I explored several TED talks by leading researchers and scholars who are challenging our most basic intuitions about perception, consciousness, and reality itself. Fascinating insights.
(more…)Author: Alex Economopoulos
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8-week game plan: Deep dive into perceptual alteration
Inspired by a slide Jonathan (course leader) shared in a recent lecture, I wanted to put my own plan together for the next few weeks practise.
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MA vision & goals
In our second session we presented a 5 minute introduction to the group. We were asked to select a few key pictures that represented our work with a short statement about ourself and our work.
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Drawing energy centres
I sketched this on a napkin during a conversation with my mum about a year ago. It was a simple diagram exploring how energy centres (chakras) open.
I find it interesting that chakras are experientially real for many people (myself included) yet remain invisible to Western science (or scientific instruments) – pointing to different ways of knowing what’s real.
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The hidden depths & heights of our Mind
These slides are from a short deck that I created at the start of 2025, called “A whole life’s work”. It’s my interpretation and summary of some key elements of the meditation/spiritual journey and a very top level overview.
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I think these slides could in turn be a starting point or provide some inspiration for my art practise, and I’d like to investigate that further. They are an aspect of my “why”. -
Exploring my creative medium & feeling stuck
In the build up to the start of the MA Fine Art course, I’ve felt quite stuck because I don’t yet have a firm creative medium.
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I feel like I have a really strong “Why” — to express externally my own inner journey and experiences during meditation. eg. Blocked energies, energy centres opening, absorption states, experiencing the pull of the void etc. -
Week 1: Introduction
After doing a speed dating style meet & greet with a dozen or so other students from the course we were then tasked with responding to “kindness is like what?” on a Miro board.
We split into breakout groups of three in order to explore a selection of “kindness” related words further.
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