Most adults have what’s called childhood amnesia (i.e., having few or no memories from the first 3 to 3½ years of life). “But it’s only in the past decade that [scientists] have begun to figure out when childhood memories start to fade, which early memories are most likely to survive, and how we create a complete autobiography without direct memories of our earliest years.” (includes audio)
Tag: 04.08.14
Detroit Creditors Solicit Billion-Dollar Bids For DIA’s Art Collection
“A group of major Detroit creditors said four investors have made tentative billion-dollar bids for the Detroit Institute of Arts – or key portions of its collection – in a move aimed at undercutting the city’s competing proposal to give the museum to a nonprofit in exchange for $816 million in outside funding that would help reduce pension cuts.”
Under Pressure From Legislators, College In South Carolina Cancels Lesbian Comedy Show
The University of South Carolina Upstate in Greenville called off a performance of Butchy McDyke’s solo piece How to Be a Lesbian in 10 Days or Less following demands by a group of Republican state lawmakers led by Sen. Mike Fair, who argues – seriously – that the show constitutes “recruitment”.
Can Books Keep Young Baghdadis From Leaving The City?
“Bathed in the rainbow-colored light of an old Baghdadi window, Ali al-Makhzomy explained his plan to get technology-obsessed young Iraqis to read books – old-fashioned books, with pages.” He says, “We really want Baghdad in the 1930s or ’40s or ’50s to return. It was more civilized. How do we know? We read about it.”
The Electrifying Muriel Spark
“She loved lightning. It wasn’t her favorite weapon – fire was, or knives. But lightning has a brutal, beautiful efficiency, and she used it to good effect, once frying alive a pair of lovers. Lightning seemed to seek her out, too. It struck her houses repeatedly, and on one occasion caused a nearby bell tower to come crashing down into her bathroom.”
Michael Palin: ‘A Lot of Monty Python Was Crap, It Really Was’
“We put stuff in there that was not really that good, but fortunately there were a couple of gleaming things that everyone remembers while they’ve forgotten the dross. … People forgive you the things that don’t work”
‘A Purer Form Of Interpretation’: Akram Khan On Working With Britain’s National Youth Dance Company
“What I love about working with these dancers is that they have openness without judgment – it’s all new for them. Sometimes knowledge gets in the way so the fact that they have a space to absorb new information, and not too much to refer to from their past, means that it all comes in a purer form of interpretation.” (includes video)
Esa-Pekka Salonen Talks About A Life In The Arts
“Every one of us who works in this field becomes part of this fabric we call history. You want to know how you connect with the past but also how you connect with the future. Therefore it becomes more and more important to work with young people.”
Can You Learn To Judge Creativity?
“A new research paper suggests that amateurs can, indeed, be trained to be better judges of creativity—at least when it comes to children’s paintings.”
Breakup Of The Corcoran Will Take Longer Than Expected
“The Corcoran, The National Gallery of Art and George Washington University were hoping to make the details of the takeover public this week, but it turns out breaking up an institution as old and diverse as the Corcoran is taking more time than they expected.”