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Calend'art by babe
October 31st, 2008 8:28 AM*I didn't give this calendar to another person so far cause I couldn't think about the right person yet - but as soon as I know who should get it it will be given to them. I just didn't want to give it to anyone just to complete the task, it should be special I find. I will update when it's done.*
To make a different kind of calendar I first had to define what a calander actually is and what it's for, so in my definition a calendar is counting cycles in order to make a proper time definition possible.
My first idea was to make a calendar that is based on other cycles than the existing one is, but I couldn't think about any other stable cycle and thinking this calendar-thing thrue with an unstable cycle caused my brain to almost burn.
(I can't tell you why, but I think it's not really possible - But I would be happy if it was and someone makes me understand it. I had to realise that I'm not really flexible with abstract time thinking tasks but I'm willing to learn.)
So I had to work with the given cycle and this is what I thought:
The solarsystem itself is the mother of all calendars cause it's movement is the cycle all counting of time relates to.
So what I did come up with was a simplyfied model of it that shows the different movements that are counted in a calendar: Earth moving around the sun for showing the year, moon moving around earth for showing the month and earth moving around itself for showing days.
And so I created this:
calendar
This is the model I made. It's basically one model for the circulation of the moon around the earth and this model then is circulating around the sun in the sun-circulation-model.
plans
I made something like a plan on the computer, but I had to adapt it a couple of times while building it.
earth moon circulation
This is the earth-moon model. The little moon can be moved around the earth. I thought it starts with a new moon on top and then it's waxing until a full moon on the bottom and then starts waning again. Moon circulation is a bit less than 28 days, so that's not a full month, what also is the reason that this calendar doesn't actually work as a normal calendar, but I wanted it to be good for seeing where in the cycle we are right now. It should be more good for a universal view on time than for remembering appointments.
sun
Next I started with the sun model.
calendar
I wanted the sun model to work in a way that the angle of the earth`s axis is visible to define the location of the earth in the orbit. So in winter the earth's face looks away from the sun and in Summer it faces the sun more directly. The shown picture would be the 16th day in the moon cycle in February in the northern hemisphere (or in August for our friends in Austalia, Newzealand or Tahiti)
date today
And here it shows October, northern hemisphere.
October
Here again in another pespective
day and night equality
and this shows autumn`s day and night equality
Summer!
And here it shows the longest day: the earth facing the sun on 21st of june. I like that day and I find that this calendar shows much more than a normal one what this special day is about.
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holy...omg.. wow. SHINY. erm, in big words:
lovely and meaningful concept, beautiful (and precise!) execution, and I love the clear examples of the intuitive sort of information it gives. I want to show this to a bunch of astronomers I know.
maybe astronomers might find the execution not so precise...
Whatever. Carl Sagan would be all about this.
I don't know Carl Sagan but I agree with the whatever!
I suspect most astronomers would categorize it was "way cool." (The fraction of non-astronomeeres who attribute seasonal changes to the angle of the earth's surface with respect to sunlight, even among whose who've taken classes on the subject, is rather small.)
But, while we're on the topic of astronomical pedantry , why not make the new-moon be "toward the sun" rather than "on top"? In that case, it costs you nothing in terms of aesthetics to get the geometry right.
The model of the earth-moon ciculation can be turned around so that the new moon faces the sun but is still on top. My knowledge about this topic ends with how the angle of the earth`s axis is related to the seasons, I don't really know how the moon circulates and how moon phases relate to it - but I might get me some information about that cause I kind of like this "hobby-astronomy" and then I could adapt the calender in a way that even astronomical pedantrists would be happy with it.
I like the physicalness of this calendar, and of course the beautiful colors.
Supreme craft, and useful too.... I covet this calendar!!!
Very, yes, and the art has a medieval/reinassanc-y flavor to it. I love that the solar equinnox-solstice cycle is like one of those carnival rides...
Dear *babe, I love this so much. I am waiting to vote until you make the gift -- because I am anxious to know who you decide deserves it. Please let us know, ok?
I have no points to give!!!! Grrrrr....
This is THE awsomezzzzz....
HAH! With the giving of the deserving points!