Dali & Heisenberg

Google AI:

Salvador Dalí was deeply fascinated by Werner Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle, using it as a major inspiration for his post-WWII "Nuclear-Mystical" period. Dalí saw quantum mechanics as proof that matter was essentially dematerialized energy, which perfectly aligned with his desire to capture hidden realities and spiritual mysteries in his art. [1, 2, 3] 

Dalí translated Heisenberg's theories into his work through specific concepts:

• Quantum Realism: Dalí described his later art as "quantum realism," seeking to visually dematerialize solid objects into their constituent atoms and force fields, showing matter both as stable and in constant motion. [1, 2]
• Suspended Objects: He fragmented objects into floating spheres and particles that never touch, as seen in famous works like Galatea of the Spheres (1952) and Nature Morte Vivante (1956), which directly reflects the dynamic, floating nature of subatomic particles. [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
• Direct Art: Dalí also explicitly created a 1977 drypoint etching titled Principio de Incertidumbre de Heisenberg (Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle) for his Les Caprices de Goya series. [1, 2]

 

Bobby & Suzy

More Retro-Loveliness from Laufey...

...a 100th Anniversary Tribute to Miles Davis' "Blue in Green"

...only with 3 Brands (or 4 if you include Miles) Cross-Branded into One!

1 4 the Ages

The Bicameral Angel Who Speaks to Me...

from Google AI:

The bicameral mind is a controversial theory proposing that ancient humans (prior to ~1000 BCE) lacked modern self-awareness and operated via a "two-chambered" brain. The right hemisphere generated decisions as auditory hallucinations (voices of gods), which the left hemisphere obeyed, meaning people were not conscious, but rather "noble automatons".

Key Aspects of the Bicameral Mind: 

• Origin: Proposed by psychologist Julian Jaynes in his 1976 book, The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind.
• No Internal Dialogue: Instead of conscious thought or introspection, people heard commands from "gods," ancestors, or leaders during stressful situations.
• Brain Hemispheres: The right hemisphere was considered the "speaking" part (issuing commands) and the left hemisphere was the "listening/ obeying" part, explains Random Nerds.
• Breakdown: Jaynes argued that this structure broke down due to the complexities of civilization, evolving into modern, self-referential consciousness.
• Evidence Cited: Jaynes analyzed ancient literature like the Iliad, noting that characters do not act through personal initiative but follow divine instructions.

The theory is considered pseudoscientific by many modern neuroscientists but is frequently discussed in philosophy and famously referenced in pop culture (e.g. Westworld)

Sympathetic Magic

Coping in an Age of Anxiety: Evolving Identities, from Sincerity -> Authenticity -> Profilicity

John Milton, "Sonnet 12"

I did but prompt the age to quit their clogs

By the known rules of ancient liberty,

When straight a barbarous noise environs me

Of owls and cuckoos, asses, apes and dogs:

As when those hinds that were transform'd to frogs

Rail'd at Latona's twin-born progeny

Which after held the sun and moon in fee.

But this is got by casting pearl to hogs,

That bawl for freedom in their senseless mood,

And still revolt when truth would set them free.

Licence they mean when they cry liberty;

For who loves that, must first be wise and good.

But from that mark how far they rove we see,

For all this waste of wealth and loss of blood.