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The Music Of Poligraf : The Dam part 7

("Between the waves" by Ivan Aivazovsky)

The seventh chapter of "The Dam" is entitled "Flow" and presents our protagonist/narrator having passed the test, overcome the obstacle, levelled the dam, and…

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Added by Christopher Stewart on August 25, 2009 at 6:26am — No Comments

New resource to help online Artists to better show and sell their art online~

I am making this resource available to ALL artists who wish to sell and promote their art online without any costs. Lets face it, most of us artists have limited computer skills and less promotional skills~

Anyway after compiling my research and testing the market with my own art, I have sold over 300 works of art in the last 2 years online in the places I am sharing here.

I did join many of the POD sites where I had to pay an annual fee and found they didnt really… Continue

Added by AveHurley on August 23, 2009 at 6:00am — No Comments

Free Signed Art Print~! No Purchase Needed~! From Ave Hurley~!

I hope you are having a great summer~! Its been going by so fast here!

I have been so busy on my network~ Site Traffic is up alot~ Sales are also improving~My last month's 5 Contest winners have all received their prizes and my new Contest is a photo contest that is free to enter.Details are right on my site. I have… Continue

Added by AveHurley on August 23, 2009 at 5:00am — No Comments

La Cocina

La Cocina

I

am in the kitchen roasting chiles and you are in your studio playing The Gipsy Kings, and quite loud, I might add. I began to think, as the chiles charred, of all the merengues and tangos we had danced when we were so young that we could dance the night away and take shot after shot in celebration of the great Manitas de Plata. “The fingers of silver,” as he and his brother were known, could pound anything made of wood and keep the flamenco rhythm vibrant and… Continue

Added by Michael Forbus on August 18, 2009 at 4:59am — No Comments

My mother - An Angel

Mother, oh my pure, innocent and sweet mother

When you are there for me why bother

About Heaven, when you could create one here on Earth

With your love and sacrifice since my birth

You have only one thought in your mind

The well being of your children - you are so kind

You toiled day and night to make us happy and comfortable

I searched the whole world and found you uncomparable

You are so selfless

While performing your duty you are… Continue

Added by Dr. Krishna Kumari Challa on August 16, 2009 at 10:00am — 3 Comments

Rooted: Essay I just finished for an exhibition in Luxembourg

CultureInside, an artist-run web-based artist and art social and professional network, celebrates our first exhibition and competition for "Rooted" that opened on June 25, 2009 at Galerie Clairefontaine, one of the finest galleries specializing in photography in the Luxembourg region. It was a very productive collaboration. We conjoined to engage a topic and stage a competition and exhibition both online at www.cultureinside.com and at the gallery. The genesis of this exhibition is a seed… Continue

Added by Frank Shifreen on August 13, 2009 at 11:30am — 2 Comments

The Music Of Poligraf : The Dam part 4

(Daniel-Johnson's Manic 5 dam in Quebec, Canada - photo by Pierre cb)

Part 4 of The Dam is entitled simply “Dam.” In the storyline, this is when the obstacle is recognized and the necessity of dealing with it is…

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Added by Christopher Stewart on August 10, 2009 at 9:54pm — No Comments

Music can affect the way of our facial expressions

Found in Neuroscience Department

Music can be thought of as a form of emotional communication, with which the performer conveys an emotional state to the listener. This "language" is remarkably powerful - it can evoke strong emotions, and make your heart race or send tingles down your spine. And it is universal - the emotional content of a piece of music can be understood by anyone, regardless of cultural background.

Are the emotions evoked by piece of music similar… Continue

Added by Theonesoul on August 10, 2009 at 8:25pm — 1 Comment

We see what we wante to see

Found in Neuroscience Department and want to share with you

People who place an emphasis on positive things and are generally optimistic are sometimes said to "see the world through rose-tinted glasses". According to a new study by Canadian researchers, this is more than just an idiom. The study, which has just been published in the Journal of Neuroscience, provides the first direct evidence that the mood we are in affects the way we see things by modulating the activity… Continue

Added by Theonesoul on August 10, 2009 at 8:23pm — 1 Comment

Brain's representation of an ambiguous object

Optical illusions can tell us much about the functioning of the brain's visual system. They work because the visual system reconstructs stimuli not according to how they actually are, but by making certain assumptions about their properties in order to fill in the gaps and It is unclear exactly how this illusion works, but it probably has something to do with the brain's representation of an ambiguous object

so i looked for more infos and i found this article below in Neuroscience On… Continue

Added by Theonesoul on August 10, 2009 at 8:19pm — No Comments

The left brain/ right brain myth

The left brain/ right brain myth

Article by Neuroscience Department

This "right brain vs left brain test" from the Herald Sun is doing the rounds on the internet today. The article contains the so-called "spinning silhouette" optical illusion (below), and states that if you see the the dancer rotating in a clockwise direction "you use more of the right side of your brain and vice versa."

