Alfred Jensen, The Integer Rules the Universe (1960) oil on canvas 75 x 49 in.(May be subject to copyright). |
A man should learn to detect and watch that gleam of light which flashes across his mind from within…. Ralph Waldo Emerson, vision therapy I wrote about in an earlier post—from which, BTW, I have just graduated, improved visually, cognitively and energetically.
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Carol, thanks for this great blog, which I am new ...
I think that while we celebrate the strengths of intuition and seek to improve our relationship to it, we should also recognize its dangers.
Generally among our artistic brethren, the general tendency is to romanticize it, but I think it is important to also educate and remember its limitations.
I came across this discussion and post on the Edge.org that you might find interesting. http://edge.org/conversation/the-marvels-and-flaws-of-intuitive-thinking
A text that I found extremely interesting and of more substance than Gladwell's "Blink" was "Educating Intuition" by Robin Hogarth.
Thanks for such a great blog!
Thanks for your comments and suggestions. My intui...
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