Bauharoque
"the blending of the Bauhaus Utopian impulse with Baroque theatricality. The Bauharoque is the last period in the Modern Cycle, beginning at the turn of the second millenium A.D. and lasting to the year 2099". - [Paul Laffoley]
The time period where speculation about the future will merge with the actual futures as they manifest through development of time-travel devices, as well as being a period where nanotechnology allows machines to become actual living structures and humans begin to control their genetic evolution.


Utopia
n
ideal and perfect state: an ideal and perfect place or state where everyone lives in harmony and everything is for the best.
first used in 'Utopia, a philosophical treatise' (1516) by English writer and statesman Sir Thomas More.
It contrasts the moral decadence and disunity of contemporary Christian Europe with the tolerance and prosperity of More's imaginary ideal state of Utopia, which is run on secular, ethical & communal principles. The term utopia has spawned a number of derivatives, for example, utopian, utopianism, and utopianist.
[Mid-16th century. modern Latin , literally "noplace," Greek ou "not" + topos "place"]


Eutopia
Kenotopia
Obligatopia
Kakotopia
Xanatopia


Quantum Computer
n
computer that employs quantum mechanics: a computer that uses the quantum mechanical properties of elementary particles such as photons for transferring, processing, and storing information


Genetic Engineering
n
alteration of genetic material: the alteration and recombination of genetic material by technological means, resulting in transgenic organisms


Structured Environment
Living Architecture
Techno-Spiritual Convergence
Transhumanism


NanoTechnology
n
technology for assembling microscopic devices by manipulation of individual atoms and molecules: the art of manipulating materials on a very small scale in order to build microscopic machinery


Mega-NanoTechnology
[Very large-scale devices or constructions composed of nanotechnological components.](mc)


Time Machine
n
machine for traveling through time:
a real, fictional or hypothetical machine that can be used to travel backward or forward in time

Space Machine
Anti-Gravity
Terra-Forming

/////LIGHT & COLOR///////

Albedo Light
n
the fraction of light hitting an object that is reflected by that object, especially a planet reflecting the Sun's light, light reflected by planet:

[Light in the form of directly preceiveable energy reflected from a surface or emitted by a radiant object. Photons.] (mc)

["Newton’s concept of light (or the albedo definition of light) states that colors are fractions of the incident radiation of white light, reflected by the surfaces of bodies or refracted through mediums which slow their velocity (first determined in a vacuum). Albedo light is assumed to be generated from point sources such as candle flames, fires, lightning, stars, and artificial light sources. As darkness was assumed to be unable to resist the penetration of albedo light rays, Newton defined a potential for its complete elimination."] (Paul Laffoley)


Non-Abedo Light (inner light)
n
[The experience of "light" that is not produced by actual light or photons stimulating the retina of the eye. Examples include light seen in the 'mind's eye' during dreams, visions, hallucinations, meditation or imagination.](mc)

["The definition of non-albedo light has its origin in Goethe’s 1810 study on color theory, Zur Farbenlehre. In it, Goethe states that both light and darkness are of equal value to the human mind in its quest to model the universe both backward and forward in time: “Colors are the actions and sufferings of light as a result of its meeting with darkness.”] (Paul Laffoley)


Lux (inner light / non-albedo light)
n
[sometimes used in laffoley's art as the platonic or metaphysical equivalent of non-albedo light, possibly with an existence of it's own apart from the subjective mental experience](mc)

["The lux of the mind is non-albedo light. It contains the power of both light and dark, possessing neither brightness nor opaqueness as its true nature. However, the lux can offer the appearance of both and any admixture in between, thus imitating the entire history of the natural universe."] (Paul Laffoley)

also: in Science: unit of illumination: the SI unit of illumination, equal to one lumen per square meter. Symbol lx



Pure Color
["Pure color is a volumetric extension of a single color, such as a sphere of redness in which the color is not propagated from a point source of energy. Instead it exists in a homogeneous and isotropic state. Pure color cannot be experienced from the absolute blackness that surrounds it. One must enter the volumetric extension of the color to experience its purity, which means it contains no blackness at all."] (Paul Laffoley)


/////SPACE, PHYSICS, COSMOS, & FRAMES OF REFERENCE///////

Universe
n
1. all matter and energy in space: the totality of all matter and energy that exists in the vastness of space, whether known to human beings or not

Multiple Universes / Multiverse
n
multiple possible universes (including our universe) that together comprise all of reality. The different universes within the multiverse are sometimes called parallel universes. The structure of the multiverse, the nature of each universe within it and the relationship between the various constituent universes, depend on the specific multiverse hypothesis considered.Multiverses have been hypothesized in cosmology, physics, astronomy, philosophy, theology, and fiction,


MicroCosm
n
small version of something larger: a miniature copy of something, especially when it represents or stands for a larger whole.
In short, it is the recognition that the same traits appear in entities and circumstances of many different sizes and time scales, from one atom to a man to the entire human population to the solar system, galaxy and on outward.
[The microcosm / macrocosm idea can also be thought of as one of the first Fractal philosophies.] (mc)

MesoCosm
n
The level of scale and structure between the range of macrocosm and microcosm, which mean really big and really little, respecively.


MacroCosm
n
large complex system seen as single unit: a complex structure, e.g. the world, the galaxy or the universe, considered as a single entity that contains numerous similar smaller-scale structures. The qualities of the parts are considered to correspond with aspects of the whole.


MetaCosm
n
1. A system having the form { macrocosm / mesocosm / microcosm }
2. A complex that can be divided into three primary domains, a transcendent field of higher forces, a central world of acting peers, and a supporting world of fundemental objects. This field/peer/object relationship is relative to the frame of reference and identifies the structural parallels between different systems.


MacroMetaCosm

MicroMetaCosm

MesoMetaCosm

Tachyon
n
hypothetical subatomic particles: a hypothetical elementary particle that always travels faster than the speed of light and is therefore very difficult to detect. Postulated in high energy physics.


Tardyons
n
sloweer than light-speed subatomic particles: a hypothetical elementary particle that always travels slower than the speed of light. The counterpart and opposite of Tachyons.


Black Hole
n
1. object in space: an area in space with such a strong gravitational pull that no matter or energy can escape from it.

[ Observed Black Holes are often in the center of galaxies and are the 'drain' that the spiral is slowly pouring into. The matter going in becomes increasingly warped and compressed in the infinitely distorted fabric of time and space near the gravitational attractor. The theory is that in the 'center' of a Bloack hole is a Singularity.] (mc)
(see 'Singularity' below)


White Hole
n
hypothetical region in space: a hypothetical region in space from which light, and other forms of energy emerge explosively.
[ Opposite of a Black Hole in which matter is compressed out of existence. Also opposite in the sense that a black hole is a multiangular spiral drain event and a White Hole is presumably an isotropic and/or omnidirectionally radiant event, such as a Quasar] (mc)


Event Horizon
n
In general relativity, a Black Hole event horizon is a boundary in spacetime between the outside universe and the singularity. An area surrounding a black hole, beyond which events cannot affect an outside observer.
Light emitted from inside the horizon can never reach the observer, and anything that passes through the horizon from the observer's side is never seen again.

More specific types of horizon include the related but distinct absolute and apparent horizons found around a black hole. Still other distinct notions include the Cauchy and Killing horizon; the photon spheres and ergospheres of the Reissner-Nordström solution; particle and cosmological horizons relevant to cosmology; and isolated and dynamical horizons important in current black hole research.


Singularity
n
[Laffoley always uses these two of the meanings of this word, depending on context]. (mc)

Cosmic meaning: astronomy - hypothetical point in space: a hypothetical region in space in which gravitational forces cause matter to be infinitely compressed and space and time to become infinitely distorted Other ways in which singularities occur is by degeneration of manifold structure. That implies the breakdown of parametrization of points; it is prominent in general relativity, where a gravitational singularity, at which the gravitational field is strong enough to change the very structure of space-time, is identified with a black hole. In a less dramatic fashion, the presence of symmetry can be good cause to consider orbifolds, which are manifolds that have acquired 'corners' in a process of folding up resembling the creasing of a table napkin.

