How Language Seems To Shape One's View Of The World "It's on the left," he says. "No, it's southeast of here," she says. iStockphoto hide caption itoggle caption iStockphoto "It's on the left," he says. iStockphoto Lera Boroditsky once did a simple experiment: She asked people to close their eyes and point southeast. She says the difference lies in language. If you want to learn another language and become fluent, you may have to change the way you behave in small but sometimes significant ways, specifically how you sort things into categories and what you notice. Researchers are starting to study how those changes happen, says Aneta Pavlenko, a professor of applied linguistics at Temple University. If people speaking different languages need to group or observe things differently, then bilinguals ought to switch focus depending on the language they use. For example, she says English distinguishes between cups and glasses, but in Russian, the difference between chashka (cup) and stakan (glass) is based on shape, not material.
Inside the Mind of a Sociopath This excerpt is from: "The Sociopath Next Door: The Ruthless vs. the Rest of Us" by Martha Stout Ph.D. (Broadway Books, New York, 2005, ISBN 0-7679-1581-X). Martha Stout is a clinical instructor at Harvard Medical School and elaborates on the tales of ruthlessness in everyday life based on her 25 years of practice as a specialist in the treatment of psychological trauma survivors. Imagine - if you can - not having a conscience, none at all, no feelings of guilt or remorse no matter what you do, no limiting sense of concern of the well-being of strangers, friends, or even family members. In other words, you are completely free of internal restraints, and your unhampered liberty to do just as you please, with no pangs of conscience, is conveniently invisible to the world. How will you live your life? Maybe you are someone who craves money and power, and though you have no vestige of conscience, you do have a magnificent IQ. Or no - let us say you are not quite such a person. Caveats: Dr.
Internet art - Wikipedia Internet art (often referred to as net art) is a form of digital artwork distributed via the Internet. This form of art has circumvented the traditional dominance of the gallery and museum system, delivering aesthetic experiences via the Internet. In many cases, the viewer is drawn into some kind of interaction with the work of art. Artists working in this manner are sometimes referred to as net artists. Internet art can happen outside the technical structure of the Internet, such as when artists use specific social or cultural Internet traditions in a project outside of it. The term Internet art typically does not refer to art that has been simply digitized and uploaded to be viewable over the Internet. Theoriest and curator Jon Ippolito defined "Ten Myths" about Internet art in 2002.[1] He cites the above stipulations, as well as defining it as distinct from commercial web design, and touching on issues of permanence, archivability, and collecting in a fluid medium. See also[edit]
Interior Design Ideas - Home Bunch – Interior Design Ideas Have you ever wondered which paint colors are the most used by interior designers and homeowners? You will find many of them in this Interior Design Ideas. As you probably know by now, Home Bunch shares paint colors in every post and, this time around I am adding some extra paint colors in our popular series “Interior Design Ideas”. Here you will find white, blue, gray, neutral, green and many other paint color choices, including the newest paint color trend – mushroom color! Many interior magazines and interior designers are predicting that mushroom-hued colors is the next “it” color. Talking about “Color Palettes”, I am very happy to have Kristin, from Favorite Paint Colors, sharing a color palette that I know that you guys will love and will want to pin – “Paint Colors Featured on HGTV’s Fixer Upper”. I hope you have a great time here and remember to save and/or pin the pictures. Collect more Interior Design Ideas: Follow me on Pinterest/HomeBunch and Home Bunch on Instagram. Hello!
Fun With Color - Talking Crochet Updates - January 24, 2017 - Vol. 14 No. 2 Crochet News,Views & How-tos Most of us have our favorite go-to colors. For me it's deep pink, rich plum and dark cranberry. One of my favorite ways (and the easiest way, in my opinion) to choose coordinating yarns is to base the colors on something from the stash of variegated yarn that I have collected over the years. Some of us lack the natural instinct for color -- I know it doesn't always come easy for me! Monochromatic Color Monochromatic color schemes are very easy to use because they only use varying shades of one color. Complementary Colors Complementary colors are located directly across from each other on the color wheel. Split Complementary Colors To find split complementary colors we need to pick our first color and then look across the wheel and find its complementary color, then select the two colors on either side of that complementary color. Primary Colors Basic primary colors are red, blue and yellow. These are just a few of the many ways to combine colors.
