tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post8423838458178730143..comments2024-03-18T07:23:32.809-04:00Comments on Gurney Journey: Embodied CognitionJames Gurneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01870848001990898499noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-24988522567900677012015-07-27T20:03:33.023-04:002015-07-27T20:03:33.023-04:00We've been taught that our emotions were in ou...We've been taught that our emotions were in our heart and our thoughts in our brain. Now we learn they are running around all over the place! That is so cool..<br /><br />Side note re: Maia's comments: it amazes me that when people write up lists of emotions, they are almost always overwhelmingly "negative." Even the recent movie, "Inside Out" has only one "positive" emotion. I think this is because psychology has always been focused on studying abnormality and problems.<br /><br />Time to focus on the positive!<br /><br />Susan Krzywickihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11734833252007456199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-84533761916018541072015-07-27T19:05:18.826-04:002015-07-27T19:05:18.826-04:00Certain wisdom traditions have long taught that bo...Certain wisdom traditions have long taught that body and mind are one indivisible field, with a flowing interplay -- not between two discrete entities -- but different vibrational modulations of one seamless reality. For years, the Dalai Lama has hosted a conference (the Mind and Life Institute) of neuroscientists and experienced meditators to share discoveries in a collaborative exploration that is simultaneously ancient and cutting edge. For two years, I had the privilege of transcribing hours of those conversations. The science of body/mind functioning is bringing measurable data to, and providing a Western context for, insights reported for centuries by adept meditators.<br /><br />Several years ago, I spent the day at Cedar Point amusement park, riding big roller coasters. Late in the afternoon, we went to the IMAX theater in the park. The movie showed the biggest roller coasters In the world, all filmed from the front seat, the sound recorded in Dolby surround. My motionless body was taking in the experience purely through visual and auditory cues. The experience produced a stomach-dropping jolt of adrenalin and weightlessness that was more strongly experienced in the body than the "real" rides I'd been on earlier. I staggered out of the theater, a bit queasy for the next few hours.Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09596875722436085739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-6058021037011689712015-07-27T14:34:59.897-04:002015-07-27T14:34:59.897-04:00I wonder if this is related to the phenomenon that...I wonder if this is related to the phenomenon that one tends to contort their face or body unconsciously whilst trying to convey (draw) an emotion? Not necessarily even a physical one -- when I am drawing (or indeed writing!) an emotional scene, I tend to have a grimace of sorts on my face, even though I am not rationally feeling or thinking it.<br /><br />Worth noting that the grimace or movement is not always the same I'm drawing, but more of a reaction or co-action to the action taking place in the work.A. M.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02330090709395099037noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-87530590375509855802015-07-27T13:46:12.578-04:002015-07-27T13:46:12.578-04:00Last year, I made a very thorough "how are yo...Last year, I made a very thorough "how are you feeling" mood chart for a child psychologist. She gave me a list of 48 emotions, about 75% negative. Every picture I drew changed my own mood! A friend was watching at one point while I was drawing and he noted I had been making the face and body posture for each emotion as I drew it. The project went over time by a week so I could break up the work a little and not be angry or sad or fearful all day long. Thankfully, my client was a psychologist so she was accepting of my deadline slip.<br /><br />Related: I also teach drawing and I have learned that in teaching figure drawing to teens and young adults the only way they can draw grounded and balanced figures is to stand up and take the posture of the model themselves. older adults and children do not seem to have this problem, in my limited experience. Now I must consider the reasons for this....Maia Sandershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04599840342247827418noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-26049441371674530722015-07-27T10:50:14.838-04:002015-07-27T10:50:14.838-04:00Very interesting. Regarding the point that it'...Very interesting. Regarding the point that it's hard to draw and have a conversation at the same time: Do you think there's something that makes that true specifically for drawing, as opposed to painting? I often talk on the phone (hands-free, with earbuds and microphone) while painting (but come to think of it, not as I recall when I'm doing the preliminary drawing) and I don't find that to be an impediment at all. Maybe it's the disembodied nature of that conversation - i.e., that the other person isn't present, and therefore isn't another set of eyes on what I'm doing - ? Anyway, that question is timely for me, having had that experience again just yesterday. <br /><br />Tom Harthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04770238579550226268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-16146497162117866262015-07-27T10:48:27.803-04:002015-07-27T10:48:27.803-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Tom Harthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04770238579550226268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-76281327093194057762015-07-27T09:47:17.294-04:002015-07-27T09:47:17.294-04:00James were you the one who posted an article (last...James were you the one who posted an article (last year I think) that explored this concept as it related to phantom limb pain? Really really interesting and exciting stuff.Jake Murrayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12980156585150313011noreply@blogger.com