While reviewing this week's lecture, the first examples that came to my head were from a couple of my favorite rappers. These rappers; ASAP Rocky, Mac Miller, and Chance The Rapper, have created music while using certain drugs that alter the way you perceive things. It's said that if you were to listen to these songs while using the same drugs , you'll vibe with the song even better and see certain things. This ties in with this week's topic because these artists are using their brains in order to create a certain art.
http://hiphopdx.com/news/id.23903/title.chance-the-rapper-explains-how-taking-acid-affected-acid-rap
A picture from ASAP Rocky's A mixtape by Chance named
LSD video. after a drug.
http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/12/04/art-and-the-limits-of-neuroscience/?_r=0
I also believe that the article we read about in this week's lecture titled "Arts and the Limits of Neuoroscience" tie in with the topic above. In the article, Alva Noe talks about the limits on the brain being controlled by our personal thoughts. With the music being made on drugs such ass acid, these restraints no longer occur because your thoughts are altered.
a picture from the article.http://newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/how-to-build-a-bigger-brain-91273
A couple weeks ago, i was reviewing a article discussing meditation actually making your brain bigger in a science lab. I did not believe it all. After reviewing the research that UCLA has done has changed my mind completely. They say people that meditate often end with bigger brains than people who don't. If meditation actually does make your brain bigger, im'a start doing it very soon!
http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2006/02/meditation-found-to-increase-brain-size/
Tardio, Andres. "Chance The Rapper Explains How Taking Acid Affected "Acid Rap"" HipHopDX. N.p., 10 May 2013. Web. 16 May 2016.
Noe, Alva. "Art and the Limits of Neuroscience." Opinionator Art and the Limits of Neuroscience Comments. The Stone, 04 Dec. 2011. Web. 16 May 2016.
Wheeler, Mark. "How to Build a Bigger Brain." UCLA Newsroom. N.p., 12 May 2009. Web. 16 May 2016.
I like how you use music to explain this topic. as a fan of ASAP ROCKY you made me like him even more. STAY AWAY FROM DRUGS THO.
ReplyDeleteI really liked how you used music as a lens for the relationship between neuroscience and art. My friend actually teaches a fiat lux here at UCLA that studies the affects that music has a brain as well as how we interpret it. It is also interesting to consider how drugs can play such a large role in the creation of music. I wonder what the music industry would be like today without the influence of drugs.
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