Senses working overtime #378

1 The James Webb telescope

'One of JWST’s much-touted abilities is the power to look back in time to the early universe and see some of the first galaxies and stars. Already, the telescope — which launched on Christmas Day 2021 and now sits 1.5 million kilometers from Earth — has spotted the most distant, earliest galaxy known'.

Mind. Blown.

2 How the brain links gestures, perceptions and meanings.

Photo by Elena Rabkina on Unsplash

3 How to wake up smiling!

4 The euphoria of stumbling upon weird Spotify cover songs

5 The neuroscience behind bad decisions

Overtime: 

“When you hit a wrong note, it’s the next note that makes it good or bad.”

Miles Davis 

Senses working overtime #322

1 Train your brain!

2 Robert Christgau's album reviews

I stumbled upon this and have had it bookmarked for reference. Even though it's presented terribly, it's fun to dip into.

3 The year is half over

4 Deep reading

5 Seth Godin on creativity

Overtime: 

"Three steps to exceptional results:

1) Do less. Stop dividing your attention.

2) Do it right now. Once you have identified the essential, go fast. Maintain a bias toward action.

3) Do it the right way. Acting quickly doesn't mean acting carelessly. Get to work right away, but keep working on it until it's right."

(Courtesy of James Clear)

Senses working overtime #291

 1 Neil Armstrong's famous lines from the moon

2 The brain's most important job

Your brain’s most important job isn’t thinking; it’s running the systems of your body to keep you alive and well. According to recent findings in neuroscience, even when your brain does produce conscious thoughts and feelings, they are more in service to the needs of managing your body than you realize.

3 A sound so loud it was heard in over 50 countries

What we’re talking about here is like being in Boston and clearly hearing a noise coming from Dublin, Ireland. Travelling at the speed of sound (766 miles or 1,233 kilometers per hour), it takes a noise about 4 hours to cover that distance. This is the most distant sound that has ever been heard in recorded history.

4 Author Ann Hastings on the availability of satisfaction:

“Satisfaction is always available. It is just not always looked for. If, when you enter any experience, you enter with curiosity, respect and interest you will emerge enriched and with awareness you have been enriched. Awareness of enrichment is what satisfaction is.”

5 Declining Freemason numbers

Overtime: Paul McCartney III is about to come out so here's a press interview to whet the appetite (hopefully it's like his first solo album rather than McCartney II)

"I think it’s a fact of life that personalities don’t change much. Throughout your life, there you are."

Senses working overtime #283

1 Why the brain forgets 

2 When the pandemic ends...

3 Rest in peace Eddie Van Halen

4 Things you can learn from people who succeed later in life

by Thomas Oppong

5 Brie Larson has a series of cool YouTube videos you could check out.

Overtime: Woodstock

Having picked up some new Woodstock soundtrack records (Woodstock 3 - a triple, and Woodstock 4 - a double album) I've been collating all my Woodstock related CDs, DVDs, record albums, magazines and books and put them in one place in The Shack (a.k.a. ARF). Oh, and I rewatched the movie again! It's still one brilliant piece of documentary film making some 50 years later kids.