Joel Hollingsworth
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February 3, 2008
The lawns of modern houses are imitations of those found in agricultural estates, grazed by rabbits or sheep. Back yards are shadows of their former selves, in much the same way. The attention...
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About Joel Hollingsworth
I do research on laser ceramics, and am most of the way toward a PhD degree in materials science.
I love to make things, whether they're artistic or technological. In fact, I don't think it's healthy to build a wall between art and technology; look into the etymology of those words if you doubt how recent the distinction between them is.
I'm a progressive Christian. The mainstream notion of a liberal, or of a Christain, recommends hard, sharp lines in some places, and fuzzy shades of gray in others. I find those recommendations perverse and destructive. Case in point: hardly anyone on TV believes in both creation and evolution. Apparently, I have my sharp and fuzzy distinctions in the opposite places from where I'm supposed to.