moves around this sun. Skill with the ball is recognized in the player who follows the ball and serves it instead of making it follow him and using it. It is the subject of the body, subject of bodies, and like a subject of subjects. Playing is nothing else but making oneself the attribute of the ball as a substance. The laws are written for it, defined relative to it, and we bend to these laws.","quote-source":"Michel Serres, <em>The Parasite<\/em>, p. 226","tags":["Serres","subjectivity"]},{"id":"1535704107","url":"https:\/\/metopal.tumblr.com\/post\/1535704107","url-with-slug":"https:\/\/metopal.tumblr.com\/post\/1535704107\/one-cannot-love-a-monument-a-work-of","type":"quote","date-gmt":"2010-11-10 19:31:43 GMT","date":"Wed, 10 Nov 2010 14:31:43","bookmarklet":0,"mobile":0,"feed-item":"","from-feed-id":0,"unix-timestamp":1289417503,"format":"html","reblog-key":"QvE7Bcor","slug":"one-cannot-love-a-monument-a-work-of","is-submission":false,"like-button":"<div class=\"like_button\" data-post-id=\"1535704107\" data-blog-name=\"metopal\" id=\"like_button_1535704107\"><iframe id=\"like_iframe_1535704107\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.tumblr.com\/assets\/html\/like_iframe.html?_v=66c22ab5319d742bca5762b8d18f9d06#name=metopal&amp;post_id=1535704107&amp;color=black&amp;rk=QvE7Bcor\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" frameborder=\"0\" class=\"like_toggle\" allowTransparency=\"true\" name=\"like_iframe_1535704107\"><\/iframe><\/div>","reblog-button":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tumblr.com\/reblog\/metopal\/1535704107\/QvE7Bcor\" class=\"reblog_button\"style=\"display: block;width:20px;height:20px;\"><svg width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" viewBox=\"0 0 21 21\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\" fill=\"#000\"><path d=\"M5.01092527,5.99908429 L16.0088498,5.99908429 L16.136,9.508 L20.836,4.752 L16.136,0.083 L16.1360004,3.01110845 L2.09985349,3.01110845 C1.50585349,3.01110845 0.979248041,3.44726568 0.979248041,4.45007306 L0.979248041,10.9999998 L3.98376463,8.30993634 L3.98376463,6.89801007 C3.98376463,6.20867902 4.71892527,5.99908429 5.01092527,5.99908429 Z\"><\/path><path d=\"M17.1420002,13.2800293 C17.1420002,13.5720293 17.022957,14.0490723 16.730957,14.0490723 L4.92919922,14.0490723 L4.92919922,11 L0.5,15.806 L4.92919922,20.5103758 L5.00469971,16.9990234 L18.9700928,16.9990234 C19.5640928,16.9990234 19.9453125,16.4010001 19.9453125,15.8060001 L19.9453125,9.5324707 L17.142,12.203\"><\/path><\/svg><\/a>","note-count":"0","tumblelog":{"title":"metopal","name":"metopal","cname":false,"url":"https:\/\/metopal.tumblr.com\/","timezone":"US\/Eastern","avatar_url_512":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_512.png","avatar_url_128":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_128.png","avatar_url_96":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_96.png","avatar_url_64":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_64.png","avatar_url_48":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_48.png","avatar_url_40":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_40.png","avatar_url_30":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_30.png","avatar_url_24":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_24.png","avatar_url_16":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_16.png"},"quote-text":"One cannot love a monument, a work of architecture, an institution as such except in an experience itself precarious in its fragility: it hasn&rsquo;t always been there, it will not always be there, it is finite. And for this very reason I love it as mortal, through its birth and its death, through the ghost or the silhouette of its ruin, of my own&ndash;which it already is or already prefigures. How can we love except in this finitude?","quote-source":"Jacques Derrida, &ldquo;Force of Law&rdquo; (p. 44)","tags":["Architecture","Derrida","love","mortality"]},{"id":"1522326650","url":"https:\/\/metopal.tumblr.com\/post\/1522326650","url-with-slug":"https:\/\/metopal.tumblr.com\/post\/1522326650\/so-in-short-we-have-a-game-where-the-most","type":"quote","date-gmt":"2010-11-09 04:35:36 GMT","date":"Mon, 08 Nov 2010 23:35:36","bookmarklet":0,"mobile":0,"feed-item":"","from-feed-id":0,"unix-timestamp":1289277336,"format":"html","reblog-key":"FDqSp0eD","slug":"so-in-short-we-have-a-game-where-the-most","is-submission":false,"like-button":"<div class=\"like_button\" data-post-id=\"1522326650\" data-blog-name=\"metopal\" id=\"like_button_1522326650\"><iframe id=\"like_iframe_1522326650\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.tumblr.com\/assets\/html\/like_iframe.html?