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POPSWhy do we hate Good-byes? I see you seeing me and I exist. I see you seeing me see you and we exist. Mutual re-cognition is the glue that holds us together, not merely as friends, but as individual selves. Good-byes are poignant preludes to the leave-takings and withdrawals that deprive our psyches of the sustenance they need to maintain our selfhood. As such, every good-bye is a premonition of disintegration, a foretaste of death, another step on the path to "adieu." Have you noticed that old folks tell the same stories over and over? They are desperately trying to shore up identities that, because of a paucity of recognition, are breaking down. By telling us their stories, they are staving off the disintegration of self, one day at a time. You can't really blame them--their struggle is at once heroic and tragic.One day, you too may need a comprehending ear to offset the recognition deficiencies that plague old-age... <<
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POPSGood Collection of Talks on Neuroscience and Neurophilosophy Useful in conceptually mapping our way around some of the big ideas associated with neuroscience. Damasio, as ever, particularly helpful. More than a nod towards complexityu and emergence with the sunsequent necessity of reworking the conceptual apparatus that reflects upon itself and concepts.
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POPSemily dickinson poem I just can't help admiring the discovery of and commitment to freedom within what most of us would take to be the most awful constraints
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POPSSchizophrenia and the Beautiful Mind "Unfortunately psychiatry leans far more towards controlling schizophrenia, rather than showing understanding towards a patient's true needs and potential capabilities." "The Russian dancer Vaslav Nijinsky; Nobel prize winner in economics, John Nash (A Beautiful Mind); novelist, poet and writer, Jack Kerouac; and musicians such as Peter Green, Syd Barrett and James Beck Gordon have all either experienced, or are believed to have experienced, schizophrenia in some form." "The condition has also been linked to the families of Tennessee Williams and Albert Einstein. Psychologists believe that schizophrenia personality is also associated to the likes of Vincent Van Gogh, Emily Dickinson and Isaac Newton."
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POPSEmopunk Culture on the Rise Trend Agitator readers, get your insider's guide to Emo culture here. This alternaculture is on the rise and quickly moving from microcosm to megatrend. With brands like Hurley on the ready, expect to see mainstream interpretations of this petulant, intensely inked universe at an A-mall near you!
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POPSHow Many Of Me? Oh my goodness, are there 506 people named George Bush?!? Those poor people! .:( (And I thought Biggus Dickus was bad...)
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