Friday, July 29, 2011
Thursday, July 28, 2011
Study: Men Who Dig Art and Culture are Happier, Healthier and Calmer
By David DiSalvo
What I like about Norwegian researchers is that they are always trying to figure out what makes us more satisfied with life. You might say it’s their ”thing.” In the latest happy, happy volley from Norway, researchers have determined that guys who dose on culture are better off in mind and body than their uncultured counterparts.
The study, published in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, kept tabs on roughly 50,000 men and women to assess life satisfaction, perceived state of health, anxiety and depression.
Overall, both men and women who participated in cultural activities—including playing an instrument, painting, going to the theater and visiting museums—had lower levels of anxiety and depression, reported more life satisfaction, and generally “felt better” than those not participating in cultural activities.
But the biggest beneficiaries were men. And here’s the strange part: men more interested in watching and looking at culture—in museums and art galleries, for example – enjoyed the greatest benefits of all; even more than men actively participating in cultural and creative activities.
As odd as that may sound, it’s actually a well-evidenced result. Several studies from the early 1990’s onward have shown that exposure to art strongly correlates with lower anxiety and depression. A study published just last year in the Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing showed that hospitalized psychiatric patients required less anxiety medication when they were regularly exposed to art (the result was tracked through nurses who administer the meds — right from the source, so to speak).
These and other convincing results make a case that art has a quite tangible health value, even apart from the qualities we admire and value for more obvious reasons. The second study I mentioned above took the added step of quantifying how much money could be saved on meds and nurses’ time using the art-exposure method, and came up with an estimated savings of $30K a year per patient.
Worth noting, the Norwegian study also showed that the bigger the cultural dose, the more benefits one receives — suggesting that when you next visit a theater, museum or art gallery, you’d be wise to breathe deep and dose big.
via forbes
What I like about Norwegian researchers is that they are always trying to figure out what makes us more satisfied with life. You might say it’s their ”thing.” In the latest happy, happy volley from Norway, researchers have determined that guys who dose on culture are better off in mind and body than their uncultured counterparts.
The study, published in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, kept tabs on roughly 50,000 men and women to assess life satisfaction, perceived state of health, anxiety and depression.
Overall, both men and women who participated in cultural activities—including playing an instrument, painting, going to the theater and visiting museums—had lower levels of anxiety and depression, reported more life satisfaction, and generally “felt better” than those not participating in cultural activities.
But the biggest beneficiaries were men. And here’s the strange part: men more interested in watching and looking at culture—in museums and art galleries, for example – enjoyed the greatest benefits of all; even more than men actively participating in cultural and creative activities.
As odd as that may sound, it’s actually a well-evidenced result. Several studies from the early 1990’s onward have shown that exposure to art strongly correlates with lower anxiety and depression. A study published just last year in the Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing showed that hospitalized psychiatric patients required less anxiety medication when they were regularly exposed to art (the result was tracked through nurses who administer the meds — right from the source, so to speak).
These and other convincing results make a case that art has a quite tangible health value, even apart from the qualities we admire and value for more obvious reasons. The second study I mentioned above took the added step of quantifying how much money could be saved on meds and nurses’ time using the art-exposure method, and came up with an estimated savings of $30K a year per patient.
Worth noting, the Norwegian study also showed that the bigger the cultural dose, the more benefits one receives — suggesting that when you next visit a theater, museum or art gallery, you’d be wise to breathe deep and dose big.
via forbes
VIZIE graf
Artist Driven - Vizie Night from LRG on Vimeo.
cheetah print??
here's another one
Artist Driven - Vizie Day from LRG on Vimeo.
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Tuesday, July 26, 2011
Monday, July 25, 2011
Friday, July 22, 2011
U2's FanCam - Gigapixel 360 degree photo of a show on U2's 360 Tour
This is the photograph. The scrolling white LED lettering straight ahead (pretty much at dead center of the photograph) says "Howard University Vs. Morgan State University."
Just to give you an idea of how much you can zoom into this picture, I zoomed in on that.
Yes, that gentleman is just above the "U" in "Howard University"
silly.
check it out yourself here
Just to give you an idea of how much you can zoom into this picture, I zoomed in on that.
Yes, that gentleman is just above the "U" in "Howard University"
silly.
check it out yourself here
"I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free."
