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Saturday, May 31, 2008

Neuroanatomist Jill Bolte Taylor on happiness

Filed under: all,bangkok,thailand,yoga — luke @ 23:38


this video of a presentation from the recent TED conference is one of the most interesting things that i’ve seen in a long time, it’s well worth the 18m44sec that it takes to watch. the description of the video on the website is:

Neuroanatomist Jill Bolte Taylor had an opportunity few brain scientists would wish for: One morning, she realized she was having a massive stroke. As it happened — as she felt her brain functions slip away one by one, speech, movement, understanding — she studied and remembered every moment. This is a powerful story about how our brains define us and connect us to the world and to one another.

but what that description doesn’t get into is the insight that mrs taylor had about how the brain can bring about both happiness and suffering. as she lost the left half of her brain, the feelings she described are very similar to the feelings yogis and meditators describe when deep into their practice. in fact, she may have even experienced a bit of what pantalji describes as samathi. as a person with a scientific background, i found it especially interesting to hear these insights from a scientist.


update: just read this in the new york times
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/25/fashion/25brain.html?ex=1212465600&en=efc869a654443efb&ei=5070&emc=eta1

“I believe that the more time we spend choosing to run the deep inner peace circuitry of our right hemispheres, the more peace we will project into the world, and the more peaceful our planet will be.”


วิดิโอนี้มาจากการประชุมของ TED ที่เพิ่งผ่านมา
พอดูมาลุคก็มีความรู้สึกว่าไม่ได้ดูอะไรน่าสนใจเท่านี้มานานแล้วเวลา
18m44sec ที่คุณต้องจะใช้ในการชมจะคุ้มแน่นอน เว็บไซต์ของ TED มีคำอธิบายนี้

Neuroanatomist Jill Bolte Taylor had an opportunity few brain scientists would wish for: One morning, she realized she was having a massive stroke. As it happened — as she felt her brain functions slip away one by one, speech, movement, understanding — she studied and remembered every moment. This is a powerful story about how our brains define us and connect us to the world and to one another.

แต่ที่บทนี้ขาดคือทัศนคติของนักวิทยาศาสตร์คนนี้ว่า

ความสุขและความทุกข์ยอมเกิดจากสมองของเราเอง พอสมองส่วนซ้ายของเขาหายไป
เขาก็เริ่มรู้สึกเหมือนกับพวกโยคีและผู้ปฏิบัติธรรม คนที่ปฏิบัตินาน
ที่จริงนาจะเป็นเหมือนกับที่ pantalji เรียกว่า samathi
ี่ลุคมีประสบการณ์ทางวิทยาศาสตร์
จะเห็นว่ายิ่งน่าสนใจที่ได้ยินนักวิทยาศาสตร์อธิบายอย่างนี้


update: เพิ่งอ่านนี้ในหนังสือพิมพ์ new york times
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/25/fashion/25brain.html?ex=1212465600&en=efc869a654443efb&ei=5070&emc=eta1

“I believe that the more time we spend choosing to run the deep inner peace circuitry of our right hemispheres, the more peace we will project into the world, and the more peaceful our planet will be.”



final colors press roundup

Filed under: art,bangkok,photography,thailand — luke @ 19:40

click any of the images to view a full size version of the article.


opening party coverage in volume magazine.


event coverage in thai rat (ไทยรัฐ), thailand’s biggest newspaper


daily xpress highlighted the event as a hot activity of the day many times


bk magazine listed the event as a “pick of the week” two weeks in a row



Wednesday, May 21, 2008

opening party photos

Filed under: art,bangkok,photography,thailand — luke @ 6:25

we took down the show today …. 13 of the 47 works are done, look for an online catalog of the remaining ones after my exams are done. in the meantime, here are some photos from the opening party. photos in slide show by volume magazine and kongsak poonponwattanaporn. top photo by suebsang sangwachirapib (click the photo to enlarge it).



Saturday, May 17, 2008

sherry and i interviewed in the nation newspaper

Filed under: art,bangkok,photography,thailand — luke @ 17:40

the nation newspaper interviewed sherry and i at the opening, and then published the following article on friday may 16th. the article ran 3/4 of the page, which is much bigger than my scanner and is why the scan looks a bit wonky.

anyone who has spent much time listening to me, may notice that the quotes sound a bit off. they interviewed us both in thai and then wrote the article in english …. wherever i am quoted, they are translating something i said into english. anyway, they captured the essence of what i wanted to say, they just phrased it a little differently than i would have.

i’ll be updating the site and adding photos from the opening soon …. i’ve got final exams next weekend tho, so it may be a little delayed. i’ll get back to posting in thai and english once finals are over too, for now i’m too busy … or maybe too lazy.

(click the image to download the full version)



Tuesday, May 6, 2008

camilian house, seva and bk magazine

Filed under: art,bangkok,photography,thailand — luke @ 7:09

all proceeds from our event are being donated to charities, the camilian house home for children with hiv / aids in rayong, thailand and the seva foundation which works to eradicate blindness around the world (with significant work being done in india).

we have two short movies which will be shown at the event, if you can’t make it tho you can check them out here. please contact me if you want to make a donation

these news clippings were in bk magazine, a weekly publication dedicated to music, art, culture in bangkok.



Saturday, May 3, 2008

colors of india in the bangkok post

Filed under: art,bangkok,photography,thailand — luke @ 21:20

bkkpost_thumb.jpg

more press for the exhibit, this was in friday’s edition of the bangkok post, thailand’s largest english language daily.

download the full version here