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Melanie Warner Spencer
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👩🏻‍💻📷Journalist+Photographer 🧘🏻‍♀️Yoga+Ayurveda Teacher 🐈‍⬛Cat mom ⚜️New Orleans https://linktr.ee/melaniewarnerspencer
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CC: @jayzissou.bsky.social and @nov8tive1.bsky.social, because I’ve had several related exchanges with each of you and I know you both also strive to understand wtf is happening. 😅
Welp, this explains a lot. “Is it that, if they already had a larger amygdala, that made them more attracted to ideologies that dealt with fear and threat and disgust …? Or maybe being immersed in a world that’s very focused on those negative feelings can actually change the brain.”
Why Our Brains Crave Ideology
A neuroscientist reveals how to nurture authentic and flexible thinking
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Ha! Lucky for both of us, I am! 😂
Thank you for the kind words and the thoughtful response. I agree that sitting with a work and really tuning into whatever comes up is an important step in viewing art. Especially art that evokes a strong negative response. It’s worth it every time.
@nov8tive1.bsky.social I’d love to hear your thoughts on this if you have time to give it a read.
Satire, subversive art and protest art can inspire change within the viewer and and spur change within society. Often it is used on the signs and in the costumes of protestors. It was one such costume that inspired me to write this essay. Is it art or a nazi?
The Art of Protest
Often designed to shock and provoke, subversive and satirical art makes us think critically and forces us to confront our worst inclinations, much like the signs and costumes at protests and parades.
open.substack.com
When it’s so bad I feel compelled to write about the economy, it is very bad indeed. If you want the price of your 401k to go up and coffee and eggs to go down, you’ll want to see … what’s written in this post.
Tree Branches
How you, me, nature, the economy, government institutions and global community are interconnected and interdependent, whether we like it or not
open.substack.com
I’m on the The Clash to Public Enemy scale.
I would say the biggest hindrance is time whether it’s reverting back to maiden name or applying for a passport that matches your birth certificate. But it might be worthwhile to ask a lawyer.
Can I time machine for shenanigans instead?
Dreaming big has no age limit. There are some dreams that are even sweeter when done later.
“When you speed up the exchange of messages and information beyond a certain point, you actually overwhelm the mind’s ability to make sense of it all in a deep way,” Nicholas Carr tells Don Peck in Time-Travel Thursdays.
Nicholas Carr: Is the Internet Making Us Stupid?
A conversation about how online life has rewired our brains
www.theatlantic.com
Guuurl. This hellscape is worsening at an alarmingly high speed.
I do. I’m able to stop intrusive thoughts due to the work done via my meditation practice. The practice has taught me to note the intrusive thought, acknowledge and honor it, then redirect my attention rather than dwell on the thought. It’s one of the countless benefits of this practice.
We celebrated my hubby’s 53rd yesterday. I finally got him to meditate. It was before he knew I was baking him this cake so I know he didn’t do it because of bribery. 🤣
Seriously. 🙄 I’m considering stocking up on Act floride mouthwash.
I’m still processing this information. It explains some things. Like why he never wanted pizza. (One of many childhood traumas.) But I’m still stunned.
I was today years old when I learned my dad doesn’t really like cheese and “doesn’t see the point of it.” I am SHOOK. I thought I knew this man. What’s something you learned about a parent that has stunned you?
I always knew stale baguettes were a real threat. Tots and pears.