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There's an old theory I heard in the Advertising community. It states that people do their best work just before they have a mental breakdown. I understood that to mean that the fatigue and intensity of focus of a marathon work session causes a tunnel vision that sharpens focus and excludes distractions. Injuries might have a similar effect. -Geo. Parkinson's Information Exchange Network <[log in to unmask]> wrote on 10/27/2005 12:04:09 PM: > I met a guy in a bar one time, who took a nasty knock on his noggen. > After a stay in the hospital, he found that he was able to solve > rubic's cube in a matter of seconds. I don't know about his story, > but I know what I saw. The guy was amazing! He would give you the > cube, tell you to jumble up the rows anyway you want, then he would > take a brief look, put his hands behind his back, and 30 seconds > later, DONE! > > This guy didn't appear to be a professor-type. Blue collar Joe. Not > well spoken. He said he was trying to get on Letterman. > > Enjoy Fall! > Rick McGirr > Email: [log in to unmask] > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "rayilynlee" <[log in to unmask]> > To: <[log in to unmask]> > Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2005 2:22 PM > Subject: Re: PD/artistic abilities/Jann > > > > Maryse, I think I saw something like this too where a brain injury > > or lesion > > unleashed hitherto dormant talents, Ray > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "M.Schild" <[log in to unmask]> > > To: <[log in to unmask]> > > Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2005 2:43 AM > > Subject: Re: PD/artistic abilities/Jann > > > > > >>> Interesting point. I wonder if anything's ever been studied as far > >>> as > >>> neuro diseases in artistic people. Does the supposed heightened > >>> sensitivities of the artist also indicate artist types will be > >>> more > >>> sensitive to environmental factors? > >>> > >>> Anyone know of any research? > >> > >> > >> I am not sure PD hits people with artistic disposition more than > >> others > >> but > >> some time ago, I watched a TV series called ´Brain´ ( BBC) made > >> with the > >> scientific help of a British neurologist ( cannot remember her > >> name) who > >> specializes in neurodegenerative disorders). > >> They were showing that some neuro lesions (traumatic or > >> neurodegenerative) > >> can lead to ´unleashings´ artistic sides like poetry, painting, > >> etc. also > >> they can develop sudden ´faiths´ in something or other, including a > >> god. > >> Maryse cg JOhn 76,16 > >> > >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> 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 > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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