_v=66c22ab5319d742bca5762b8d18f9d06#name=metopal&amp;post_id=1522326650&amp;color=black&amp;rk=FDqSp0eD\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" frameborder=\"0\" class=\"like_toggle\" allowTransparency=\"true\" name=\"like_iframe_1522326650\"><\/iframe><\/div>","reblog-button":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tumblr.com\/reblog\/metopal\/1522326650\/FDqSp0eD\" class=\"reblog_button\"style=\"display: block;width:20px;height:20px;\"><svg width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" viewBox=\"0 0 21 21\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\" fill=\"#000\"><path d=\"M5.01092527,5.99908429 L16.0088498,5.99908429 L16.136,9.508 L20.836,4.752 L16.136,0.083 L16.1360004,3.01110845 L2.09985349,3.01110845 C1.50585349,3.01110845 0.979248041,3.44726568 0.979248041,4.45007306 L0.979248041,10.9999998 L3.98376463,8.30993634 L3.98376463,6.89801007 C3.98376463,6.20867902 4.71892527,5.99908429 5.01092527,5.99908429 Z\"><\/path><path d=\"M17.1420002,13.2800293 C17.1420002,13.5720293 17.022957,14.0490723 16.730957,14.0490723 L4.92919922,14.0490723 L4.92919922,11 L0.5,15.806 L4.92919922,20.5103758 L5.00469971,16.9990234 L18.9700928,16.9990234 C19.5640928,16.9990234 19.9453125,16.4010001 19.9453125,15.8060001 L19.9453125,9.5324707 L17.142,12.203\"><\/path><\/svg><\/a>","note-count":"0","tumblelog":{"title":"metopal","name":"metopal","cname":false,"url":"https:\/\/metopal.tumblr.com\/","timezone":"US\/Eastern","avatar_url_512":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_512.png","avatar_url_128":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_128.png","avatar_url_96":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_96.png","avatar_url_64":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_64.png","avatar_url_48":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_48.png","avatar_url_40":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_40.png","avatar_url_30":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_30.png","avatar_url_24":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_24.png","avatar_url_16":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_16.png"},"quote-text":"So, in short, we have a game where the most exciting element is in swapping arrays of AI scripts which are linked directly to exclusive skill-sets, and the computer pretends to not know things. It\u2019s a role-playing game where you play a role, and the computer plays one, too. How cute. You have a buddy, and he\u2019s a robot.","quote-source":"Final Fantasy XIII review (via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.actionbutton.net\/?p=630\">Action Button Dot Net<\/a>)","tags":["subjectivity","FFXIII","review","ps3"]},{"id":"1432969111","url":"https:\/\/metopal.tumblr.com\/post\/1432969111","url-with-slug":"https:\/\/metopal.tumblr.com\/post\/1432969111\/our-body-is-not-in-space-like-things-it-inhabits","type":"quote","date-gmt":"2010-10-29 18:08:39 GMT","date":"Fri, 29 Oct 2010 14:08:39","bookmarklet":0,"mobile":0,"feed-item":"","from-feed-id":0,"unix-timestamp":1288375719,"format":"html","reblog-key":"ZsVu6TgH","slug":"our-body-is-not-in-space-like-things-it-inhabits","is-submission":false,"like-button":"<div class=\"like_button\" data-post-id=\"1432969111\" data-blog-name=\"metopal\" id=\"like_button_1432969111\"><iframe id=\"like_iframe_1432969111\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.tumblr.com\/assets\/html\/like_iframe.html?