Quite literally, I review addictions literature every single day of this semester. From methamphetamine to tobacco, these academic behaviors pervade. To understand addiction is to understand the continuum of human mind-body system. Some addictive behaviors are learned. Others coagulate under more conspicuous terms.
Actively searching for neurological research on the changes within the brain, I find myself considering how much "scientists" really don't understand. It is in a scientist's search that understanding is gathered. Paradoxically, scientific understanding historically breeds a spectrum of incertitude.
Perhaps their is an order, rhyme, or reason to "Life on Earth". Perhaps the search itself fulfills some innate human need to reason, hypothesize, generate knowledge, etc...
Perchance wisdom lies within the search, within the mis-understandings, within the diversity of human experience. Life on this Earth, through its beauty, is a mystery among mysteries. Quite breathtaking upon reflection...
Tuesday, September 10, 2013
Monday, September 2, 2013
Studying in the Bat Tower
From studying counseling theories to watching a flock of bats corrugate around UNO's clocktower, this week signaled analysis and wonder...
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How about the movie Cloud Atlas? It's plotlines compete and connect, waiving constructs of time aside & weaving a theme of reincarnation throughout.
My interests lie in the delicate mixture of logic and intuition. Clearly, individuals and 'individual' value cognitions, stories, wisdoms...
I believe that we understand through the lens of our aggregated microcultures. Our expressions of 'self-and-other' intertwine delicately (and quite beautifully), puzzling together individual and collective realities.
I read a powerful quotation this week... "Those who sit in silence speak as powerfully as those with words; however subtly, their purpose is expressed." It helps me to think of a football stadium whose team just lost on a game-winning field goal.
Throughout this semester, I hope to communicate my purpose to others through my words, actions, and silences.
xHow about the movie Cloud Atlas? It's plotlines compete and connect, waiving constructs of time aside & weaving a theme of reincarnation throughout.
My interests lie in the delicate mixture of logic and intuition. Clearly, individuals and 'individual' value cognitions, stories, wisdoms...
I believe that we understand through the lens of our aggregated microcultures. Our expressions of 'self-and-other' intertwine delicately (and quite beautifully), puzzling together individual and collective realities.
I read a powerful quotation this week... "Those who sit in silence speak as powerfully as those with words; however subtly, their purpose is expressed." It helps me to think of a football stadium whose team just lost on a game-winning field goal.
Throughout this semester, I hope to communicate my purpose to others through my words, actions, and silences.
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