. The pictures are really boring! I wonder why that is? But there is always something to be amazed about even if the leaves didn't capture your imagination! I love reflections in glass…
mimi said
Love the photo - it's a reminder to me that the Outiside is always looking in ;>) You just happened to capture it for us. Cool!
helenrscpsaid
I love this picture too…it's a great reminder that we can't force it, but if we're open and receptive to it, there is amazing beauty and creativity everywhere.
Centria said
Oh Martha this is incredibly beautiful! I have been staring mesmerized at it. You have brought the Inside/Outside together as One. And isn't it interesting how your mind wanted to photograph the leaves and you were trying so hard…but it's almost like Spirit drew you to the place where there was energy. Where Spirit wanted to share with the world. I am so glad you decided to play! P.S. added carrot to the juice for the first time this morning. It was really yummy. And I think of you almost every single time I juice. And thanks for your kind words about the blog.…
abstract or impersonal facts) and procedural memories.
Episodic memory has a highly narrative or 'scene based' format in which concepts and ideas are conceived or recalled as experiences, examples, all enactments rather than as abstract, non-contextual definitions.
The episodic construction system can use fragments stored experience not only to reconstruct and remember the past but also to imagine the future, solve problems, test the fitness of proposed inventions or plans, or create imaginary scenarios and stories.
Episodic construction and creativity can be closely linked.
Individuals who rely on episodic narrative concepts rather than abstract, non-contextual facts will typically reason, remember and learn better using examples and illustrations rather than abstract concepts or definitions.
Many individuals with dyslexia will learn and remember better by transforming abstract information into narrative or case based information through the use of memory strategies or stories.
Many individuals with dyslexia enjoy (and are skilled in) creative writing even though they may have difficulty with formal academic writing or reading; so teachers should look carefully for signs of narrative ability in students with dyslexia and they should help talented individuals with dyslexia further their abilities through the use of appropriate tutoring and accommodations.
Narrative approaches can be useful for all sorts of occupational and educational tasks not just creative writing.
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Information taken from: Eide, B & Eide, F. (2011) The Dyslexic Advantage. London: Hay House UK Ltd.
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le to some who are strong visual thinkers but who may have had serious difficulties in conventional academic settings. . . . Different kinds of problems and different kinds of tools may require different talents and favor different kinds of brains." --Thomas G. West, from the preface to the first edition of In the Mind's Eye, 1991. "Thomas West . . . claims that visualization is not only a legitimate way to solve problems, it is a superior way; the best minds have used it. West urges us to join the dyslexics of the world and use pictures instead of words.
Thomas G. West
The computer-generated information superhighway could launch a new renaissance of creativity for millions of visual thinkers! Some of the greatest minds in politics, science, literature, and the arts experienced undetected learning disabilities that stopped them from assimilating information the same way as their peers. Some of our most original intellects Albert Einstein, Thomas Edison, Lewis Carroll, and Winston Churchill relied heavily on visual modes of thought, processing information in terms of images instead of words or numbers.
In the "Mind's Eye" profiles gifted individuals who used non-traditional methods in their work as it explodes many myths about conventional intelligence and charts new vistas for today's computer visualisation technologies. Thomas G. West examines the learning difficulties experienced by these people and others, and how recent neurological research shows an association between visual talents and verbal difficulties. In the "Mind's Eye" probes new data on dyslexics to see how computers enhance the creative potential of visual thinkers, as well as interactive computer applications to all levels of education and work. Updated with a new preface, epilogue, and expanded notes, this volume could be the clarion call for educators and corporations to mine this untapped resource of highly creative talent in our midst.
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Added by Michael Grove at 10:12 on February 12, 2011
k as 'the brain's "mental workspace"' where a person is able to manipulate images, ideas or theories which allows them to come up with new ideas. The researchers have published their report...
'Network structure and dynamics of the mental workspace'
in this week's Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
The research could also lead scientists to reproduce a similar creative process in artificial intelligence.
'Understanding these differences will give us insight into where human creativity comes from and possibly allow us to recreate those same creative processes in machines.'
Scientists have long imagined the human brain needed a widespread neural network in order to be able to think imaginatively.
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Added by Michael Grove at 9:15 on September 18, 2013
d, rather than utopian dreamings of what might be possible” Krznaric considers empathy - the ability to truly put oneself in the shoes of another - to be a vital but neglected human capacity. “I absolutely believe that empathy can be taught,” he says, citing the success of a programme for Canadian schoolchildren called ‘Roots of Empathy’. He would like to see something similar in British schools. He writes a blog about empathy called ‘Outrospection' and plans a book on the subject, and even a museum.by Jenny Lunnon - Interview with Roman Krznaric Oxford Times December 29th 2011
... as judged I would affirm in concert with THE MIND OF AN EMPATH !!!I would suppose therefore that my subsequent comment on Roman Krznaric's blog, entitled Why creativity is not about originality - just about summarises my own experience of LIFE ...
"Your reference to Michelangelo is well chosen, particularly in the context of his fame at the time for the outward appearance of the human body, which has coloured the majority of our status-quo collective mindset in this new millennium; juxtaposed to 'the bastard ' Leonardo, whose truly creative and brilliant 3D like drawings, of the internal workings of the human body, are still used today, because of their 'realism', during the instruction of surgeons in where and how to cut." SO as Leonardo well understood..."ALL IS IN NATURE and WE ARE A CIRCUMSTANCE of NATURE" ...feeling THE TRUTH THROUGH his OWN personal UNIVERSAL PERSPECTIVE, I would suggest.
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