_v=66c22ab5319d742bca5762b8d18f9d06#name=metopal&amp;post_id=1432969111&amp;color=black&amp;rk=ZsVu6TgH\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" frameborder=\"0\" class=\"like_toggle\" allowTransparency=\"true\" name=\"like_iframe_1432969111\"><\/iframe><\/div>","reblog-button":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tumblr.com\/reblog\/metopal\/1432969111\/ZsVu6TgH\" class=\"reblog_button\"style=\"display: block;width:20px;height:20px;\"><svg width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" viewBox=\"0 0 21 21\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\" fill=\"#000\"><path d=\"M5.01092527,5.99908429 L16.0088498,5.99908429 L16.136,9.508 L20.836,4.752 L16.136,0.083 L16.1360004,3.01110845 L2.09985349,3.01110845 C1.50585349,3.01110845 0.979248041,3.44726568 0.979248041,4.45007306 L0.979248041,10.9999998 L3.98376463,8.30993634 L3.98376463,6.89801007 C3.98376463,6.20867902 4.71892527,5.99908429 5.01092527,5.99908429 Z\"><\/path><path d=\"M17.1420002,13.2800293 C17.1420002,13.5720293 17.022957,14.0490723 16.730957,14.0490723 L4.92919922,14.0490723 L4.92919922,11 L0.5,15.806 L4.92919922,20.5103758 L5.00469971,16.9990234 L18.9700928,16.9990234 C19.5640928,16.9990234 19.9453125,16.4010001 19.9453125,15.8060001 L19.9453125,9.5324707 L17.142,12.203\"><\/path><\/svg><\/a>","note-count":"3","tumblelog":{"title":"metopal","name":"metopal","cname":false,"url":"https:\/\/metopal.tumblr.com\/","timezone":"US\/Eastern","avatar_url_512":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_512.png","avatar_url_128":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_128.png","avatar_url_96":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_96.png","avatar_url_64":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_64.png","avatar_url_48":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_48.png","avatar_url_40":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_40.png","avatar_url_30":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_30.png","avatar_url_24":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_24.png","avatar_url_16":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_16.png"},"quote-text":"Our body is not in space like things; it inhabits or haunts space.","quote-source":"Maurice Merleau-Ponty","tags":["merleau-ponty","Phenomenology","space","body"]},{"id":"1432953153","url":"https:\/\/metopal.tumblr.com\/post\/1432953153","url-with-slug":"https:\/\/metopal.tumblr.com\/post\/1432953153\/we-never-cease-living-in-the-world-of-perception","type":"quote","date-gmt":"2010-10-29 18:05:20 GMT","date":"Fri, 29 Oct 2010 14:05:20","bookmarklet":0,"mobile":0,"feed-item":"","from-feed-id":0,"unix-timestamp":1288375520,"format":"html","reblog-key":"YipZVb5V","slug":"we-never-cease-living-in-the-world-of-perception","is-submission":false,"like-button":"<div class=\"like_button\" data-post-id=\"1432953153\" data-blog-name=\"metopal\" id=\"like_button_1432953153\"><iframe id=\"like_iframe_1432953153\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.tumblr.com\/assets\/html\/like_iframe.html?_v=66c22ab5319d742bca5762b8d18f9d06#name=metopal&amp;post_id=1432953153&amp;color=black&amp;rk=YipZVb5V\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" frameborder=\"0\" class=\"like_toggle\" allowTransparency=\"true\" name=\"like_iframe_1432953153\"><\/iframe><\/div>","reblog-button":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tumblr.com\/reblog\/metopal\/1432953153\/YipZVb5V\" class=\"reblog_button\"style=\"display: block;width:20px;height:20px;\"><svg width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" viewBox=\"0 0 21 21\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\" fill=\"#000\"><path d=\"M5.01092527,5.99908429 L16.0088498,5.99908429 L16.136,9.508 L20.836,4.752 L16.136,0.083 L16.1360004,3.01110845 L2.09985349,3.01110845 C1.50585349,3.01110845 0.979248041,3.44726568 0.979248041,4.45007306 L0.979248041,10.9999998 L3.98376463,8.30993634 L3.98376463,6.89801007 C3.98376463,6.20867902 4.71892527,5.99908429 5.01092527,5.99908429 Z\"><\/path><path d=\"M17.1420002,13.2800293 C17.1420002,13.5720293 17.022957,14.0490723 16.730957,14.0490723 L4.92919922,14.0490723 L4.92919922,11 L0.5,15.806 L4.92919922,20.5103758 L5.00469971,16.9990234 L18.9700928,16.9990234 C19.5640928,16.9990234 19.9453125,16.4010001 19.9453125,15.8060001 L19.9453125,9.5324707 