The Brain, Music and The Lotus
10/21/20 • 32 min
Is there a lotus in the brain? We discuss Shannon's Superorganism painting, renowned drummer Mickey Hart, and the healing power of music. Shannon describes the watery impressionable brain, and how she sees a lotus in the inner brain, home of the salience network. She shares how people with seizures can lose executive function, praises Bono, and sings "You'll Never Be the Sun" by Dolores Keane. Visit website at: shannonmccarthy.com
Is there a lotus in the brain? We discuss Shannon's Superorganism painting, renowned drummer Mickey Hart, and the healing power of music. Shannon describes the watery impressionable brain, and how she sees a lotus in the inner brain, home of the salience network. She shares how people with seizures can lose executive function, praises Bono, and sings "You'll Never Be the Sun" by Dolores Keane. Visit website at: shannonmccarthy.com
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Introducing Electric Storm
Shannon and Steve discuss temporal lobe epilepsy and what it's like to have it. Also covered: the highly sensitive person, influential artists and visionaries with TLE, seizures and art making, the intracardiac nervous system, and the Yale Epilepsy Monitoring Unit. Shannon shares how regular craniosacral therapy has been integral to her healing, and how a teacher helped her set aside her epileptic identity. Visit website at: shannonmccarthy.com
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