#proustandthesquid

[howwildandwonderful]

Establishing a new bedtime ritual; sleepy time tea, a paper and ink book, and snuggles from my best guy in my big, red chair! What rituals do you use to define your days? #ritual #rituals #routine #routinesarekey #bedtimeroutine #bedtimeritual #writer #writersofinstagram #writersofinsta #canadianwriters #canadianwriter #canadianpoet #catsofinstagram #cat #orangecatlove #orangecat #orangecatsofinstagram #thereadingbrain #proustandthesquid #maryannewolf #literacy #literacyeducation #bigredchair #celestialseasonings #sleepytimetea #sleepytime https://www.instagram.com/p/B4Odas3n3lu/?igshid=1gafsx4j4jsoe

[greeniezona]

My ridiculous #septembertbr. As usual, I have no illusions that I will actually read all of these books, but I like starting from these curated piles. As you can see, there is some heavy #scienceseptember representation, as well as more poetry, my most recent Toni Morrison purchase, and the solarpunk anthology I planned to read on vacation but didn’t get to. All perched on my end-of-summer, needs-to-be-weeded flower box. . Now. Can I kick all the people out of my house and spend the rest of the day reading? Probably not. Sigh. . . #badfeminist #roxanegay #sula #tonimorrison #friedrichlorenz #themysteriousworldofrays #princessbari #hwangsokyong #freshwater #akwaekeemezi #maryoliver #dreamwork #louiseglück #firstborn #tsunamivsthefukushima50 #leeannroripaugh #proustandthesquid #maryannewolf #themakingoftheatomicbomb #richardrhodes #requiemrwanda #lauraapol #glassandgardens #sarenaulibarri https://www.instagram.com/p/B1605Ulgmdz/?igshid=1ie60mqmy4j6s

[pixarina]

More gushing about how much I love reading. This time impressed with children and the actually pretty complex achievement that is connecting spoken word to textual language. Good job everyone. The quote is from To Kill a Mockingbird, and sounds much like my earliest memories. #bookworm #proustandthesquid https://www.instagram.com/p/Bv9DoDqHip-/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=899gbf13nvcs

[ecphotoblog]

“Reading can be learned only because of the brain’s plastic design, and when reading takes place, that individual brain is forever changed, both physiologically and intellectually.” Maryanne Wolf, Proust and the Squid | #proustandthesquid #currentlyreading #eddyizm #maryshelley #literature #quotes #quoteoftheday #lit #books #quote #biology #neuroscience @daily_quotes_app

[nephrolithiasis]

(via https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TIFSD1mZwEo)

Socrates was originally against learning based on reading. He failed to understand the parallel processing the brain is capable of when a person takes a symbol, assigns meaning, and processes it. (paraphrased from Maryanne Wolf, Proust and the Squid)

Emojis are really one of the final steps we take as we leverage technology and develop it to a point where we can directly create our own unique visual shared experience without the use of pre-programmed effects and post production editing. 

Much like an octopus can change color and morph into a different shape entirely to convey different emotions, imagine in a digitally augmented world telling your friends you are hungry by turning transparent and allowing them to see your empty stomach. This is an extraordinary transition that people might someday experience through virtual and augmented reality (paraphrased from Jaron Lanier, You Are Not a Gadget)

[kariselizabeth24]

So excited to begin! This is a book on the miracle of reading--how the brain adapts to the communication with other minds through a series of silly squiggles. How through this, our minds are illuminated, provoked, steadied, and renewed. It touches on heavy topics like neuroscience and stuff that normally I wouldn't be able to comprehend, and brings them to my level of understanding. At least, so I'm interpreting from these "silly squibbles." In a week from now, I will meet with a professor of reading, a professor of English, and a master's in the psychology of reading to discuss this thought-provoking book, and consider content in it for a presentation I will give next year for the Honors Scholar Conference. #reading #thereadingbrain #proustandthesquid #honorsscholar #research

[pixarina]

Reading about reading (readception!) and I am completely absorbed. Learning how the act of learning to read rewires the whole brain, perhaps contributing to our advancements during the renaissance, and how those with dyslexia have hidden talents due to their particular wiring that we have not yet fully unlocked. Also of interest, how Socrates hated reading. It pleases me to know that the debate of how we let our children learn has gone on for millennia, and even the most famous philosophers cannot agree. #letthemusetablets! #proustandthesquid #bookworm https://www.instagram.com/p/Bv89LGBHx8P/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1psq51kqhc6a1

[howwildandwonderful]

New book day! My TBR pile never really shrinks, but is there anything better than sinking your brain into a new book? What’s in your to-be-read pile? #tbr #stampedfromthebeginning #proustandthesquid #maryannewolf #ibramxkendi #nonfiction #yourbrainonbooks #thereadingbrain #historyofracism #amreading #amwriting https://www.instagram.com/p/B3cxGfpnBGy/?igshid=1xakksl9f9yc

[greeniezona]

So @end.notes got me all excited about #scienceseptember, so of course I had to pull together a book stack of *some* of my unread science books. As usual, I don’t expect to read all of these next month — in fact they might not all even appear on my September TBR, but it was good to get them out and think about my priorities. I keep signing myself up for reading challenges that prioritize fiction reading, so I am excited for one that encourages me to dust off some of my science back list. . . Pictured here with a sampling of my LEGO ladies of science! 👩🏽‍🔬👩🏿‍🚀🦕🕵🏻‍♀️ . . #bookstack #sciencebooks #sciencegeek #bookgeek #themysteriousworldofrays #friedrichlorenz #howtobuildadinosaur #jackhorner @thebutcheringart #lindseyfitzharris #afeelingfortheorganism #evelynfoxkeller #proustandthesquid #maryannewolf #theproteuseffect #annbparson #theincredibleunlikelinessofbeing #aliceroberts #themakingoftheatomicbomb #richardrhodes https://www.instagram.com/p/B1rVrBpAA3T/?igshid=d9xv8b51saok

[greeniezona]

Is seven books too many to pack for a seven day trip? Asking for a friend. . . #bookstack #tbr #bookgeek #bookdragon #booklove #peopleofthebook #geraldinebrooks #confessionsofacrapartist #philipkdick #futurescience #octaviasbrood #akpress #mothersandothers #sarahblafferhrdy #proustandthesquid #maryannewolf #twoyearseightmonthsandtwentyeightnights #salmanrushdie https://www.instagram.com/p/BrnLojnnLDF/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=v4wjf01otyyj

[greeniezona]

I was going to try to clear a nice empty space for snapping this book stack, but then it suddenly seemed very appropriate to photograph my December TBR amidst the chaos of my ornament-decorating craft supplies. This is such a a random stack and ambitious stack. It’s basically a sampler of everything I’m feeling behind on in the moment: non-fiction, poetry, books that have been on my TBR shelf far too long. . Which of these books should I put at the top of my stack? . #decembertbr #tbr #bookstack #bookdragon #somanybooks #saga #odyc #atwhateverfront #leskay #alchemy #artists+writers #salmanrushdie #twoyearseightmonthsandtwentyeightnights #proustandthesquid #maryannewolf #atulgawande #beingmortal #thecreationofinequality #themanwiththegoldenarm #nelsonalgren #octaviasbrood #theseas #samanthahunt #qinlaw #startrek #peterdavid #moonraker #ianfleming #democracyatwork #richardwolff https://www.instagram.com/p/Bq7l_jjnF_b/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1si3gtro95ef4