re\set

we need to reset.. differently.. not again

art (by day/light) and sleep (by night/dark) as re\set.. to fittingness

adding page this day:

on sleep

the 24 hr mind – rosalind cartwright- the science of sleep via maria: https://www.brainpickings.org/2012/08/13/the-twenty-four-hour-mind-rosalind-cartwright/

The more severe the depression, the earlier the first REM begins..This early REM displaces the initial deep sleep, which is not fully recovered later in the night.. related to physical repair. If we do not get enough deep sleep, our bodies take longer to heal and grow.

What is carried forward from waking hours into sleep are recent experiences that have an emotional component, often those that were negative in tone but not noticed at the time or not fully resolved. One proposed purpose of dreaming, of what dreaming accomplishes (known as the mood regulatory function of dreams theory) is that dreaming modulates disturbances in emotion, regulating those that are troublesome. . Studies show that negative mood is down-regulated overnight

This melding of new and old memory fragments modifies the network of emotional self-defining memories, and thus updates the organizational picture we hold of ‘who I am and what is good for me and what is not.’ In this way, dreaming diffuses the emotional charge of the event and so prepares the sleeper to wake ready to see things in a more positive light, to make a fresh start.

In very broad strokes, this is the definition of the mood-regulatory function of dreaming, one basic to the new model of the twenty-four hour mind I am proposing.

art and sleep as reset

Sleep is a busy time, interweaving streams of thought with emotional values attached, as they fit or challenge the organizational structure that represents our identity. One function of all this action, I believe, is to regulate disturbing emotion in order to keep it from disrupting our sleep and subsequent waking functioning.

on art

Research has shown that making art — even bad art — can improve your mood, strengthen critical areas of the brain, and make you more resilient to stress. https://t.co/f7qwHIaQUP https://t.co/tKlbq1ATDx
Original Tweet: https://twitter.com/bigthink/status/1151814917726580736

Ellen Winner, a psychologist who has studied art, said:

“My best guess is that art itself is not a direct product of natural selection, but is a byproduct of our bigger brains — which themselves evolved for survival reasons. Art is just something we cannot help but do. While we may not need art to survive, our lives would be entirely different without it. The arts are a way of making sense of and understanding ourselves and others, a form of meaning-making just as important as are the sciences.”

thing you can’t not do

They found that the art production group had significantly more connections in a critical part of the brain called the default mode network. The default mode network is associated with a variety of functions, such as reflecting on one’s emotional state, empathy, and imagining the future.

producing visual art diminishes the experience of negative emotions and increases positive ones and reduces depression, stress, and anxiety. There appears to be a significant connection between producing visual art and physical health as well, especially since visual art production has been linked with reducing cortisol, the hormone associated with stress.

bateson safety law: art is dangersouly safe – nora bateson

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post by david on common\ing and art (Art is that interesting piece inside each one of us. It’s that thing you can’t not do.):

Michel Bauwens (@mbauwens) tweeted at 1:36 PM on Mon, Dec 09, 2019:
Commoning as the Heartbeat of Art & Culture – Resilience https://t.co/FMsT6pBWBl
(https://twitter.com/mbauwens/status/1204137676473012224?s=03)

rather.. commoning as the heartbeat of humanity.. (art as being human; as fittingness)

if we were truly commoning .. we’d realize we’re all art\ists.. begs we do this first: free art-ists.. for (blank)’s sake.. there’s a nother way