Quantum Leap
At start of the workshop last night with Matt and Lorraine for 'the freedom project', I found this book lying around titled 'Quantum Physics Cannot Hurt You' and it got me fascinated and Matt started describing things about it and I was fascinated. The writer, Marcus Chown, is in town for the Auckland Readers & Writers Festival and he gave an interview on National Radio as part of the promotion and it was facinating listening to say the least. I am sorely tempted to go and visit the festival to hear him talk but I decided that maybe the best way to know more is to read that book first otherwise it is kinda pointless sitting in the audience with no clue as to what's going on. So I rang up all major bookshops this morning to see if anyone had the book in stock {which they didn't} and I finally managed to track a copy down at the University Book Store and went up there for a stroll. The stroll itself was wet because of the intermittent showers but I am still pretty pleased as I got a couple of nice photos {I used my phone camera ofcourse- I need to invest in a decent smaller camera that I can slip into my pant pocket}. Now I have my hands on the book and I can't wait to dig into it. Multiple universes and alternate realities - here I come. :-)
A couple enjoying the randomness of the weather
Urban Jungle
The TowerWalking through the university got me thinking again. It has such a different energy and vibe that it wants me to have the script development of 'The Girl with the Yellow Parasol' fast tracked but the hiccup obviously is that there is no script writer attached to it and the bigger problem being that there is no money for script development. Dang!!!!
An artist, Mike Mizrahi, has done an art installation on the Auckland Town Hall, that will stay on till the end of this week. Hard to ignore a photo opportunity like that and so I went down earlier this evening and took a few snaps. The art installation is basically elaborate video imagery projected onto the entire building that kept changing every minute or so. It was definitely a show stopper as a shitload of people stopped by to have a look at it. Here it is in all it's glory [actually it is hard to see it's real magnificence in photo format].
Auckland Town Hall
Town Hall Computerized
My favorite segment of the installationThe only other thing that took me by surprise was the number of older people going to the comedy festival at the Town Hall - maybe we need to laugh more as we grow older, seeing how doing anything otherwise is pointless.
Am I too old to check out the comedy festival?Oh and the parking company who had my car towed start of the week have admitted their mistake and refunding me the full amount that it cost to get my car released from the towing company. Yay!!!! Sometimes it pays to put in a complaint, especially when you know that you are in the right.
That's me for now,
Amit
Labels: Books, Freedom Project, New Zealand
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