The Wonder of the Wandering Mind
“Certainly she was losing consciousness of outer things. And as she lost consciousness of outer things … her mind kept throwing up from its depths, scenes, and names, and sayings, […]
“Certainly she was losing consciousness of outer things. And as she lost consciousness of outer things … her mind kept throwing up from its depths, scenes, and names, and sayings, […]
Synesthesia: a concomitant sensation; especially: a subjective sensation or image of a sense (as of color) other than the one (as of sound) being stimulated. -Merium Webster Dictionary Fascinating, isn’t […]
Ah, yes. Another gem from the good folks at RSA Animate. Writer and psychiatrist Iain McGilchrist gave this lecture as part of the RSA’s free public events program. And don’t […]
Sleep makes all the difference in the world, particularly to an artist. Throughout the day, the brain is bombarded with sensory information, buffeted from one experience to another. The conscious […]
“What is best in music is not to be found in the notes.” -Gustav Mahler A nice little combo of science and trivia. Plus it looks nice…
There is something unsettling about those wax sculptures that look almost real. Something particularly irksome about those special effects in Evil Dead II. Something unpleasant about the characters in The […]
A headline: BAND CREATES THE MOST RELAXING TUNE EVER. Well, that caught my attention, as absolutes in titles tend to do. “Who is this band with the audacity to claim […]
I tend to discover scientific studies waaaaay after they are published, but not this time! This study was posted ScienceDaily March 14, 2013. Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania have […]
My default discussions of Art are, admittedly, concerned with the visual arts. My internal dialogues use Cezannes and Rembrandts and Giacommetties as examples. It is, therefore, a pleasant surprise when […]
[information taken from this article by Kerri Smith] The experiment: Individuals were put under a brain scanner. A screen lay before them, upon which a series of random letters would flash. […]