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The Connection between the Brain and Art

Jennifer Hotes Season 5 Episode 4

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How are you this week? Have you been seeing more places, spaces, where two opposing forces or states of being intersect? Have you witnessed the magic in those juicy spaces? If you're nodding yes, has the supernatural winked at you? Given you more overt breadcrumbs? 

This morning as I ran, I watched the clouds move across the sky, one in particular was shaped like a pyramid. It then morphed into a shark. Is cloud scrying a thing? Certain shapes, designs, patterns, images evoke a deep knowing in me, remind me of my connection to everything else. A spiral, for example. It calls to mind a whirlpool, a vortex of energy, a portal. Spirals, pyramids, waves, checkerboard patterns, art on a cave wall, the handprint of another human created thousands of years ago that we can picture placing a hand over, a mental link to ancient ones that stretches the bounds of time and space. 

Art is a magical bridge, both from us to other civilizations, or cultures, or individuals. It's also an internal bridge between sides of our brain, logic and creativity, math and mental health. Our self-expression is potent medicine.

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 What to Read/Listen/Watch NEXT

What Art Does to Your Brain, Berkeley.edu

Your Brain on Art, Susan Magsamen and Ivy Ross, Amazon.com

Art and the Brain, The Healing Power of Art

How to Integrate Art into Your Daily Life, The Roanoke Star dot com

What Your Favorite Color Says about You, According to an Expert, The Pioneer Woman 

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