Listen To House

Listen To House: "

Submitted by: Jeremy Freehill via Submission Page

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Dopamine system in highly creative people similar to that seen in schizophrenics, study finds

Dopamine system in highly creative people similar to that seen in schizophrenics, study finds: "New research shows a possible explanation for the link between mental health and creativity. By studying receptors in the brain, researchers in Sweden have managed to show that the dopamine system in healthy, highly creative people is similar in some respects to that seen in people with schizophrenia."

When he said ‘Jump!’

When he said ‘Jump!’: "

My obsession with Halsman continues:

With Ray Bolger (Scarecrow in Wizard of Oz)

Chim (Photographer David Seymour) and Halsman’s daughters

Groucho Marx

Presidential candidate Adlai Stevenson

Presidential candidate Thomas E. Dewey

RCA’s David Sarnoff (above) and his son, Robert, President of NBC (below)

Sophia Loren

Theologian Paul Tillich

Philosopher Fr. Martin Cyril d’Arcy

Filed under: Arts, Architecture, Fashion Tagged: Halsman

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Call me juvenile, but I laughed. Hard.

Call me juvenile, but I laughed. Hard.: "

(via Super Punch)

Previously:

• Get Excited and Change Things: Letterpress inspirational message ...


• DIY inspirational posters

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"Mars Crew" of Six to Spend 520 Days in Shipping Container in Russia

"Mars Crew" of Six to Spend 520 Days in Shipping Container in Russia: "

It’s bad enough, it would seem from reality television, to spend a few weeks in the same house as only a few others, but imagine spending your time, with five others, for 520 days, in a shipping container with barely enough space to stretch your legs. This is the setup the European Space Agency has created to test the psychological and physiological effects of such isolation which would be required in a journey to Mars. Two crew members have already been chosen, and once four more are found, the ‘journey’ will begin.

There will be communication with the outside world via radio and email, but radio communications will be delayed a full 20 minutes as they would be on a real interplanetary mission and emails will take twice that time to get through. Both will be disrupted periodically, because what’s the point of locking six men in a container if you don’t mess with their heads a bit?

Link – via mentalfloss

From the Upcoming ueue, submitted by nmiller.

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Challenging the Inexplicability of the Transgendered

Challenging the Inexplicability of the Transgendered: "

Amanda brought our attention to a photo project that is designed to draw our attention to how the kinds of questions we ask transgendered people makes them feel like inexplicable Others. From a description of the project:

The subjects, self-identified people of transgender, transsexual, genderqueer, gender-variant, or gender non-conforming experience, hold signs depicting questions that each has had posed to them personally — some by strangers, others by loved ones, friends, or colleagues. Presented on white wooden boards, the questions are turned on the viewer, shifting the dynamics under which they were originally asked, and prompting the viewer to cast a reflective, self-critical eye upon him or herself, revealing how invasive this frame of reference can be.

In other words, these questions get asked not only because transgendered people break the rules, they get asked because the rest of us can be so inflexible, utterly confounded when other around us challenge our assumptions about the world.

The photographs:

(View original at http://contexts.org/socimages)

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