January 2011
59 posts
The Neuroscience of Music (Frontal Cortex) →
psychotherapy:
Why does music make us feel? On the one hand, music is a purely abstract art form, devoid of language or explicit ideas. The stories it tells are all subtlety and subtext. And yet, even though music says little, it still manages to touch us deep, to tickle some universal nerves. When listening to our favorite songs, our body betrays all the symptoms of emotional arousal. The...
Razors on her tongue, a body full of oxygen:... →
tamburina:
It has been my experience that gifted and talented persons are more likely to experience a type of depression referred to as existential depression. Although an episode of existential depression may be precipitated in anyone by a major loss or the threat of a loss which highlights…
… because thing’s change. And friends leave. And life doesn’t stop for anybody.
– - Stephen Chbosky - Perks of Being a Wallflower
(submitted by d-hu)
Maybe I will never be all the things that I wanna be, but now is not the time to...
– “Live Forever,” Oasis (via quote-book)
I know exactly how that is. To love somebody who doesn’t deserve it. Because...
– Augusten Burroughs (Running with Scissors)