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The five Platonic Solids, from Kepler's Harmonices Mundi Libri, 1619. Kepler was originally convinced that the orbits of the planets in our solar system followed these shapes.

The five Platonic Solids, from Kepler's Harmonices Mundi Libri, 1619. Kepler was originally convinced that the orbits of the planets in our solar system followed these shapes.

ALLOW ME TO EXPLAIN MYSELF...

February 20, 2015 by Kellan Shanahan

Welcome to the inaugural post of DODECAHEDRON, home of things about art, science, math, philosophy, and culture. Sounds vague and slightly pretentious, right? Let me diffuse that with an explanation and self-depricating humor.

Why am I doing this? Because I firmly believe that what I'm thinking about  is extremely important, and that it's even more extremely important that people know what I'm thinking about. So, I figured that best solution was to start a blog, and here we are.

Now, honestly I don't know yet what this site will wind up being, which to a certain extent is intentional, but what I can say is this. I am an omnivorous follower of all things art, philosophy, mathematics, religion, and mythology. In the end I think these areas are all different aspects of the same thing, namely humans trying to describe and make meaning of this reality we find ourselves in. This blog is an attempt to pull the various threads of these subjects together and weave  something vaguely resembling the immaculate, rich tapestry of human thought and endeavor.

I swear I don't smoke as much pot as you think I do right now. I just fucking love rich tapestry metaphors.

What this really means is that I'll be writing about and following up on things I've read, heard, or seen. Probably profiling some of my favorite intellectual and artistic crushes. Maybe trying to piece together a few feeble ideas of my own. Doubtfully making people laugh. And hopefully, creating a space for dialogue and collaboration on subjects that don't get talked about enough in this world.

And what's with the name? The dodecahedron is comprised of 12 regular pentagons, making it a regular solid. Regular solids are referred to as the Platonic Solids, which many of the ancient Greek mathematicians considered to have a deep connection to the elements of the universe; fire, water, earth, and wind. The dodecahedron is the highest of this order, associated with the cosmos and totality of being. It sounded appropriately profound. 

I'll let sweet Carl Sagan explain the rest (skip to 36:00):

February 20, 2015 /Kellan Shanahan
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