« Hello, Savants! [studio] Hello, Savants! [studio]. Hello, Savants! is an Amsterdam based collective of creative people with unique disabilities and unexpected talents. About a decade of life in the creative hub that is Amsterdam, they collected a baggage of international experience in commercial work and personal projects.
An incredibly beautiful text. Alliance for Wild Ethics || Animism, Perception, and Earthly Craft of the Magician || Copyright © David Abram. From: The Encyclopedia of Religion and Nature, Taylor and Kaplan, ed., published by Continuum, 2005 Animism, Perception, and Earthly Craft of the Magician by David Abram, Ph.D. Although the term “animism” was originally … More Alliance for Wild Ethics || Animism, Perception, and Earthly Craft of the Magician || Copyright © David Abram
Reblogged from: Scott Barry Kaufman, Ph.D.: How Our Senses Influence Creativity. Do you focus on the forest or the trees? Whether you have more of a global (holistic) or local (detail-oriented) processing style influences how you fundamentally perceive the world, and it is one of the most prominent factors influencing creative thought. Beyond … More Scott Barry Kaufman, Ph.D.: How Our Senses Influence Creativity
Environmental psychology is an interdisciplinary field focused on the interplay between humans and their surroundings. The field defines the term environment broadly, encompassing natural environments, social settings, built environments, learning environments, and informational environments. Since its conception, the field has been committed to the development of a discipline that is both value oriented and problem … More Environmental psychology – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
I just finished reading an article by Jeff Warren in the new Scientist issue of Dec. 24th that is confirming some of my thinking in relation to HPS and embodied thinking. Embodied thinking is a term that encompasses both cognition and sensorial intelligence. Scientists now know that whales and dolphins have advanced sensorial abilities. Their … More What if?
reblogged from the wiki sparks and creativity If there were only one way to strike the spark which could ignite genius, humans would have devised the flint and steel for that a long time ago. Our minds do not work that way—they work in multiple ways. As the Japanese Haiku master Matsuo Bashō wrote many … More CEP818 – Thinking Differently
Chapter 5 • Embodied Thinking Embodied Thinking involves two skills which generally feed into each other – Kinesthetic Thinking and Empathizing. Kinesthetic thinking means thinking with the body, including the sensations of muscle, skin and sinew; and the feelings in the body of movement, balance, and tensions. For example, in his thought experiments, Einstein imagined … More CEP818 – Embodiment
an theo sophia: (an thay oe soe fee uh) [[Greek anth flowering, flourishing + eo self- (sui), dawn, shining + sophia wisdom]] 1 wisdom flowering 2 wisdom about flourishing human beings 3 the essential, embodied wisdom of a flowering, luminous human being Greetings! This is a legacy website I (Kye Nelson) first built a decade … More antheosophia: free people, embodied thinking, flourishing wisdom
Anthropology of the Senses. How are our senses formed by culture? What is the world like to societies that emphasize touch or hearing rather than sight? This research explores the life of the senses in society. To a greater or lesser extent, every domain of sensory experience, from the sight of an artwork to the … More David Howes – Anthropology professor at Concordia University. Research Areas.
Synaesthesia linked to a hyper-excitable brain Science | Health 17 Nov 11 Synaesthesia Applying tiny electric currents across the visual brain altered the experience of synaesthesia. ‘Hyper-excitability’ in regions of the brain may underlie synaesthesia, an unusual condition where some people experience a ‘blending of the senses’, Oxford University researchers suggest. The neuroscientists used some … More Synaesthesia linked to a hyper-excitable brain – University of Oxford
Secrets of the Senses Posted by Science Oxford on December 9, 2010 | comments Review by Alison Cooper An audience braving the bitter cold were rewarded with a warm welcome at Science Oxford Live on the 25th November 2010 to explore the five senses of touch, taste, hearing, sight and smell, with neuroscientist Professor Charles … More Science Oxford Online » Blog Archive » Secrets of the *Senses*
We’d like to welcome you to Sensate, a journal for experiments in critical media practice. Sensate is an online, media-based journal for the creation, presentation, and critique of innovative projects in the arts, humanities, and sciences. Our aim is to build on the current groundswell of pioneering activities in the digital humanities, scholarly publishing, and … More Sensate Journal » About
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