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Kean University 2017, The Network

Finding the 4 Elements

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First off, let me share my photos: Fire: Literal: Symbolic: Air: Literal: Symbolic: Earth: Literal: Symbolic: Water: Literal: Symbolic: Some of these were harder to find than others, and for two I actually had to go back into the archive of pictures I’d previously taken.  These were Fire Literal and Earth Literal.  Fire Literal is the image of a sunset I took during the Fall near Stockton, New Jersey, and Earth Literal is a cute, little slug friend I found […]

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Kean University 2017, The Network

Alchemical Musings

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So, we’ve been asked to write about our interpretation of the term “digital alchemy.”  My first experience with the word “alchemy” probably came in a sophomore science class in highschool.  I don’t remember much except that it was a medieval precursor to science that involved trying to turn lead to gold, which seemed totally plausible back then considering they thought flies generated spontaneously from rotting meat.  I think the idea of alchemy continued for a while, at least into the […]

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