December 2010
10 posts
Merry Christmas!
Music Fires Up Emotions in the Brain (Psych... →
psychotherapy:
In a new study using brain imaging, researchers have identified how key aspects of musical performance cause emotion-related brain activity.
Edward Large, Ph.D., the study’s principal investigator, and Heather Chapin, Ph.D., the lead author, believe that their study pinpoints how musical performances charge up the brain’s emotional centers, and said that their technique will lead...
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Let It Fall...1st draft chorus
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peace.
2:20 AM. I should long be asleep. The world outside my window is dark and quiet, save for the wind gusting and the sound of today’s fallen snow whipping around the street. The sounds of “Peace”, by Paul Kelly fill my ears through my headphones…a lovely, soothing instrumental guitar song.
My mind is not very at peace at the moment. It is filled with some worries, some...
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Christmas with the Cranky
Let me say I’m not really a Grinchy kind of person. I like to think I’m pretty patient and can tolerate a lot. But this time of year brings out the crazies everywhere you go and a few things just make me want to go into hiding from November until after New Year.
For one, you cannot drive fast enough for anyone, ever. This applies year round but is especially true at holiday time....
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“Writing is a form of personal freedom. It frees us from the mass identity we see...”
– Don Delillo
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