Saturday, June 19, 2021

Poetry Will Process Emotions

https://www.firstpost.com/art-and-culture/as-poetry-charts-a-pop-culture-comeback-a-look-at-how-rhyme-rhythm-and-verse-help-us-express-emotion-9702931.html

"Words contagiously move us. As neuroscientist Christian Keysers explains in The Empathic Brain..."
 
"Of particular interest is the role of mirror neurons. These brain cells fire when an action is observed or performed, and they tell us a lot about how we understand the actions of others. They suggest understanding comes from mirroring or imitation that takes place in the brain but is acted out or felt in the body."
 

Wednesday, June 09, 2021

Writers Dream

https://getpocket.com/explore/item/no-one-cares-about-your-dreams-unless-you-re-a-famous-writer?utm_source=pocket-newtab

 Katherine Mansfield dreams of Oscar Wilde

 Vladimir Nabokov dreams of seeking butterflies with a spoon

 Ernest Hemingway dreams of war. . . and also sex