Tao of Lunacy

Every so often in life, we encounter something virtually inexplicable. In my case, it was when I was meandering from one site I saw mentioned in passing, to another site, to another site…until my eyes fell upon a website called fUSION Anomaly which left me (yes ME of all people!!) at a loss for words! I can’t even begin to describe this website - what it is - or the real purpose behind it.

I tried to dissect the name. Fusion - a melding together of things. Anomaly - something deviating from the normal. Thus - a melding together of things that deviate from the norm. Yes, indeed, that seems to be true. But what does that really tell us about the site? Not much. Underneath the name it says "this nexus is constantly morphing." OK, lets add that to the mix. Nexus - a connected series or group. Morphing - obvious enough, changing. So these abnormally melded together items are connected and constantly changing. Well that helps out a lot doesn’t it?!

A bit further down the page "Atomjack’s nodebased memetic flowchart on Indra’s Net." Oh boy! Let’s think about this one… Atomjack seems to be the name of a person (as his email is listed farther down.) Nodebased - based upon points where things connect…ok, maybe this is something. Memetic - of the ideas the replicate and transmit themselves in the human mind. Hmmm…getting a bit deep! Flow - running smoothly. Chart - plot (easy enough not to look that one up.) Indra’s Net - "a net with a jewel at each intersection, each jewel reflecting all the other jewels of the net." So we have a group of things that connect and reproduce themselves in the human mind, that run smoothly on this net of things that all reflect each other. Not sure I’m really getting this yet!

This site is something of a dictionary as you can click on each different term and it takes you to another page. But rather than just definitions, there are quotes, snippets of ideas to help reinforce the terminology. Clicking on one word leads to another and another and before long you’re sucked deep into the vortex of exploration and incredulation. (Whew! Those are some big words and ideas no? And they came straight outta my little pea brain, all on my own!)

All I can say is check out fUSION Anomaly. After you’ve spent a few hours there as I did, come back and tell me if you can explain it. Oh yes! There’s a lovely picture in the middle of the page surrounded by red "buttons" each of these buttons will also take you somewhere. I’ve not been brave enough to try them all yet. And finally, somehow as I was sucked from page to page, I stumbled upon fUSION anomalog the blog for this site - I think it may rival the site for it’s difference from the norm - but it’s equally as interesting.