Mathematics meaning: singularity theory is the study of the failure of manifold structure. A loop of string can serve as an example of a one-dimensional manifold, if one neglects its width. What is meant by a singularity can be seen by dropping it on the floor. Probably there will appear a number of double points, at which the string crosses itself in an approximate 'X' shape. These are the simplest kinds of singularity. Perhaps the string will also touch itself, coming into contact with itself without crossing, like an underlined 'U'. This is another kind of singularity. Unlike the double point, it is not stable, in the sense that a small push will lift the bottom of the 'U' away from the 'underline'. In singularity theory the general phenomenon of points and sets of singularities is studied, as part of the concept that manifolds (spaces without singularities) may acquire special, singular points by a number of routes. Projection is one way, very obvious in visual terms when three-dimensional objects are projected into two dimensions (for example in one of our eyes); in looking at classical statuary the folds of drapery are amongst the most obvious features. Singularities of this kind include caustics, very familiar as the light patterns at the bottom of a swimming pool. a mathematics function that is not differentiable: in mathematics, a point at which a complex function is undefined because it is neither differentiable nor single-valued while the function is defined in every neighborhood of the point


Technological Singularity (similar to: Omega Point)
n
The technological singularity is a hypothesized point in the future variously characterized by the technological creation of self-improving intelligence, unprecedentedly rapid technological progress, or some combination of the two.

[1] Statistician I. J. Good first wrote of an "intelligence explosion", suggesting that if machines could even slightly surpass human intellect, they could improve their own designs in ways unseen by their designers, and thus recursively augment themselves into far greater intelligences. Vernor Vinge later called this event "the Singularity" as an analogy between the breakdown of modern physics near a gravitational singularity and the drastic change in society he argues would occur following an intelligence explosion.
Others, most prominently professor Ray Kurzweil, define the Singularity as a period of extremely rapid technological progress. Kurzweil argues such an event is implied by a long-term pattern of accelerating change that generalizes Moore's Law to technologies predating the integrated circuit and which he argues will continue to other technologies not yet invented.


Natural Singularity


Structured Singularity



Noosphere
n
total information available to humans: the totality of information and human knowledge that is collectively available to people
[Mid-20th century. French noösphere / Greek noos "mind"]

Conventicle
n
1. meeting: an unlawful or secret religious gathering
2. place for meeting: a building where a conventicle is held
[14th century. Latin conventiculum "small assembly" / convenire (see convene)]


Cosmic Task
"to transform all of the absolute matter of physical universe into absolute spirit,
starting from one instant before the Big Bang
to whatever and whenever a motionless future is reached." [Laffoley]

"The cosmic task, in its totality, is the redesigning of the entire physical universe
in order to allow it to enter a dimensional portal
(or in my terms—to transit from the fourth to the fifth dimensional realm)." [Laffoley]


Biosathanatos
["life" or living consciousness which is beyond life and death, simultaneously alive/dead,
but also transcendent to the inherently assumed qualities of life and death.]
{{to be clarified with P.L.}}(mc)

Invisible College
"It is said that throughout the history of humankind, both recorded and unrecorded, there has existed an Invisium Collegium (or an invisible college of people) who have formed a tradition outside of all other traditions. The members of the I.C. are intrusted with keeping the world from destroying itself and maintaining humanity in readiness for participation in the cosmic task." [Laffoley]


Omega Point
"The process of evolution, which directs the force of consciousness to a state of super-maturity" [Laffoley]
"the transition from the noosphere to the Omega Point can be represented physically by our material universe inversing the “Big-Bang” (the first singularity) by contracting to the Big Crunch (the final singularity). As we approach Omega all intelligent life forms that ever existed will be recreated as virtual reality computer programs run faster than light speed. As a result we will have an effective eternity of existence (or aevum: the Latin for never ending time) in which all people will be resurrected before the universe ends in the Crunch-Omega." [Laffoley]


