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Unlocking the Mysteries of The Artistic Mind | Psychology Today
Jonah Lehrer on how art heightens natural stiumlus-response. He uses this Picasso quote: "Art is the lie that reveals the truth." -- or, as neuroscience shows, art isn't a complete lie, but a deliberate exageration.
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Through careful distortion, he found a way to intensify reality. As Picasso put
it, "Art is the lie that reveals the truth." -
What's surprising is that such distortions often make it easier for us to
decipher what we're looking at, particularly when they're executed by a master.
Studies show we're able to recognize visual parodies of people—like a cartoon
portrait of Richard Nixon—faster than an actual photograph. The fusiform gyrus,
an area of the brain involved in
facial recognition, responds more eagerly to caricatures than to real faces,
since the cartoons emphasize the very features that we use to distinguish one
face from another. In other words, the abstractions are like a peak-shift
effect, turning the work of art or the political cartoon into a
"super-stimulus." - 1 more annotations...
SEEDMAGAZINE.COM § MATHEMATICIANS: An Outer View of the Inner World
Audio slide show of mathematicians describing their craft -- which, as many of them note, has as much in common with creative arts than with hard sciences.
Science and art in action: A machine that poos
Yes, it really is what it sounds like. In goes food, out comes poop.
I, of course, think this is fantastic. The creator of the machine (an art installation), is a bit self-deprecating:
"I wanted to make something that is absurdly unnecessary... I don't think this biologically correct machine belongs in a science museum. I don't have that ego. I'm not helping sick people. I'm practically useless in society."
That can't be true! There have to be SOME uses for this! After all, waste water treatment plants basically mimic natural decomposition. Making a machine that mimics human digestion has to have similar applications.
Go look at the pictures...right now!
MAKE: Blog: Kinetic Wave Sculptures & Shopping Cart Chair
MAKE TV features kinetic sculptor Reuben Margolin. His wave-inspired moving installations are AMAZING. Go <a href="http://www.reubenmargolin.com/waves/">watch his videos on his website</a> right now...do it!
(Separate post on him most likely forthcoming.)
Phonebook Dress Takes Recycling To New Heights
This phonebook dress blows away anything I've seen on Project Runway...
Inhabitat » Recycled Subway Cars Turned into Studios in London
Subway cars re-purposed into studios -- I want to live in one!
The Party's Over by Zina Saunders | Photo book preview
See a book preview of The Party's Over by Zina Saunders, authored by Zina Saunders
A wing and an error | The San Diego Union-Tribune
Intreresting story--about a woman who paints insects with radiation-induced mutations--where art, science, and policy intersect beautifully.
Self-Portrait as Revealed by Trash | Orion magazine
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I really like the idea of taking a picture of everything you throw
away. This might be an effective way to get people involved. It
challenges you not to eat foods produced within a 100 mile radius of
your house or live off the grid, but to simply look at what you are
already doing and decide for yourself what changes you should make. - jordanwb on 2007-11-26
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