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Age-Activated Attention Deficit Disorder
A sketch about one of the hazards of getting older. 2004. Director: Steve Pemberton. Visit http://www.ampsvideo.com/film-talk/attention-deficit.htm
(You don't actually have to be very old for this syndrome to affect you.)
via mnartists.org
Should We Let More Artists Starve So Some Can Succeed? | Artinfo
www.artinfo.com
• Why are artists poor? It’s a good question. Just don’t ask Hans Abbing, the Dutch economist and author of “Why Are Artists Poor? The Exceptional Economy of the Arts.”
"More artists exist than can possibly make it without a change in the way society consumes visual art, that’s for sure. But the reason for this phenomenon likely has at least as much to do with how *goddamn alienating* non-artistic labor is as with how naïve artists are —"
Beauty by Fotoshop by Adobé
This commercial isn't real, neither are society's standards of beauty. Full post here with behind the scenes: http://jesserosten.com/2012/fotoshop-by-adobe
Plus Size Bodies, What Is Wrong With Them Anyway?
plus-model-mag.com
In the January 2012 issue of PLUS Model Magazine, plus-size model Katya Zharkova is featured in an explosive editorial where thought provoking statistics and statements are revealed. - Twenty years ago the average fashion model weighed 8% less than the average woman. Today, she weighs 23% less.
A Poverty Solution That Starts With a Hug
http://nyti.ms/yQKw3E
The American Academy of Pediatrics is warning that a harsh early environment can lay the groundwork for lifelong achievement gaps, health problems and poverty.
Meditation found to increase brain size
http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2006/02/meditation-found-to-increase-brain-size/
People who meditate grow bigger brains than those who don't. Researchers at Harvard, Yale, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have found the first evidence that meditation can alter the physical structure of our brains.
“Our data suggest that one small bit of brain appears to have a slower rate of cortical thinning, so meditation may help slow some aspects of cognitive aging,”
‘Wild Old Women’ Close San Francisco Bank Of America Branch
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cg6ayc-w3bE
It was a slow-moving Occupy Wall Street protest, but it was an effective one. A dozen senior citizens calling themselves "the wild old women" succeeded in closing a Bank of America branch in Bernal Heights Thursday.
Age-Activated Attention Deficit Disorder
A sketch about one of the hazards of getting older. 2004. Director: Steve Pemberton. Visit http://www.ampsvideo.com/film-talk/attention-deficit.htm
(You don't actually have to be very old for this syndrome to affect you.)
via mnartists.org
Should We Let More Artists Starve So Some Can Succeed? | Artinfo
www.artinfo.com
• Why are artists poor? It’s a good question. Just don’t ask Hans Abbing, the Dutch economist and author of “Why Are Artists Poor? The Exceptional Economy of the Arts.”
"More artists exist than can possibly make it without a change in the way society consumes visual art, that’s for sure. But the reason for this phenomenon likely has at least as much to do with how *goddamn alienating* non-artistic labor is as with how naïve artists are —"
Beauty by Fotoshop by Adobé
This commercial isn't real, neither are society's standards of beauty. Full post here with behind the scenes: http://jesserosten.com/2012/fotoshop-by-adobe
Plus Size Bodies, What Is Wrong With Them Anyway?
plus-model-mag.com
In the January 2012 issue of PLUS Model Magazine, plus-size model Katya Zharkova is featured in an explosive editorial where thought provoking statistics and statements are revealed. - Twenty years ago the average fashion model weighed 8% less than the average woman. Today, she weighs 23% less.
A Poverty Solution That Starts With a Hug
http://nyti.ms/yQKw3E
The American Academy of Pediatrics is warning that a harsh early environment can lay the groundwork for lifelong achievement gaps, health problems and poverty.
Meditation found to increase brain size
http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2006/02/meditation-found-to-increase-brain-size/
People who meditate grow bigger brains than those who don't. Researchers at Harvard, Yale, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have found the first evidence that meditation can alter the physical structure of our brains.
“Our data suggest that one small bit of brain appears to have a slower rate of cortical thinning, so meditation may help slow some aspects of cognitive aging,”
‘Wild Old Women’ Close San Francisco Bank Of America Branch
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cg6ayc-w3bE
It was a slow-moving Occupy Wall Street protest, but it was an effective one. A dozen senior citizens calling themselves "the wild old women" succeeded in closing a Bank of America branch in Bernal Heights Thursday.
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