October 2011
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September 2011
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The Neuroscience of Beauty →
theatlantic:
The notion of “the aesthetic” is a concept from the philosophy of art of the 18th century according to which the perception of beauty occurs by means of a special process distinct from the appraisal of ordinary objects. Hence, our appreciation of a sublime painting is presumed to be cognitively distinct from our appreciation of, say, an apple. The field of “neuroaesthetics” has...
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onlyimage:
have i talked about how much i love the chloe sevigny drag queen? i wish the real chloe was this self-aware.
frozen gruyere-air!
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nprmusic:
In her new music video for “Knots,” Irish singer-songwriter Lisa Hannigan plays a white ukulele while being repeatedly sprayed, pelted and drizzled with wet, Crayola-colored paint. The result is both cringe-worthy and irresistible.
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