changing meanings, text / Image Hunt

I'm still doing a bit of techno- jousting with this blog, so pardon the installment plan for this assignment.

The first image is the "cover page". I had to include it because it was so cute. The three that follow are the different interpretations.

One image is a series of brightly colored "stuff" laid out in blocks. This is actual brain imaging photography and each square apparently represents a particular activity taking place within the brain. This is the high-tech interpretation of the image. This is how we are wired, (or re-wired), how we tick. Though seemingly abstracted, it is the "real" picture of the brain, which itself is a contradiction. The image evokes a sense of awe and mystery at the fascinating organ that controls every aspect of our lives. There is a certain vulnerability to having something so intimate, so much the essence of ourselves, being displayed like a piece of pop art. The image, along with the selected sentence, makes us stop in our tracks and contemplate the amazing and yet unthought of possibilities of science and the human brain.

Another image shows an extremely contented ferret luxuriating in a bed of flowers, eyes closed and seemingly listening to the flowers in lieu of looking at them. To me, this is the literal interpretation of the quotation. It nudges us to consider the ramifications of the scientists' experiments and what they might mean for us.

The image of the Eastern god deluges us with the possibilities of the senses and what it might be like to have them mixed up, or cross-wired as in the experiment. It evokes the notion of being removed from our human experience through meditation or other mindfulness practices. In the image, many heads and many arms are available for sensing, and many objects are present that could stimulate the various senses. While this image may originally be intended as a calm focus, in the context of the quotation, it conjures a cacophony of stimulation.