What Happens When A Language's Last Monolingual Speaker Dies? : Code Switch A portrait of Emily Johnson Dickerson by artist Mike Larsen. Courtesy of the Chickasaw Nation hide caption itoggle caption Courtesy of the Chickasaw Nation A portrait of Emily Johnson Dickerson by artist Mike Larsen. Courtesy of the Chickasaw Nation Emily Johnson Dickerson died at her home in Ada, Okla., last week. "This is a sad day for all Chickasaw people because we have lost a cherished member of our Chickasaw family and an unequaled source of knowledge about our language and culture," Chickasaw Nation Gov. Dickerson, 93, was one of about 65 people fluent in the Chickasaw language, which has seen its number of speakers shrink from thousands since the 1960s. "Chickasaw was the dominant language in Chickasaw Nation, both prior to and following removal [when Chickasaw people were forced to relocate to Indian Territory*]," says Joshua Hinson, director of the Chickasaw Language Revitalization Program. "She lived like our ancestors did a long time ago," Hinson says.
How To Be Loved By Everyone: 6 Powerful Secrets We would all like to know how to be loved by everyone. In the end, who are our favorite people? Those who understand us and listen. Someone we can turn to and honestly say, “You get me.” That really comes down to one skill: listening. In an age of sub-zero attention spans, focus is a superpower. When I asked the #1 love researcher, John Gottman, what the best thing to do to improve a relationship was, what did he say? Learn how to be a good listener. And it’s no different at the office. They didn’t feel their boss listened to them. Via Powerful Listening. Another study released by the US Department of Labor concluded that 46 percent of those who quit their jobs did so because they felt not listened to and were therefore unappreciated. So listening is serious business. 1) Be A Detective Don’t think of a conversation as a tennis match. Via Just Listen: Discover the Secret to Getting Through to Absolutely Anyone: How do you master the skill of being interested— and be sincere when you do it?
Incredibly Realistic Wood Sculptures Of People Hand-Carved By Peter Demetz Italian artist Peter Demetz has a gift for breathing life into wood, a material that seems hard and lifeless to most of us. His wooden sculptures of people are flawlessly life-like. Show Full Text Demetz’s precise and perfect mastery of human anatomy makes his sculptures look like paintings or sketches, and his wonderful compositions and sense of perspective help perpetuate this illusion. The grain of the wood and its warm colors, however, give them a tactile appearance that would be difficult to fake with paint. Read on to see his responses to Bored Panda’s questions about his work! More info: peterdemetz.it (h/t: mymodernmet) Thanks for sharing! 3x per week 30,000,000+ monthly readers Error sending email “I think there is so much what we communicate with our body, our posture, our individual motions,” Peter Demetz told Bored Panda “People tell us a lot about their emotional status through their figures. “I feel like my works are an invitation to enter the worlds of these people.
Home and Garden DIY Ideas, Photos and Answers | Hometalk When we made my art room, it originally started out that I was going to have a big plain rom with lots of storage. BUT, I have a wonderful husband who said I deserved more and so I ended up with the most beautiful and functional art room I can imagine. When we did the drywall, on the ceiling, I decided since the room was so pretty, that I wanted faux tin and bought Styrofoam ceiling tiles to achieve the effect. The installation was EASY PEASY! First we did the drywall - this was the hard part and NOT part of this project. Get brilliant money-saving ideas for your home and garden Mudded. we bought our paintable Styrofoam or styrene tiles from My tiles were on sale for 2.99 a tile (Canadian) and are 20" x 20" Although I should have take a photo, I didn't. We used an adhesive latex silicone to adhere the tiles . After all the tiles were installed, I ran a thin bead of paintable latex silicone along all the seams. Done! Materials I used for this project:
Color Theory for Quilters - Quilting Color Theory for Quilters Quilters can benefit from the science of color theory. When using this knowlege our quilts can be much more stunning. Color Theory for Quilters - Shades The third variation of Pure colors - the Shades. Color Theory for Quilters - The Color Wheel This is the first in a series of articles on the use of color in quilts. Color Theory for Quilters - Tints The first variation of Pure colors - The Tints. Color Theory for Quilters - Tones The second variation of Pure Colors - The Tones Color Theory for Quilters Road Map Color Theory for Quilters Road Map. Complimentary Color Schemes for Quilts Complimentary Color schemes are very useful for quilters when deciding a color scheme for their quilt creations. Quilt Color Schemes Quilts generally come in four color schemes. Quilting with Blue Quilting with the Color Blue. Quilting with Green Here's some tips for quilting with the color green. Quilting with the color Orange Orange is a difficult color to quilt with for some.