Asterion Avocado
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This is Your Brain on Painting: Effects on Memory, Emotions, and Cognition
Across multiple lands and worlds, the message appears loud and clear: meditate. Meditate. For mindfulness is now accepted as healing for many conditions of the human psyche: trauma, internalised dysfunctions, and the all unfortunate and inevitable ageing of the brain.
By Asterion Avocadoabout a year ago in Psyche
Trees are Not for Poor People
While mocking tree equity, critics of the provision ignore what it's like to die of extreme heat. When core body temperature reaches a hundred and four degrees and higher, a person can become confused or lost in delirium, nonresponsive. Heat-stroke victims are consumed by nausea and difficulty breathing. They vomit. They can't hold water. Finally, the body breaks down. Organs fail and emit toxins. It is a painful, often lonely death. It's also a preventable one.
By Asterion Avocadoabout a year ago in Earth
Writing is Mot Innate, but it Can Feel as Much
There is this concept in psychologyfor which we understand things better when they don't work. In the case of psychology, it's easier to know what to look for in the brain after damage. For example, we know where in the brain we store memories thanks to views on the brains of people with amnesia…and so on.
By Asterion Avocadoabout a year ago in Journal
How To Follow Your Beliefs for Success
It is always strange to write a biography of someone famous, but unknown. By me. I mean, yes, I know who the chef is, and I think I have a grasp of her beliefs around food, the table, and social responsibility. But, you know, we never met.
By Asterion Avocadoabout a year ago in Feast
A Brief View on Ikigai
Are you wondering "what should I do with my life?". Have you been searching the whole of the internet for answers, and found yourself in front of a new word, Ikigai? No, Ikigai is not the name of a person trying to make you get rid of all of your stuff. Is more a...philosophy. A thinking framework.
By Asterion Avocadoabout a year ago in FYI
The Magnificent Writer Roxane Gay's Writer's Toolbox
If you're like me, you're constantly curious to hear what successful and great authors have to say about writing or what they can teach you about it. This is how I first learnt about Roxane Gay's notion of a writer's toolbox, or how to approach a writing task.
By Asterion Avocadoabout a year ago in Journal
