gxldbloom - Tumblr blog

[gxldbloom]

Wendy Cope, From June to December: Summer Villanelle

[gxldbloom]

Polycoria, apathological condition of the eye characterized by more than one pupillary opening in the iris.

[gxldbloom]

Anomalies

21 x 29,7cm, ink on paper, Kevin Lucbert, 2023

[gxldbloom]

[gxldbloom]

[gxldbloom]

“If the mind is just a function of the brain, it stands to reason that the worse the brain is injured, the worse the mind would function. While this is what much of current brain research is finding, a body of evidence exists suggesting otherwise: under extreme circumstances, such as close to death, the mind may function well—or even better than usual—when the brain is impaired.

This suggests the mind may function independently of the brain.

One of the researchers who has been studying such cases is Dr. Alexander Batthyany, a professor of theoretical psychology and the philosophy of psychology in Liechtenstein and at the cognitive science department at the University of Vienna.

He reported: “The more severe the physiological crisis, the more likely NDEers are to report having experienced clear and complex cognitive and sensory functioning.”

Part of Batthyany’s goal was to replicate earlier studies, few as they are, that have looked at the quality of vision and cognition during NDEs.

In a 2007 study by researchers at the University of Virginia, titled “Unusual Experiences: Near Death and Related Phenomena,” 52.2 percent of NDEers reported clearer vision. Jeffrey Long, M.D., founder of the Near Death Experiences Research Foundation (NDERF), found in a survey of 1,122 NDEers, that about 74 percent reported “more consciousness and alertness.”

“I felt extremely aware, totally present, sharp, and focused. In hindsight, it’s like being half asleep when I was alive, and totally awake after I was pronounced dead,” said one experiencer, as noted in Batthyany’s study.

“My mind felt cleared and my thoughts seemed quick and decisive. I felt a great sense of freedom and was quite content to be rid of my body. I felt a connection with everything around me in a way that I cannot describe. I felt as if I was thinking faster or that time had slowed down considerably,” said another….

Source: http://www.theepochtimes.com/n3/2133232-increased-mental-clarity-in-near-death-experiences-suggests-mind-exists-separately-from-brain-study/

[gxldbloom]

Blind spot, Julie van der Vaart (because)

[gxldbloom]

Source

[gxldbloom]

[gxldbloom]

virgil abloh, “figures of speech” on view at the brooklyn museum.

[gxldbloom]

[gxldbloom]

“The value of the personal relationship to all things is that it creates intimacy… and intimacy creates understanding… and understanding creates love.”

— Anaïs Nin (1903 - 1977)

[gxldbloom]

“Not to cherish both the angel and the animal, both the spirit and the flesh, is to renounce the whole interest and greatness of being human, and it is really tragic that those in whom the two natures are equally strong should be made to feel in conflict with themselves. For the saint-sinner and the mystic-sensualist is always the most interesting type of human being because he is the most complete.”

—

Alan Watts

[gxldbloom]

September

[gxldbloom]

[gxldbloom]

Louise Bourgeois

© ARS, New York

more

[gxldbloom]