"The intuitive mind is a sacred gift, and the rational mind is a faithful servant. We have created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift." - Albert Einstein In her seminal book, Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain, Betty Edwards illustrates how engaging the brain's right hemisphere—responsible for visual and spatial Continue Reading
Art & Communication: Bridging the Language Gap
“If I could say it in words, there would be no reason to paint.” – Edward Hopper, American Artist, 1882-1967. I felt like I didn’t fit in for most of my life. I strived to describe my life’s path to fit into the world of “normal.” Most people seemed to move in straight lines, seek quick answers, and value logic over intuition. My mind doesn’t work that Continue Reading
When the Brain Becomes One: My Journey into a Whole-Brain Experience
I think the most significant creative activities of our or any other human culture - legal and ethical systems, art and music, science and technology - were made possible only through the collaborative work of the left and right cerebral hemispheres…we might say that human culture is the function of corpus callosum.- Carl Sagan There are moments when Continue Reading