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Tuesday, July 17, 2007
El bloc del moment
Arribant gairebé a la fi de l'últim bloc del moment -sempre deixo en blanc els dos primers fulls i l'últim, manies-, faig un repàs a trocets d'alleujament dels dos últims anys (sóc dispersa amb els meus gargots, a estones m'apeteix dibuixar en aquest quadernet, en ocasions ha de ser en paper especial, la majoria en el bloc del moment). Miro, retoco per última vegada sobre traços de les meves jo passades, (recordo que necessito un escaner nou) i dono un passi al meu afany d'exhibicionisme:
Wednesday, June 13, 2007
Thursday, May 31, 2007
The weight of the human heart
Pick one:
It's a well-known fact that skin is the largest human organ, followed by the liver. And it makes perfect sense, too. Skin is both our shield and our sole conection to everything outside ourselves. That contact wears us off, and that's precisely why our skin sheds and renews itself. Whilst the liver filters our blood, our life stream, cleansing it of all toxins and impurities that try to make their way to our hearts.
But is it, really, their target, the heart?
We'd have to stop to think about what constitutes a human being. What we are. What part's the most important, the one that makes us who we are, that dictates the way we think, move and react to external impulses?
The heart is responsible for pumping blood through the blood vessels by repeated, rhythmic contractions. And that's pretty much it. Collects blood, pumps it to the lungs, collects blood, again, this time from the lungs and pumps it, again, out to the body. Quite simple.
Not so simple is the human brain, which is actually the most complex organ in the human body. It regulates virtually all human activity. Involuntary or lower actions, such as the heart rate, are unconsciously governed by the brain. Most complex, mental that is, activity is consciously controlled, wait for it, by the brain.
The living brain is actually very soft, jelly-like, and deep red. Ring any bells?
The normal adult human brain typically weighs between 1 and 1.5 kg, whereas the mass of a healthy normal adult heart is 250-350 g, about three fourths the size of a clenched fist. I bet you thought it was bigger than that.
A heart's a teeny tiny little thing, really. We're drowned by its symbolism and methaforical use, thus confering it mystical and inaccurate capacities.
Plus, the heart's protected by, what? The rib cage. Seriously, ribs? Those uncontinuous fluffy things? What about the brain, huh? It's protected by a series of bone, three-layered membrane, and fluid. How about that? If your essence, your soul, was located in a physical part of your body, where would you put it? Behind bars or in a deep impenetrable cage?
Exactly.
Now, pick again.
PS: The fact that it took me about five times longer to draw the friggin' brain should count for something too.
It's a well-known fact that skin is the largest human organ, followed by the liver. And it makes perfect sense, too. Skin is both our shield and our sole conection to everything outside ourselves. That contact wears us off, and that's precisely why our skin sheds and renews itself. Whilst the liver filters our blood, our life stream, cleansing it of all toxins and impurities that try to make their way to our hearts.
But is it, really, their target, the heart?
We'd have to stop to think about what constitutes a human being. What we are. What part's the most important, the one that makes us who we are, that dictates the way we think, move and react to external impulses?
The heart is responsible for pumping blood through the blood vessels by repeated, rhythmic contractions. And that's pretty much it. Collects blood, pumps it to the lungs, collects blood, again, this time from the lungs and pumps it, again, out to the body. Quite simple.
Not so simple is the human brain, which is actually the most complex organ in the human body. It regulates virtually all human activity. Involuntary or lower actions, such as the heart rate, are unconsciously governed by the brain. Most complex, mental that is, activity is consciously controlled, wait for it, by the brain.
The living brain is actually very soft, jelly-like, and deep red. Ring any bells?
The normal adult human brain typically weighs between 1 and 1.5 kg, whereas the mass of a healthy normal adult heart is 250-350 g, about three fourths the size of a clenched fist. I bet you thought it was bigger than that.
A heart's a teeny tiny little thing, really. We're drowned by its symbolism and methaforical use, thus confering it mystical and inaccurate capacities.
Plus, the heart's protected by, what? The rib cage. Seriously, ribs? Those uncontinuous fluffy things? What about the brain, huh? It's protected by a series of bone, three-layered membrane, and fluid. How about that? If your essence, your soul, was located in a physical part of your body, where would you put it? Behind bars or in a deep impenetrable cage?
Exactly.
Now, pick again.
PS: The fact that it took me about five times longer to draw the friggin' brain should count for something too.
Sunday, April 22, 2007
Sunday, March 04, 2007
musas para qué os quiero
muses per a què us vull
-la meva ploma passeja per qualsevol vorera (i a qui entengui bé això li dono un caramelet)
el posteo abans de mirar-lo una segona vegada i que em deixi d'agradar -curiós que faci el mateix que amb els textos
Friday, September 15, 2006
alguien recuerda cuándo dibujé esto?
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