I know that a huge chunk of that number of attendees were my massage therapist friends to see Body Worlds. I went twice. The fact the MSI kept a 24-hour showtime for Body Worlds over the Labor Day weekend is worth noting. Those last few showings were sold out or else I mighta gone a third time.Finally, finished up Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking by Malcolm Gladwell. I've been reading other brain books simultaneously. Blink I highly recommend. I like how Gladwell links the mysterious functions of the brain with everyday situations. More impressive are the incredible stories that show how tragic consequences occur in a moment. My favorite bit is his analysis of how improv comedy works. Brilliant. Mugs and Protanganist5 skip to Chapter 4 in the middle bit. Dear god it made me miss using my brain like that. My brain is more comfortable in chaos. It also opened up more ways I could apply this ideas to my way of thinking. I'm not sure how to more concise with that last sentence but it is what it is. And it is done. for now.
manda. come out dancing. dammit.
4 comments:
I recommend Phantoms in the Brain, by V.S. Ramachandran. The author also published From Impostor Poodles to Purple Numbers more recently, which looks like it covers similar ground.
How was Blink? It's been on my reading list for several months.
Er, what I meant to ask: how much science is there in Blink? Is it more of a light read or a heavy read? Heavy is better, but light is fine if Gladwell is entertaining.
good tip..I will have to take a look at that one...its in my long queue of books at the moment. -TheProtagonist5
Aris - Its pretty light stuff. But I'd told you this. You may be interested in Decartes' Error, too. It includes a few of the studies mentioned in Blink but with more detail. The bio side of thinking than the behavioral stuff.
Protagaonist - Seriously. At the very least read part of Ch. 4, I'm so wanting to talk to someone about it. That and applying thin-slicing to lindy hop.
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