“Think of the silent adjustments we all make, the enormously complicated adjustments, merely to have a simple conversation with another human being. Think of the silent adjustments, and the subliminal toll they take on our equanimity, that we must make merely to understand how to behave in front of other people. And think of the humiliation undergone if these silent adjustments are not made.”

~ Wayne Koestenbaum

2/26/12 2/26/12

The Amygdaloids

2/26/12 2/26/12

Acknowledging Your Fear Rather Than Pushing It Away

2/23/12 2/23/12

Breaking through the Illusion of Transparency

"You're sort of in this three-dimensional landscape of sound and that's where I really like to be with my music. Like when I'm on stage, that's where I am. I'm not on stage in front of you, I'm in this landscape of sound. I can almost see the way the music happens, but that's not seeing people playing and it's not seeing somebody conducting.

It's not seeing an audience watching it. It's very much like this feeling of, What does the sound look like? The sweep of the sound, the way it moves up and down, or rushing forward."

~ Zoë Keating

2/21/12 2/21/12

Fleeting and Illusory Arrangements of Molecules

2/19/12 2/19/12

The Direct Experience of Emotions, Not the Stories

So after the mindfulness training, there was greater activation in regions of the brain that help control attention, including the insula, a region of the brain that allows you to feel your emotions as they are happening, the direct experience of emotions, not the stories.

2/19/12 2/19/12

A Collection of Parts

2/19/12 2/19/12

On the Back of Every Mistake

2/16/12 2/16/12