Category: MFA

Ambiguity is described by scientists as the rule rather than the exception in perception.  One example of ambiguity is a simplistic line drawing that can be construed as a rabbit or a duck. Sometimes people get stuck in only being able to see one aspect of the drawing. The inability to see another side of a…

What we see, and what we think we see, are two different things. The fact that the brain makes stuff up in visual perception is a reality that I never tire of exploring.  I am convinced that if we ground our understanding of ourselves in the actual basics of perception, we could take a load of…

This study is discussed to support the idea that we have a lot of built-in flaws and that shared acknowledgement of them will lead to a kinder more compassionate culture. Asymmetry According to Kenneth Hugdahl in an article titled Symmetry and Asymmetry in the human brain what may seem to look symmetrical functions asymmetrically.  In his analysis…

The starting point of visual perception is light, obviously.  The eye is essentially like a camera that sends signals to the brain to represent what is perceived.  An image is created through light that is projected onto the back of the eye onto a sheet of photoreceptors.  Photoreceptors as the term suggests are the cells…

To begin to dismantle Freud the starting point is to acknowledge that words are symbols.  Sometimes words have a direct connection to the thing described such as chairs.  Once we start to name attributes of mind and emotion words no longer have any direct physical correlation. A great phrase to keep in mind when we speak about…

Can we say people who are homeless are cultures canaries in the coal mine, or does that fall into some category of prejudice? Canaries were taken down in the coalmine by miners because the birds suffered or died before the miners due to noxious substances. This warned the miners to get out. Maybe folks living…

Sondra is bedfellows with Jesus and Jung.  Why not, they all think the same way.  In JC’s teachings people are bad and in need of redemption. Jung was also right when he described all humans as having a dark side that must be accepted within oneself to get along in this world.  And just like them, Sondra…

Eternalizing the Moment (ETM) is a distorted relationship with time.  This mindset perceives a momentary slice of time and responds as if it is going to last forever. People gripped in this relationship to time are indicative of anxious repetitive personality profiles (ARPPs).  Such persons are completely oblivious to the dynamics of time as everchanging.  The idea of…

Emotion is the primary driver of our actions, so it is useful to explore common patterns of behaviour that emotions are wrapped up in.  Projection is a typical human behaviour pattern. It is a term associated with Sigmund Freud, father of psychoanalysis and enduring Cultural Master of mass acceptance of his version of the dynamics of…