L17.142,12.203\"><\/path><\/svg><\/a>","note-count":"0","tumblelog":{"title":"metopal","name":"metopal","cname":false,"url":"https:\/\/metopal.tumblr.com\/","timezone":"US\/Eastern","avatar_url_512":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_512.png","avatar_url_128":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_128.png","avatar_url_96":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_96.png","avatar_url_64":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_64.png","avatar_url_48":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_48.png","avatar_url_40":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_40.png","avatar_url_30":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_30.png","avatar_url_24":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_24.png","avatar_url_16":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_16.png"},"quote-text":"We never cease living in the world of perception, but we go beyond it in critical thought \u2013 almost to the point of forgetting the contribution of perception to our idea of truth. For critical thought encounters only bare propositions which it discusses, accepts or rejects. Critical thought has broken with the naive evidence of things, and when it affirms, it is because it no longer finds any means of denial. However necessary this activity of verification may be, specifying criteria and demanding from our experience its credentials of validity, it is not aware of our contact with the perceived world which is simply there before us, beneath the level of the verified true and the false. Nor does critical thought even define the positive steps of thinking or its most valid accomplishments.","quote-source":"Maurice Merleau-Ponty","tags":["merleau-ponty","Phenomenology","perception"]},{"id":"1306912981","url":"https:\/\/metopal.tumblr.com\/post\/1306912981","url-with-slug":"https:\/\/metopal.tumblr.com\/post\/1306912981\/the-place-represents-architectures-share-in","type":"quote","date-gmt":"2010-10-13 17:49:47 GMT","date":"Wed, 13 Oct 2010 13:49:47","bookmarklet":0,"mobile":0,"feed-item":"","from-feed-id":0,"unix-timestamp":1286992187,"format":"html","reblog-key":"OoT4Vsov","slug":"the-place-represents-architectures-share-in","is-submission":false,"like-button":"<div class=\"like_button\" data-post-id=\"1306912981\" data-blog-name=\"metopal\" id=\"like_button_1306912981\"><iframe id=\"like_iframe_1306912981\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.tumblr.com\/assets\/html\/like_iframe.html?_v=66c22ab5319d742bca5762b8d18f9d06#name=metopal&amp;post_id=1306912981&amp;color=black&amp;rk=OoT4Vsov\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" frameborder=\"0\" class=\"like_toggle\" allowTransparency=\"true\" name=\"like_iframe_1306912981\"><\/iframe><\/div>","reblog-button":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tumblr.com\/reblog\/metopal\/1306912981\/OoT4Vsov\" class=\"reblog_button\"style=\"display: block;width:20px;height:20px;\"><svg width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" viewBox=\"0 0 21 21\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\" fill=\"#000\"><path d=\"M5.01092527,5.99908429 L16.0088498,5.99908429 L16.136,9.508 L20.836,4.752 L16.136,0.083 L16.1360004,3.01110845 L2.09985349,3.01110845 C1.50585349,3.01110845 0.979248041,3.44726568 0.979248041,4.45007306 L0.979248041,10.9999998 L3.98376463,8.30993634 L3.98376463,6.89801007 C3.98376463,6.20867902 4.71892527,5.99908429 5.01092527,5.99908429 Z\"><\/path><path d=\"M17.1420002,13.2800293 C17.1420002,13.5720293 17.022957,14.0490723 16.730957,14.0490723 L4.92919922,14.0490723 L4.92919922,11 L0.5,15.806 L4.92919922,20.5103758 L5.00469971,16.9990234 L18.9700928,16.9990234 C19.5640928,16.9990234 19.9453125,16.4010001 19.9453125,15.8060001 L19.9453125,9.5324707 L17.142,12.203\"><\/path><\/svg><\/a>","note-count":"0","tumblelog":{"title":"metopal","name":"metopal","cname":false,"url":"https:\/\/metopal.tumblr.com\/","timezone":"US\/Eastern","avatar_url_512":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_512.png","avatar_url_128":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_128.png","avatar_url_96":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_96.png","avatar_url_64":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_64.png","avatar_url_48":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_48.png","avatar_url_40":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_40.png","avatar_url_30":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_30.png","avatar_url_24":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_24.png","avatar_url_16":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_16.png"},"quote-text":"The