I can’t remember when I first saw Ray and Charles Eames’ 9-minute tour of the macro and micro universe. I want to say that like so many others over the last thirty-some years, it was shown to me in a middle school science class, but something about this memory seems off; it feels borrowed—like I’m trying to take something from our collective memory of the film and make it my own.
Maybe I’d been acquainted with so many of the film’s offspring over the years, that when I did actively seek it out a couple years ago, it felt like we’d already met; as if a piece of the Eameses’ thoughtfulness has proliferated even after their physical beings had left us. It speaks to the longevity of what they were able to create in their lifetimes, like a drop of ink that blooms inside a glass of water and diffuses over time, making the two wholly inseparable.
Happy 10/10/10.
There are some goodies at the official Powers of Ten website, and if you’re in San Francisco, the Exploratorium has a day of Eames-related activities.
