“How do you design cities and civic spaces in ways that account for people’s varied reactions to sound itself? Where does “sound” end, and “noise” begin?”
Tag: 05.01.14
Can Neuroscience Explain Aesthetics?
“What in the brain triggers aesthetic experiences? And how does knowledge of basic brain mechanisms inform our understanding of these experiences?”
Is Meditation Overrated?
A review of the published clinical trials indicates that, with a few limited (though important) exceptions, there’s very little scientific evidence so far for the health benefits that meditation is said to provide.
Assi Dayan, 68, Giant Of Israel’s Film Industry
“The son of the late defense minister and general, Moshe Dayan, Assi starred in dozens of movies, directed a handful of classic films, and was the lead, playing a psychologist, in one of the most successful Israeli television series of all time, BeTipul, which was adapted by HBO into the American show In Treatment.”
That Art Dealer Who Asked To Run A Program For Bronx Kids Instead Of Going To Jail? Didn’t Work
“With a stinging rebuke, a federal judge on Wednesday sentenced Hillel Nahmad, an Upper East Side gallery owner and scion of a powerful art family, to a year in prison on a gambling charge, saying that money could not prevent his incarceration.”
In This Whitney Biennial Piece, The Donation Box Is The Art
“I don’t know how much I’ve amassed. There’s certainly a nice quantity of things other than legal tender — some I’ve been able to identify: bumper stickers, a credit card, museum literature, invite flyers. (There’s one $1 bill that has “Fuck You Daren Bader” written on it — awwwww.)”
Yet Another Trailblazing Gay Bookstore To Close
“The Internet, however, has been relentless in its gradual destruction of the store and cultural landmark. So, come mid-May, Giovanni’s Room – one of the nation’s few such bookstores – will close, ending its run as an oasis for gays in search of literature, and even shelter during more hostile years gone by.”
Why MOOCs Are A Major Advance In Learning
“First, because modern information technology allows for unprecedented interactivity and inter-personal connection, the formation of communities of learners on a global scale. Second, because the ability of computers to process information means that we can, for the first time, replicate and improve upon fundamental processes of learning.”
Why I Miss Arts Critics
“The dull-and-earnest J-skool instructors will tell you that reviews, like other news stories, are the first draft of history and our community’s public record. They’ll add that public money always requires public scrutiny. Sure. But that’s not why readers read. We do it to be amused, to think, and to understand the world.”
The Best Place In The World To Buy Classical CDs
“What’s astonishing about it is the range and depth of what they’ve got on the shelves. You ain’t seen nothin’ in terms of physically available CDs if you haven’t been to this particular patch of classical-music paradise.”