- Michaelangelo
This is actually the quote I was looking for
This is actually the quote I was looking for
The Finland Phenomenon
DVD documentary available for purchase at 2MMinutes
http://www.salon.com/news/david_sirota/2011/07/18/tony_wagner_finland/index.html
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shout out! haha
but in all seriousness, education is a big deal to me. I've had a few really good teachers in my life (one in particular, R.I.P.) and they all stick with you. they change you in a way thats not intrusive or limiting, but they open you up.
those teachers stuck with me. the rest? waste of time.
i suppose proper education takes hard work on both sides of the desk, but all i remember is: homework, easy, bored, wompwompwomp, lazy, stop working, oh shit test, cram, vomit information, and that hazy glossed over feeling after a test. no wonder kids drink so much. how are you supposed to learn like that?
i dont remember learning, i remember listening, and getting bored. i remember trying to take notes furiously so at least i can review, and not remembering what the hell they were talking about. i remember eventually the little cartoon characters becoming more important in my notes. eventually you lose track of why youre doing it altogether. at least i did. so i tried just to impress people. and when those people weren't impressed, what else was there?
ok, rant over
did i mention that its free to go to college in Finland?
Thursday, July 21, 2011
Another Earth
you know how you watch a movie and its not what you expected? this preview did that to me. twice
also i really like this theory, about parallel universes and all that - theres one that claims (sensibly) that IF the universe is infinite, then just by mathematical definition there are infinite versions of earth, and every iteration of every sequence of events possible, meaning a version of Earth where everything was the same except you DID ask that one girl out
Wednesday, July 20, 2011
"If you want to live your life in a creative way, as an artist, you have to not look back too much. You have to be willing to take whatever you’ve done and whoever you were and throw them away. What are we, anyway? Most of what we think we are is just a collection of likes and dislikes, habits, patterns. At the core of what we are is our values, and what decisions and actions we make reflect those values. That is why it’s hard doing interviews and being visible: As you are growing and changing, the more the outside world tries to reinforce an image of you that it thinks you are, the harder it is to continue to be an artist, which is why a lot of times, artists have to go, “Bye. I have to go. I’m going crazy and I’m getting out of here.” And they go and hibernate somewhere. Maybe later they re-emerge a little differently."
- Steve Jobs
Post 1000 - Cornel West in "Examined Life"
what i had in mind when i created this blog was to keep a record of the discovery of the ignorance of my thoughts, breaking down constructs that i had developed for whatever reason, so that i could be more open, more understanding and alive.
I think this is appropriate
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
Monday, July 18, 2011
Casual 3.1 Rise/Fall
Casual 3.1: A Rise/Fall from Altermotion Pictures on Vimeo.
First episode of the last season
Thursday, July 14, 2011
Wednesday, July 13, 2011
"Ignoring his son's wishes to attend a classical high school and become an artist, in September 1900 his father sent Adolf to the Realschule in Linz, a technical high school of about 300 students. Hitler rebelled against this decision, and in Mein Kampf revealed that he failed his first year, hoping that once his father saw "what little progress I was making at the technical school he would let me devote myself to the happiness I dreamed of." Alois was unrelenting, however, and Hitler became even more bitter and rebellious."
Tuesday, July 12, 2011
Monday, July 11, 2011
Salar de Uyuni - (in case it wasn't clear, this is REAL PHOTOGRAPH)
...the world's largest salt flat at 10,582 square kilometers (4,086 sq mi). It is located in southwest Bolivia, near the crest of the Andes, and is elevated 3,656 meters (11,995 ft) above the mean sea level.
referred to as the border between heaven and earth
pic from tomrawski flikr
info from wiki and fuckyeaheyecandy
"Painting is silent poetry, and poetry eloquent painting."
- Greek poet Simonides, who also said "A man gains no possession better than a good woman, nothing more horrible than a bad one."
Friday, July 8, 2011
"Live the questions now. Perhaps you will then gradually, without noticing it, live along some distant day into the answer."
- Rainer Maria Rilke Letters to a Young Poet
"Death walks faster than the wind and never returns what he has taken."
- Hans Christian Anderson, The Story of a Mother
Thursday, July 7, 2011
Tuesday, July 5, 2011
Monday, July 4, 2011
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