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    in memory of ivan dryer, today is international laserist day.

    to all the amazing men and women who pioneered this industry. who dreamed, invented, braved 3 phase, lugged hoses, and broke their banks just to share the light and their
    love of the light. thank you. you set the way for people like me and the people who come after me. i am in your debt.


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    Standing on the shoulders of a giant, here.

    Whenever I lecture about laser shows, I always end with the following Dryer quote:

    "I’m delighted that we managed to enlist what was then a somewhat esoteric technological device that has been used to guide missiles and telescopes, to instead guide the neurons in millions of brains to dance synesthetically in a fusion of music and image that enhances both -- to create a machinery of joy."

    To which I add: "With our engines of light".

    Happy Laserists Day!

    ...Mike
    Runs with Lasers

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    Happy Laserist Day to each of you!

    Here is my contribution to the holiday:

    "Help, help, I'm being repressed!"

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    Nobody ever stood on Ivan's shoulders. More's the pity. Doing a great show in a planetarium is the very definition of hard - that's why they've been so incredibly rare.
    "There are painters who transform the sun into a yellow spot, but there are others who, with the help of their art and their intelligence, transform a yellow spot into the sun." Pablo Picasso

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    Now that’s really nice.

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    Having the pleasure of interacting with Ivan thanks to Jon and Spec he was a great gentleman and I can hope his legacy lives on for a long time.
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    Laser (the acronym derived from Light Amplification by Stimulated Emissions of Radiation) is a spectacular manifestation of this process. It is a source which emits a kind of light of unrivaled purity and intensity not found in any of the previously known sources of radiation. - Lasers & Non-Linear Optics, B.B. Laud.

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