November 4, 2003
From Above
The view from above is almost always better, as it isn't blocked by the things around you. But it can be deceiving also... things look different from above.
Looking down you can see the vectors of motion... what is moving, where it is going, and how fast it is traveling. The elevated view gives you that. What it doesn't give you is the breadth of motion... who and what is carried by the linear direction of the vector. Is it a whole crowd moving or the acts of an angry maniac shooting at his lawyer as he desperately hides behind a tree?
Combining the language of physics and the self aggrandizement of blogging with yet another puppy picture is either insulting or far too small stage to play on. I don't care. This is only electrons. We'll make more.