The holiday season spirit of giving is upon us. In fact, Tuesday December 3rd is what’s been dubbed “Giving Tuesday.” It started as an online/social media grassroots effort to raise awareness of charitable organizations in the midst of retail-focused Black Friday and Cyber Monday campaigns. #GivingTuesday has now evolved into a yearly tradition benefiting non-profit […]
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Circadian Art Part 2 – Creating rhythmic worlds on paper
Works of literature describe in the guise of fiction the dense specificity of personal experience David Lodge, Consciousness and the novel Sleep, those little slices of death — how I loathe them. Edgar Allan Poe What hath night to do with sleep? John Milton, Paradise Lost Sleep is one of the most approached topics in fiction […]
Circadian Art – How to create cycles and imitate art
An artist must possess Nature. He must identify himself with her rhythm, by efforts that will prepare the mastery which will later enable him to express himself in his own language. Henri Matisse The rhythm of relations of color and size makes the absolute appear in the relativity of time and space. Piet Mondrian Rhythm […]
Of Larks and Owls: What’s a Chronotype?
In today’s world of sleep trackers and activity monitors, we are ever more conscious of our body’s rhythms and getting *enough* sleep. However, it’s not just how much we sleep that we need to pay attention to, but when we sleep – it has a much bigger impact on our body than you might expect! […]
Planning for a faraway trip? Make sure to let your inner clock know your plan
When we travel over multiple time zones within a day, this causes discomfort as our inner biological rhythms become desynchronized – what’s known as “jet lag”. Depending on whether you are going east or west, there are however things you can do to minimize these symptoms – starting days before you leave.
