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“𝐂𝐥𝐚𝐲 𝐃𝐚𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝐏𝐫𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐫”
𝘔𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘴𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦, 𝘷𝘦𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘥𝘶𝘴𝘵 — 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘴𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘷𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘥𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴, 𝘺𝘦𝘵 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘥𝘪𝘦𝘴.—Sourav

©️Sourav Mukherjee Photography
Lenzsation Academy of Photography

#clayart #finearts #models #photography
#SouravMukherjeePhotography #Lenzsation

Cool. And you can pose the lamp on top of the ball! 🙂

"[T]hanks to the Ideas line of fan-designed models, Pixar’s de facto mascot Luxo Jr. gets in on the action! [...] Its 613 pieces will be able to recreate Luxo’s signature bouncing and bending movements, alongside the ball that appeared in its 1986 short film debut. Full release happens this June 1st, but you can pre-order it now for US $69.99 | CAN $TBD | UK £59.99."

brothers-brick.com/2025/05/08/

The Brothers Brick · LEGO Pixar lamp Luxo Jr. leaps in as the next Ideas set [News] - The Brothers BrickThe newest LEGO Ideas set lights up our hearts as Pixar's mascot lamp Luxo Jr. bounces in
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The point is that life itself is not computable. This in no way means that he somehow implies that computable models are useless… The simple fact is that computing models (and indeed any models whatsoever) will be, by definition, incomplete, but they may nevertheless be fruitful endeavours. One learns a tremendous amount even from partial descriptions.
—Aloisius H. Louie, More Than Life Itself: A Synthetic Continuation in Relational Biology
#models #computability #computing #life