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Daily Archives Saturday, February 2008

The Scandal of the Season

I am currently reading Sophie Gee’s “The Scandal of the Season” and it is a bewildering read.
The plot outline: 18th century Britain. Catholics and Protestants live side by side uneasily. The young poet Alexander Pope is heading to London to make his name. He encounters a situation he’ll later immortalise in the wonderful mock [...]

Posted 02 February 2008 † Karie § Literature § Reviewed ‡ Comments (0)

Knotted Brain Much?

The Museum of Scientifically Accurate Fabric Brain Art: “the world’s largest collection of anatomically correct fabric brain art. Inspired by research from neuroscience, dissection and neuroeconomics, our current exhibition features three quilts with functional images from PET and fMRI scanning, a knitted brain, and two fabric pieces interpreting single neuron recording.”
Their disclaimer amuses this soon-to-undergo-MRI-scan [...]

Posted 02 February 2008 † Karie § Art § Popular Culture ‡ Comments (0)