May 23, 2012
Reading Rainbows

“The rainbow is not a thing: it is a process in which a physical complex is entangled with an observer. Further, the existence of the rainbow depends not only on the presence of some physical conditions and an observer, but also on a causal continuity between the two. This continuity consists of light rays at the right location actually hitting the retina of the observer and setting up a discharge in the brain as long as the physical relationships are maintained. Once these relationships are broken, the rainbow – as a process and as a whole – ceases to exist.” – Riccardo Manzotti, 2006
September 14th, 2012 at 12:09 am
the rainbow as a process. i love that.