Lauren Schaaf- beauty of the brain
Since I'm a neuroscience major I love the brain. I googled beauty of the brain and found an article by the Smithsonian Magazine. It talks about how complex the brain in and how when we hypothesize, we are using our brains to understand itself. Some scientists are focusing on making brains into art objects. One collected images of the brain from microscopes and MRI machines. It's interesting to see people make these images into art. I've looked at brains under microscopes and slice brains and then stained them which I also found beauty in.
Some scientists stain neurons with a fluorescent gene found in jelly fish to make individual neurons glow. Other's use stains to show colorful fibers stretching throughout the brain. Often, in my classes my teacher's comment on how beautiful stains and images of the brain can be. It's a sense of photography which captures reality rather than portrays what an artist interprets.
For me, it is the complexity of the brain that fascinates me. There are so many intricate pathways that rely on each other in order to function. We don't even understand a majority of the brain which is crazy to me. It's also similar to what I find beautiful about artwork. I tend to focus more on the details and individual brush strokes. Those to me are the most beautiful things about art.
I love the effort and dedication of the artists to their creations. A lot of the readings focus on dance as an art for the most part. When I think of art, I automatically think of paintings and sculptures. I think of art as things in art museums that are made by humans and set on a pedestal for others to admire. I don't automatically think of dance or brain images. But many things that I think of beautiful could also be explained as art.
Some scientists stain neurons with a fluorescent gene found in jelly fish to make individual neurons glow. Other's use stains to show colorful fibers stretching throughout the brain. Often, in my classes my teacher's comment on how beautiful stains and images of the brain can be. It's a sense of photography which captures reality rather than portrays what an artist interprets.
For me, it is the complexity of the brain that fascinates me. There are so many intricate pathways that rely on each other in order to function. We don't even understand a majority of the brain which is crazy to me. It's also similar to what I find beautiful about artwork. I tend to focus more on the details and individual brush strokes. Those to me are the most beautiful things about art.
I love the effort and dedication of the artists to their creations. A lot of the readings focus on dance as an art for the most part. When I think of art, I automatically think of paintings and sculptures. I think of art as things in art museums that are made by humans and set on a pedestal for others to admire. I don't automatically think of dance or brain images. But many things that I think of beautiful could also be explained as art.
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