by Kourosh | Dec 12, 2007 | On Mind, On Music, On Technology
(… somewhere in my mind is a quote whose origins I can’t quite seem to find … something about music reflecting the state of its society … if only I had written it down … but, …) Is technology empowering or destroying music? Have we lost something on the ride into this...
by Kourosh | Oct 16, 2007 | On Mind
“A lot of people think creativity is just about coming up with goofy ideas, but that’s just the beginning. Coming up with an idea, editing it, crafting it to where it’s cool, but also fighting for it. In the end, it doesn’t matter unless...
by Kourosh | Aug 1, 2007 | On Mind, On Technology
This article’s information regarding neuroscientists testing the EEG function of Buddhist monks has been around for some time. What strikes me as interesting about it is not so much that meditation alters the brain, but rather that the scientists need to see the...
by Kourosh | Jul 19, 2007 | On Mind, On Music
Music communicates only because there is a listener who is able perceive the language. That language is learned when the listener takes an active part in living and experiencing it. As with all things, “you get what you give.” I ran into this nice quote...
by Kourosh | Jul 9, 2007 | On Mind, On Technology
Video games often get a bad rap. Too often, the learning and play potentials of games are lost in a media hungry for bad news. Re-Mission is a game that indisputably has a good moral fiber that is gradually gaining some press. The game’s creators at Hopelab have...
by Kourosh | Jun 25, 2007 | On Mind
Feeling a lack of control over one’s own fate is arguably a large characteristic found in different types of mental anguish and suffering. Being able to understand the self is a method of gaining some of that control. Different types of therapies have their own...
