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Scott, thanks so much for your response. I have an MA in History and after I got it took Anthro classes at night at UCLA because I was teaching. Those classes were so interesting and the profs really great, especially one guy who wore a paper clip for a tie clip. Later as an Advanced Placement History teacher I got interested in Art History and taught AP Art History.. I have one niece who did not get to fulfill her dream of becoming an archaeologist. She is 43 and still taking business classes. Anyway, it's good to have an anthropologist on our list team. Ray ----- Original Message ----- From: "Scott E. Antes" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2005 1:23 PM Subject: Re: PD/artistic abilities/more alive > >===== 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. 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