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@ongoingwow

London-based writer, backpacker, artist, cloud appreciator, tea drinker and cat servant. Writing about cosmology, virtual reality, consciousness and philosophy.

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@ongoingwow Dec 5, 2017, 11:53 PM UTC

Trash Talk - Can we Sweep up Space Debris with Laser Brooms?

(Space debris in low Earth orbit) Last week, when I was floating around in space and watching chunks of the Apollo 11 spacecraft drift away below me, I wondered how much other space trash there might…

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@ongoingwow Dec 4, 2017, 4:04 PM UTC

Christmas is Here! Winter Watercolour

https://i.imgur.com/uqjEiBR.jpg Good afternoon Steemit! I have a Christmas-themed watercolour for you this time. This was my first attempt at painting snow and it was super hard. I used this painting…

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@ongoingwow Dec 1, 2017, 12:38 AM UTC

Snowy Penguin Watercolour - Winter is Coming!

Good evening Steemit! I thought I'd share with you something I painted today. I've been meaning for a while to do a step-by-step set of photos to show my painting process, and I finally remembered th…

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@ongoingwow Nov 28, 2017, 9:18 PM UTC

Octopus Watercolour

Greetings Steemit - I have another watercolour for you! I painted this little octopus a few months ago after taking Ana Victoria Calderón's Skillshare class on Watercolour Textures. She's a fantastic…

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@ongoingwow Nov 27, 2017, 11:21 PM UTC

Cosmic Watercolour - Pink & Purple Nebulae

In the spirit of experimentation on Steemit, I thought I might try posting a few of my watercolour pieces amongst my blog posts. This one is inspired by the cosmos, but more specifically nebulae - cl…

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@ongoingwow Nov 27, 2017, 6:34 PM UTC

Virtual Reality in Space, Part 1: Apollo 11 VR

Say Cheese! Apollo 11 - NASA Last week I shared a post about how we are all residents of a tiny, fragile, blue speck of dust, floating in the midst of endless, black nothingness, and how we can now a…

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@ongoingwow Nov 24, 2017, 11:21 PM UTC

Spaceship Earth and The Overview Effect

Earth Rise - Apollo 8 ## The Overview Effect There are many things about our cosmic reality that we are not aware of on a day to day basis. Take for example the illusion that right now as you are rea…

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@ongoingwow Nov 21, 2017, 5:32 PM UTC

Two Minds in One Brain - The Curious Case of Corpus Callosotomy

One brain, two minds Did you know that it was possible for the two hemispheres of our brains to be independently conscious — and even to have differing opinions? For one hemisphere to believe in God,…

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@ongoingwow Nov 19, 2017, 2:11 PM UTC

Lessons on Living from those Facing Death

Oliver Sacks In February 2015, Oliver Sacks (pictured above) announced that he had been diagnosed with terminal cancer of the liver, and had only months to live. When reading his beautiful and moving…

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@ongoingwow Nov 14, 2017, 2:24 PM UTC

Alice in Wonderland Syndrome — Curiouser and Curiouser!

Alice in Wonderland (Wikipedia) Have you ever been sleepy and trying to concentrate on something, perhaps reading a book in bed as you begin to drift off to sleep, when things suddenly started to get…

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