/////ENERGY, CHANGE and MOTION///////

Meta-Energy (Choice)
Left-Handed Forms

Kato-Energy (Chance)
Right-Handed Forms


Meso-Energy

Energy Efficacious Without Motion

Energy Efficacious Only With Motion



Cause
n
1. what makes something happen: a person or thing that makes something happen or exist or is responsible for something that happens.
reason for something: to make something happen or exist, or be the reason for somebody doing something or for something happening


The Abyss Between Cause and Effect
[mentioned in many of Laffoley's paintings as a crucial phase of chaotic instability and synergetic rearrangement happening in a system (presumably) after a cause but before an effect.]
{{ I will clarify this in interview with P.L. )] (mc)


Effect
n
1.. being in force or operation: the state of being in force or operation, or of being the case, often from a particular point in time
[also, but less often]
3. result: a change or changed state occurring as a direct result of action by somebody or something else showing the effects of prolonged malnutrition
4. impression: an impression produced in the mind of somebody who sees, hears, or reads something, especially one that is deliberately intended or engineered


Resultant
adj
1. resulting from: happening as a consequence of something else
something that is an outcome of something else such as a calculation
2. single vector equivalent to others added: a single vector that is equivalent to two or more other vectors
[3. The final product of an action/reaction(cause/effect) sequence. action--reaction--resultant ] (mc)


System
n
1. complex whole formed from related parts: a combination of related parts organized into a complex whole
2. set of principles: a scheme of ideas or principles by which something is organized
3. way of proceeding: a method or set of procedures for achieving something
11. astronomy group of astronomical objects: a group of astronomical objects or other gravitationally linked objects



Effectless Cause

Causeless Effect

Event-Ensemble

/////QUALITIES///////

Form

Existence

Sameness

Difference

Kitsch

Ubiquitous

/////GEOMETRY, TOPOLOGY, SPIRALS & MATH//////////

Symmetry
Asymmetry
Equi-Angular
Isotropic
Homogeneous
Logarithmic
Phi
Platonic
Archimedean
Fractal
Mobius Strip
Klein Bottle
Cross-cap
Tesseract

Entropy
Negentropy/Syntropy
Inertia
Solitron Wave
Processional Axis
Gyroscopic
Centroid

Logos
Zeitgeist
Eidos
Hyle

Uroborus
Kali-Yuga
Shakti
Shiva
Brahman
Samsara
Kundalini


Spatiality
n
relating to space: relating to, occupying, or happening in space
[Mid-19th century < Latin spatium "space, distance"]


Temporality
n
being temporal: the quality or state of being connected with time or the world
[14th century. < late Latin temporalitas ]


Point
n
8. location: a specific place or position
9. moment: an individual moment in time
24. mathematics dimensionless geometric element: a dimensionless geometric element whose location in space is defined solely by its coordinates.
Geometric figures such as circles, planes, or spheres can be treated as if they are sets of points.

Line
n
35. mathematics one-dimensional element: in mathematics, a straight geometric element that has length but not width or thickness and whose identity is determined by two points
36. mathematics traced path of point: in mathematics, an imaginary path that has length but not width, traced by a moving point


Plane
n
1. flat surface: a flat or level surface
3. mathematics two-dimensional surface or space: a two-dimensional surface in which a straight line between any two points will lie wholly on that surface



Solid
n
10. mathematics three-dimensional: having the three dimensions of length, breadth, and depth, or relating to geometric figures that have three dimensions
n (plural sol·ids)
2. mathematics solid figure: a three-dimensional geometric figure or object

Solvoid

Vosolid

Void

Raum

Metaspace

Metatime

Hyparaxis



Icon
Symbol
Myth
Archetype
Revelation
Epiphany
Kratophany
Hierophany

Lucid-Dream
Eidetic

Thanatos
Mind-Physics
Tulpa
Orgone
Telluric system