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Writing about life and arts

thinking

  • We think in the cracks all the time. We fill in the blank spaces throughout our day with either fodder or deliberation. The observer internalizes the outside world to create meaning. Not every thought, of course, is worth marveling. Sometimes thoughts are just thoughts — they are arbitrary with no bearing on reality. Just as…

  • How real is any of this, our minds continually intertwined with the screen of irreality. We can only be certain of what can see, surely. But the computer is an extension of our brain. Technology presents an alternative existence that replaces the status-quo with a broad range of possibilities. We are just beginning to see…

  • UNTHINK: Don’t think too hard (posters) —  Yellow/White

  • We practice and then we walk away. We get out of our heads and go for a walk, a swim, make a cup of coffee — whatever disengagement there is. Taking a break isn’t quitting. It’s letting neurons go to work without forcing them to. Competence comes without comprehension. Nature cuts though the intellectual. We’re…

  • There is no doubt that the mind changes as it ages. You’ll be a different person in your 20s, 30s, and so on. For some, brain deterioration is genetic. While you can’t medicate mental problems away, you can upgrade your internal software by widening your perception and controlling your emotions to so-called triggers. The human brain…