"(…) the obligation — the morality, if you wish — of all the arts today is to intensify, alter perceptual awareness and, hence, consciousness.
SOCIAL CHOREOGRAPHY engages everyone ́s perception and knowledge of “how things move”, inquiring if and how individuals can imaginatively order and re-order aspects of their personal, social, cultural and political lives. THE INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL CHOREOGRAPHY:
Having understood the world differently, SOMETHING should follow for how we conduct our affairs in it.
- Andrew Pickering: Making Anothe
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Robert Wilson on the Wonder to Be Found in Time, Space, and Light - Time Sensitive Candid, revealing portraits of curious and courageous people who have a distinct perspective on time. Host Spencer Bailey interviews leading minds about their life and work through the lens of time—how they think about time broadly and how specific moments in time have shaped who they are today.
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From Northern Ireland, Dance as a ‘Physical Prayer’ Oona Doherty, a rising star in Europe, brings a Belfast-inspired piece to New York. “This is about kinetic trauma,” she says. “This is about you, as well.”
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PROSPECTING THE UNCONSCIOUS: a brief history of the human mind with dreams as the connecting thread
The History of Dreams, From Greek Mythology to Last Night’s Sleep In “The Oracle of Night,” Sidarta Ribeiro makes a resounding case for the mystery, beauty and cognitive importance of dreams.
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The Vegetal Mind-Set
Reconnecting to the vegetal mindfulness in us An interview with philosopher Michael Marder
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THE POWERFUL WILL NOT TO KNOW
This brings to mind another psychoanalyst: Wilfred Bion.
He theorised that we have – at some moments – a will to know something about ourselves and our lives, even when that knowledge is profoundly painful.
This, he called being in “K”.
But there is also a powerful will not to know, a wish to defend against this awareness so that we can continue to live cosseted by lies; this is to be in “–K” (spoken as “minus K”).
A REALITY TOO HORRIFIC TO BEAR
I wonder if the pandemic has been a reality some of us feel is too horrific to bear. The uncertainty, the deaths, the trauma, the precarity; perhaps we have unconsciously chosen to live in the misty, murky brain fog of –K rather than to face, to suffer, the true pain and horror of our situation.
Perhaps we are having problems with our thinking because the truth of the experience, for many of us...
is simply unthinkable.
Brain fog: how trauma, uncertainty and isolation have affected our minds and memory After a year of lockdown, many of us are finding it hard to think clearly, or remember what happened when. Neuroscientists and behavioural experts explain why
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William S. Burroughs (Feb. 5, 1914 - Aug. 2, 1997)
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Iceland tested a 4-day workweek. Employees were productive — and happier, researchers say. Some of the trials’ key findings showed that a shorter week translated into increased well-being of employees among a range of indicators, from stress and burnout to health and work-life balance.
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Epistemic Humility and the Social Relevance of Non-Knowledge, Alena Bleicher In their paper, Parviainen, Kosiki, and Torkkola (2021) take as their point of departure the epistemic paradox of the need for scientific knowledge for evidence-based political decision-making in…
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Conversation between John Lennon & Vietnam Vet Who Came to His Home | John & Yoko: Above Us Only Sky Subscribe to Channel 4 Docs: https://bit.ly/2IzNJyiWatch the FULL series on All 4: https://bit.ly/2QoPPaFA Vietnam veteran shows up to John & Yoko’s doorstep...