https://blog.vnykmshr.com/writing/tags/physics/Recent content in Physics on vnykmshrHugoenTue, 04 Jan 2011 00:00:00 +0000https://blog.vnykmshr.com/writing/the-cosmic-drummer/Tue, 04 Jan 2011 00:00:00 +0000https://blog.vnykmshr.com/writing/the-cosmic-drummer/<p>A friend of mine &ndash; college senior, the kind of person who turns a chai break into a two-hour philosophy session &ndash; once reframed Lord Shiva for me in a way I haven&rsquo;t been able to shake.</p> <p>Start with the surface. Long hair. Snake around the neck. A drum. Followers. Performance art that shakes the cosmos. Lives outside every social norm. Shiva might be the original rock star, and I&rsquo;m not sure anyone&rsquo;s topped the aesthetic since.</p>