At 5:16 PM 12/19/99 +0000, Dr. John R. Skoyles wrote:
>I am interested in the implications of mirror neurons for art -- in fact I
>gave a talk at the psychology department at Yale on this topic this fall.
>Here they are as summarized in a short publication last year. I would be
>interested to discuss with people the following issues.
>
>[i] how do mirror neurons enable us to understand painting and sculpture at
>other periods. For example, work of Jackson Pollock and other 'action
>artists'.
The obvious implication is that one must learn to see Pollock's art with
one's motor cortex. That is, one must see the paint streaks as the direct
embodiement of physical motion. The trick is to get those mirror neurons
firing when there isn't any image of the human body in the visual system.
William L. Benzon 201.217.1010
708 Jersey Ave. Apt. 2A bbenzon@mindspring.com
Jersey City, NJ 07302 USA http://www.newsavanna.com/wlb/
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