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Tantra Song is a singular and revelatory collection of rare Tantric paintings made anonymously by adepts in Rajasthan and used to awaken heightened states of consciousness. The paintings’ magnetic, vibratory beauty—as well as their deep affinity with 20th century abstract art—inspires acute attention and boundless contemplation.
Video talks (blog link) featuring – The Hard Problem of Consciousness (David Chalmers, Daniel Dennett, & Donald Hoffman) ; Christof Koch: The scientific pursuit of consciousness ; Olaf Blanke: Out-of body experiences, consciousness, and cognitive neuroprosthetics ; and Ned Block: Two Forms of Higher Order Theories of Consciousness
Stuart Hameroff’s research involves a theory of consciousness developed over the past 20 years with eminent British physicist Sir Roger Penrose. Called ‘orchestrated objective reduction’ (‘Orch OR’), it suggests consciousness arises from quantum vibrations in protein polymers called microtubules inside the brain’s neurons, vibrations which interfere, ‘collapse’ and resonate across scale, control neuronal firings, generate consciousness, and connect ultimately to ‘deeper order’ ripples in spacetime geometry. Consciousness is more like music than computation.
ArtScienceMindLife videos featuring Anselm Kiefer: Art is Spiritual ; Evan Thompson – Context Matters: Steps to an Embodied Cognitive Science of Mindfulness ; Linda Dalrymple Henderson: Abstract Art in Its Spiritual and Scientific Context ; Alain de Botton: On Art as Therapy ; and Jeff Lieberman: Science and Spirituality
“Quantum holism demonstrates to us the essential holism that pervades our world….But quantum holism only gets us half way to true holism. It does not speak to the holism of human experience. For this we need a new method…” says Arthur Zajonc, Emeritus Professor of Physics at Amherst College and President of the Mind & Life Institute, in this stimulating article.
Rhythmic videos (blog link) featuring Russell Foster: The Rhythms of Life – What your body clock means to you from eye disease to jet lag ; Phillip M Gilley: Brain Rhythms ; Bernie Krause: The voice of the natural world ; Clayton Cameron: The Brush Master ; Anje-Margriet Neutel: Feedback loops: How nature gets its rhythms ; and Sabina Sandoval: Celebrating the rhythms of life by being in the pocket.
What does the sound of living cells sound like? This blog explores the discovery of cellular sounds through the science nano-biotechnology and how it is being utilized in art.
Artist, Steven Gawoski, reveals the drama and rhythms of the infinitesimal. Using a lexicon of images derived from scanning electron micrography, fossils and insect morphology, he creates a personal narrative through graphite and monochrome colored pencil drawings.
What do African rhythms, spallation neutron source accelerators in nuclear physics, string theory in computer science, and an ancient algorithm described by Euclid have in common? Godfried Toussaint, Professor of Computer Science and the Head of the Computer Science Program at New York University Abu Dhabi, reveals the answer.
Working intuitively, artist and ceramicist, Clare Crouchman, explores the underlying connections and systems that reflect notions in quantum physics and the idea of unity. The resulting patterns or rhythms of lines are interrelating but there is not necessarily a sequence of events, more an underlying network of integration.