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>===== Original Message From "Parkinson's Information Exchange Network" <[log in to unmask]> ===== >Jann, your idea certainly has merit, I think. The concept of >super-sensitivity applies to me, ...I'm a reactor. >Ray Hi Ray. For months now I've been trying to focus on a research project that would be meaningful to the Parkinson's community. This thread has helped me focus, as have the PD patients I know personally. The latter are not all "artistic," in the traditional sense, but most of them are former educators. Not that all educators are "sensitive," either, in the sense we're using the word, but to be a really good teacher, you've got to be sensitive. The problem with this vein of research is that it's largely anecdotal or judgmental. How does one, for example, accurately measure artistic ability or sensitivity? We all know it when we see it, as one Supreme Court judge Stewart 1964) replied when asked to define pornography, but measuring the degree to which one is artistic or sensitive can be difficult--espcially when we are dealing within the realm of science. I'm working on it. Scott >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Jann Bell" <[log in to unmask]> >To: <[log in to unmask]> >Sent: Monday, October 24, 2005 3:15 PM >Subject: PD/artistic abilities > > >> So seldom can I contribute anything that I felt a little excited thinking >> I might be able to on this subject although anything you are about to read >> is totally outside the realm of experiental science (for now). >> >> For what it's worth. My Dad, a Parkinson's patient officially since 1998 >> was very artistic but channeled his energies into a more realistic (for >> him) way to make a living for himself and future family. For whatever >> reasons, I was "allowed" to pursue my artistic leanings (I guess my family >> figured I'd get married and thereby be cared for!) and have lived the life >> of a professional artist for over 30 years. Part of being an artist is >> being "susceptible" and I use this word to encompass both good and bad >> aspects of its probably neutral dictionary meaning. >> >> For most of my adult life and have felt truly lucky to be such a sensitive >> being because on a recreational level, everything sounds better, tastes >> better, feels better, looks better, etc. Having done many, many years of >> exploratory talk therapy simultaneouly I believed that those same senses >> were somehow intangible capabilities not rooted in biological processes >> but somehow related nonetheless. >> >> For whatever reason, as we all progress in our search for understanding of >> PD, I am presently kind of dwelling on the possibility of what noxious >> substances we've all exposed ourselves to or been exposed to in our highly >> toxic culture, So hand in hand with being more in tune to the information >> our senses provide us with, artistic types would also be more vulnerable >> to the harmful entities that our less filtered senses let in >> (psychological and physiologically speaking). >> >> In the future I would not be surprised to find that a certain subset of >> Parkinson patients are super feelers and super receptors of not only >> things we sense as feelings or sensations but on the down side, substances >> that damage highly sensitive nervous systems that contribute to PD >> symptoms. >> >> Respectfully submitted. >> >> Jann Bell, caregiver to Dad, Jack, 78 years old, diagnosed since 1998 >> (sorry, I am not abiding by the code, here, I'm artistic, but not very >> smart) >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: >> mailto:[log in to unmask] >> In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- >To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] >In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn Scott E. Antes Department of Anthropology Northern Arizona University Flagstaff, AZ 86011-5200 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn