Ok, it’s really not that hard to grock.

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.

“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.”

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

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).

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)

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.

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