You've probably heard… Continue

Added by Theonesoul on August 10, 2009 at 7:19pm — 4 Comments

'Right Brain' or 'Left Brain' - Myth Or Reality?

'Right Brain' or 'Left Brain' -

Myth Or Reality?

By John McCrone

The New Scientist http://www.rbiproduction.co.uk

© New Scientist, RBI Limited 2000

From Skye Turell

7-21-00

Turn to the small advertisements in many a Sunday magazine, says John McCrone, and you'll find something rather like this: "Are you good at logic, great at analysis and working out maths problems? Then you're probably a left-brainer . . . Want to get in touch with your… Continue

Added by Theonesoul on August 10, 2009 at 9:46am — 2 Comments

SPIRIT OF OPULENCE!

THE SPIRIT OF OPULENCE

By Thomas Troward, Excerpt from “The Hidden Power”

“It is quite a mistake to suppose that we must restrict and stint ourselves in

order to develop greater power or usefulness. This is to form the conception of

the Divine Power as so limited that the best use we can make of it is by a policy of

self-starvation, whether material or mental. Of course, if we believe that some

form of self-starvation is necessary to our producing good… Continue

Added by Ron Barrow on August 9, 2009 at 10:24am — No Comments

Art can Influence Learning Ability

Art encourages cognition, critical thinking, and learning.

I experience daily that the current education system places great emphasis on academic development

and as a result, arts programs are being reduced or even eliminated from classrooms

And if the Educators would have received proper education they would have

recognized that the art is not enrichment activity instead the art is and should be basic to education.

Studies have shown that… Continue

Added by Theonesoul on August 8, 2009 at 9:30am — 1 Comment

A quote from my favorite Chilean Poet, Pablo Neruda.

“Peace goes into the making of a poem as flour goes into the making of bread.”

Pablo Neruda quote

Added by Michael Forbus on August 2, 2009 at 6:35pm — No Comments

AN ODE TO MY BELOVED FATHER

Oh my father, as a five-year-old

I walked for the first time holding your hand

On the road to the school that trained me

How to deal with the things and thoughts in my lab

But the lessons you taught me

While traveling together on life's path

On how to deal with ups and downs with inner faith

That were implanted in me with tender care

Benefited me much more

The education you gave me that turned me wise from a fool

Can never be taught in any… Continue

Added by Dr. Krishna Kumari Challa on August 1, 2009 at 11:00am — 4 Comments

The Music Of Poligraf : Juggernaut part 2

(Ratha Yatra Festival in Puri, India / Painting by James Fergusson)

Juggernaut. Lots to say about this one. Make sure your seat is confortable...

I’ve started the writing for this singular piece on November…

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Added by Christopher Stewart on July 30, 2009 at 6:51am — No Comments

L.O.V.E

~Love has been mis-defined in our world for aeons~

~what most of us think of as love, is actually emotionalism, manipulation and an experience

which is given to us, rather than something we experience within and then radiate outwards~

~Love is a state of being which is known as consciousness and not an emotion~

~Physical attraction which is temporal has nothing to do with love~

~ Physical attraction is science at work~

~you can… Continue

Added by Theonesoul on July 23, 2009 at 1:00am — 4 Comments

TODAY'S DHARMA

To me, then, true criticism consists in trying to find out the intrinsic worth of the thing itself, and not in attributing a quality to that thing. You attribute a quality to an environment, to an experience, only when you want to derive something from it, when you want to gain or to have power or happiness. Now this destroys true criticism. Your desire is perverted through attributing values, and therefore you cannot see clearly. Instead of trying to see the flower in its original and… Continue

Added by Michael Forbus on July 22, 2009 at 6:22pm — 4 Comments

The Music Of Poligraf : Leftoverturned part 2

(Detail from "Lenticular cloud")

Given its structure and contents, the second part of “Leftoverturned” could have been entitled “Informaëlstrom II” (ref: "1000 Radios"), but because of the undeniable influence of Modest Mussorgsky’s “Night on Bald Mountain,” the full…

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Added by Christopher Stewart on July 21, 2009 at 6:34pm — 1 Comment