place represents architecture&rsquo;s share in truth. The place is the concrete manifestation of man&rsquo;s dwelling, and his identity depends on his belonging to places.","quote-source":"Christian Norberg-Schulz, <em>Genius Loci<\/em> (1980: 6)","tags":["Phenomenology","Architecture","place"]},{"id":"1306907732","url":"https:\/\/metopal.tumblr.com\/post\/1306907732","url-with-slug":"https:\/\/metopal.tumblr.com\/post\/1306907732\/man-is-the-purpose-of-architecture-man-dwells","type":"quote","date-gmt":"2010-10-13 17:48:39 GMT","date":"Wed, 13 Oct 2010 13:48:39","bookmarklet":0,"mobile":0,"feed-item":"","from-feed-id":0,"unix-timestamp":1286992119,"format":"html","reblog-key":"pam7vyJZ","slug":"man-is-the-purpose-of-architecture-man-dwells","is-submission":false,"like-button":"<div class=\"like_button\" data-post-id=\"1306907732\" data-blog-name=\"metopal\" id=\"like_button_1306907732\"><iframe id=\"like_iframe_1306907732\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.tumblr.com\/assets\/html\/like_iframe.html?_v=66c22ab5319d742bca5762b8d18f9d06#name=metopal&amp;post_id=1306907732&amp;color=black&amp;rk=pam7vyJZ\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" frameborder=\"0\" class=\"like_toggle\" allowTransparency=\"true\" name=\"like_iframe_1306907732\"><\/iframe><\/div>","reblog-button":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tumblr.com\/reblog\/metopal\/1306907732\/pam7vyJZ\" class=\"reblog_button\"style=\"display: block;width:20px;height:20px;\"><svg width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" viewBox=\"0 0 21 21\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\" fill=\"#000\"><path d=\"M5.01092527,5.99908429 L16.0088498,5.99908429 L16.136,9.508 L20.836,4.752 L16.136,0.083 L16.1360004,3.01110845 L2.09985349,3.01110845 C1.50585349,3.01110845 0.979248041,3.44726568 0.979248041,4.45007306 L0.979248041,10.9999998 L3.98376463,8.30993634 L3.98376463,6.89801007 C3.98376463,6.20867902 4.71892527,5.99908429 5.01092527,5.99908429 Z\"><\/path><path d=\"M17.1420002,13.2800293 C17.1420002,13.5720293 17.022957,14.0490723 16.730957,14.0490723 L4.92919922,14.0490723 L4.92919922,11 L0.5,15.806 L4.92919922,20.5103758 L5.00469971,16.9990234 L18.9700928,16.9990234 C19.5640928,16.9990234 19.9453125,16.4010001 19.9453125,15.8060001 L19.9453125,9.5324707 L17.142,12.203\"><\/path><\/svg><\/a>","note-count":"1","tumblelog":{"title":"metopal","name":"metopal","cname":false,"url":"https:\/\/metopal.tumblr.com\/","timezone":"US\/Eastern","avatar_url_512":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_512.png","avatar_url_128":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_128.png","avatar_url_96":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_96.png","avatar_url_64":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_64.png","avatar_url_48":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_48.png","avatar_url_40":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_40.png","avatar_url_30":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_30.png","avatar_url_24":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_24.png","avatar_url_16":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_d7e07895b6e8_16.png"},"quote-text":"Man is the purpose of architecture. Man dwells when he can orientate himself within and identify himself with an environment, or, in short, when he experiences the environment as meaningful. Dwelling therefore implies something more than &lsquo;shelter&rsquo;. It implies that the spaces where life occurs are places, in the true sense of the word. A place is a space which has a distinct character.","quote-source":"Christian Norberg-Schulz, <em>Genius Loci<\/em> (1980: 5)","tags":["Phenomenology","Architecture","place","dwelling"]}]};
