“Up until now the main cognitive research done on the confusion of verbs and nouns has been to do with mistakes made by those who are brain-damaged. But hardly anybody appears to have investigated the neural processing of a ‘positive error’, such as functional shift in normal healthy people. We decided to try to see what happens when the brain comes upon these sudden new formulations in Shakespeare.”
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Brazil’s Island Of Urban Concrete
“Today, the city is quite correctly regarded as a colossally wrong turn in urban planning–but BrasÃlia, paradoxically, contains some of the most graceful modernist government buildings ever produced. All were designed by Oscar Niemeyer (now 100 years old and still working), who helped select Costa’s master plan and who was the creative influence behind the building and shape of the city.”
Writing – Either You’ve Got It Or…
Can good writing be taught? It’s a debate that has been going on for years. “What would it say about me, my students, and the hours we’ve spent in the classroom if I said that any attempt to teach the writing of fiction is a complete waste of time?”