3 posts tagged “karl pribram”
Yes, I'm steeping myself in this, because of my image for the new show:
Karl Pribran and Jeffrey Mishlove on "The Holographic Brain"
This morning heading over to the gallery to meet with my Dad and younger bro to see the work (for the first time hanging in the gallery, and get to check out everyone else's work in the "Art and Science" show, please see my main website "galleries" tab for more info:
I went to check out MOCA yesterday, renewed my artists discount and met David McDonald, who it turns out also is in the collection of Diana Zlotnick and knows a lot of the same people, including Llyn Foulkes. Joseph De Mario, my curator at BAE (Bakery Art Exhibitions) and I went to check out the Richard Tuttle show. Matthew Monahan's work was amazing too, I want to go back to have a better look at his stuff (we mostly focused on Tuttle's work). Thomas Hirschhorn and Roxy Paine also had an amazing piece, a statement on post 911 American life. Although the Tuttle show ends tomorrow 7/30/7, I urge anyone who can make it to go!
Now onto making myself an amazing Sunday breakfast - using lentils, tofu, rice, vegan cheese, and english muffins. Have to leave at noon to have my family gallery visit!!!
TTFN,
Melissa
I've been having so much fun researching holonomic brain theory - reading about Karl Pribram, Fourier transformations, the uncertainly principle, Plank's constraint, etc. Reading this stuff, rather than art history, which I desperately need to do, because of my new piece over at the 2nd City Gallery in Long Beach (starts this Saturday, see blog below for more info.)
What I basically get from all this reading is that the old view of how the brain works is that information is stored in specific locations. Now the theory goes that we've learned, and tests have proven (unfortunately on cats and monkeys, whom I feel extremely sorry for) that the brain functions as a dissipative structure, whose lens (consciousness) focuses. In other words, what quantum physics shows about the uncertainty principle and how the brain functions is essentially the same, the brain being a tool to "decrease this uncertainty in the direction of its theoretical limit" (quote from Jeff Prideaux, who wrote "Comparison between Karl Pribram's 'Holographic Brain Theory' and more conventional models of neuronal computation".
Ok, enough of that stuff. Today the weather is very unusual for July in the Valley - rather cool! Woke up feeling great this morning, slowly but surely getting out from under the spell of the ex-boyfriend. Dressing up in a cute summer dress for the Vegan Toastmasters on Saturday was definitely the lift I needed - my friend Pam and I both dressed similarly, and funny enough, she noticed men checking me out but not her and I noticed the reverse (it always works that way, doesn't it? My Dad says men are very "sneaky" in how they check out women...) Not that I'm concerned about dating anytime again soon. I'm beginning to think internet dating sites are just plain evil. Meeting someone the old fashioned way has merit...
Well gotta go to prepare a lunch for myself. Ciao all!
Hey everyone back again! Up early this morning...got two new gallery shows coming up! I guess I need to "be careful what I ask for", as shows cost $$$$ and so far, no sales. It seems in the art world, if your not hand picked after getting your MA, you have to build your reputation up gradually, and it's a long haul. All my other artist friends are doing the exact same thing...and it's extremely time-consuming.
I'm reading about holograms now, and about to exercise while reading "The Holographic Brain with Karl Bribram, Ph.D.
I hope lots of you caught the special on American Musicians yesterday on KCRW, 89.9 FM. It was great - Nina Simone, Fats Waller, etc. They started out with a special on Paul Simon, I guess I'd forgotten how many great things he's contributed (I don't care for some of his later stuff, so I for the most part forgot his legacy!)
Check it out here:
Well gotta get to exercising now - back soon!!!
Melissa
