I love staring at the stars and moon. I can get lost in a sweet mix of aesthetic appreciation, sublime wonder at the intricacies of nature, and a strange sense of communion with a vast universe. My joy doesn’t stop at looking at a beautiful night sky. It extends into trying to understand the formation…
I had been trying to get my picky 7 year old nephew to try different (and healthier) foods. He informed me on day that he didn’t like spaghetti and meatballs and I thought to myself “What kid doesn’t eat spaghetti?”. He loves pizza so I knew it couldn’t be the tomato sauce taste. I hypothesized he…
I really like the gif that accompanies this post on “How a Sewing Machine Works“. It is a bit silly however to say it isn’t magic but mechanics. At any rate, it moved me to post this quote: “Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.” Arthur C. Clark I’m not entirely sure if a…
http://visual.ly/brain-develpment Nicely done comic /infographic on Brain development found through Neurobollocks via Mindhacks. All these connections on the internet of blogs linking to other blogs linking to a myriad of sites…is not unlike the neurons connecting to so many others within the brain…so that we are like part of one large metamind. I know this isn’t…
Faded letters like dusty flowers fill the windowsill I stare out and think of you. The remnants of your life ..in baubles and torn faces scattered mattered so much to you. I want to keep them ..to keep you..to keep the ineffable from drifting away. But they cannot stay. We cannot stay. Beloved trinkets, balls…
Why French Kids don’t have ADHD. This article discusses why is there such an epidemic of ADHD in the US compared to France. The reason is a different classification system and approach to child rearing. Many new articles could and should be written about the DSM (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual) system of classification in the…
Steven Heller at the Atlantic, reviews a new book by Stephen Bayley titled, “Ugly: The Aesthetics of Everything” and asks What is Ugly? Certain psychological studies have shown there are some universal standards of attractiveness in regards to human figures such as facial symmetry. Other studies point towards the complexity level of what we view as an…
It’s easy for photography to get gimmicky and cliche… but this manages to be innovative, aesthetic and fresh. Photographers blog link below. http://dan.iella.net/blog/
Teaching empathy through video games Interesting article on utilizing gaming to teach kids how to think critically and develop empathy. I see a lot of potential for this kind of application. Could this be an avenue worth considering for helping children on the autistic spectrum? Related articles Empathy Video Games Change Players Thinking (miami.cbslocal.com) Seen…
“The Smarter you Are, The Stupider You Are.” Interesting article in NPR about how being smart with numbers means you might be dumber with your convictions. I guess I understand why there is a sensationalistic headline. It grabs ones attention…I sure clicked on it. But misleading and attention grabbing headlines are all too common now.…
“The happy ending of the fairy tale, the myth, and the divine comedy of the soul, is to be read, not as a contradiction, but as a transcendence of the universal tragedy of man … Tragedy is a shattering of the forms and of our attachment to the forms; comedy, the wild and careless, inexhaustible…
“Our doubts are traitors, And make us lose the good we oft might win By fearing to attempt” William Shakespeare, “Measure for Measure” Are we wired to be self-defeatist? An article I recently read in February 5, 2007 issue of Neuroeconomics addressed the topic of ambiguity and pessimism. Apparently when dealing with expectations of…
“What is art but a way of seeing?” -Saul Bellows Just found out that the author of one of my long time favorite books “Ways of Seeing” John Berger is from my recent London abode of Hackney. I discovered this mural on a walk around Dalston.
