Tribe.net. Local Connections M00ngrl http://brainwhoppers.tribe.net/thread/4916a41d-feba-4d30-9a66-888696ca3953#8a2edeba-f515-4432-8696-2f5e8f70e180 2007-11-24T06:24:16Z 2007-11-24T06:24:16Z

origins of words- researching breaking down words and the individual parts and meanings, applied to the social context of the periods they were coined and compare them to how they're used to day. also exploring the ideas of sound symbolism with in the words.

M00ngrl 2007-11-24T06:24:16Z Naughty Razor http://brainwhoppers.tribe.net/thread/4916a41d-feba-4d30-9a66-888696ca3953#e042a212-3ec1-4825-a64e-d8878ff0d602 2007-10-29T03:28:17Z 2007-10-29T03:28:17Z

Reverse Engineering! I find I am much more satisfied with learning something (or about something) new if I "take it apart" in my mind then "rebuild" it. And I use this not only for machinery or technology or "things" but also how to DO things. If I'm not sure how to do something, I watch it being done, then I reverse engineer the process. Once I've figured out the "mechanics" I can do it. Works for me with just about any situation. And I absolutely enjoy the process

Naughty Razor 2007-10-29T03:28:17Z *B* http://brainwhoppers.tribe.net/thread/4916a41d-feba-4d30-9a66-888696ca3953#5c045df9-958b-4f61-9600-2796ba16a52f 2007-10-16T03:29:54Z 2007-10-16T03:29:54Z

"as awareness increases, the need for creation does as well." ...an astute observation.

*B* 2007-10-16T03:29:54Z persephone http://brainwhoppers.tribe.net/thread/4916a41d-feba-4d30-9a66-888696ca3953#642c0606-273c-4b94-96b1-61aa00439c60 2007-10-15T20:07:21Z 2007-10-15T20:07:21Z

ms d, i totally relate to your problem solving obsession. i also sew and especially love to make things from scratch, no patterns, or invent the pattern on the spot. i love the sweet torture of sculpting something wearable, the constant stimulus of color and texture. sometimes when i work in monotone- this happens mostly with black- i get a sort of charge to my state of mind. like the fabric is conjuring specific thoughts that are connected to the wavelength of the fabric color. i am also in general obsessed with "systems." chinese medicine, computer programs, and am taking a lot of pure science right now- bio, chem, etc. the logic feels complementary; as awareness increases, the need for creation does as well.

persephone 2007-10-15T20:07:21Z Wanderingwolf http://brainwhoppers.tribe.net/thread/4916a41d-feba-4d30-9a66-888696ca3953#eb552528-138f-4dde-ba7e-abe655c1ab5d 2007-10-10T02:43:48Z 2007-10-10T02:43:48Z

exploring other people, stimulating conversation, metaphysics, magic, unique genetic anomolies as regards people, i get passionate about these things, human rights, prejudice, bigotry, the fight of good vs evil, i love debating the finer points, and showing contrast. alternate viewpoints, all this gets my motor runnin.

Wanderingwolf 2007-10-10T02:43:48Z Petite http://brainwhoppers.tribe.net/thread/4916a41d-feba-4d30-9a66-888696ca3953#54fae7a5-29a2-4635-ab24-c58c6d4c96fe 2007-09-30T21:23:41Z 2007-09-30T21:23:41Z

I love just talking to people. It always amazes me how some people are so fascinating if you just give them a chance to "tell their story".

Petite 2007-09-30T21:23:41Z Cara http://brainwhoppers.tribe.net/thread/4916a41d-feba-4d30-9a66-888696ca3953#f4274d14-bde2-4247-b0b9-c5542a738674 2007-09-16T20:25:52Z 2007-09-16T20:25:52Z

alternate histories

Cara 2007-09-16T20:25:52Z *B* http://brainwhoppers.tribe.net/thread/4916a41d-feba-4d30-9a66-888696ca3953#4a102260-28a6-47d7-a999-106a29aebd9a 2007-09-16T18:25:55Z 2007-09-16T18:25:55Z

I agree. I learned that engineering and art aren't oxymorons. Both require creativity and visulaization on a 3-D level.

*B* 2007-09-16T18:25:55Z Bo http://brainwhoppers.tribe.net/thread/4916a41d-feba-4d30-9a66-888696ca3953#3a76c45c-bb13-4a13-a3a9-171d0a7633ad 2007-09-16T13:04:19Z 2007-09-16T13:04:19Z

Exploring and mastering software can be quite stimulating... gee...I'm such a nerd

Bo 2007-09-16T13:04:19Z Human http://brainwhoppers.tribe.net/thread/4916a41d-feba-4d30-9a66-888696ca3953#8360d6dd-ae2f-4e72-96b3-4ffb975aef6c 2007-09-16T05:54:07Z 2007-09-16T05:54:07Z

Yeah, as an artist I've always felt some element of kinship with many people who're scientifically incilned. Not all of us but many of us, on either side, are grappling obsessively with the mysterious, the naggingly elusive and sometimes the intangible, both daring to solve problems which both beg and resist solution.

Human 2007-09-16T05:54:07Z Ms.Dynomite http://brainwhoppers.tribe.net/thread/4916a41d-feba-4d30-9a66-888696ca3953#ce0ffb7d-36ac-43f3-952b-97e587ae5487 2007-09-16T02:31:29Z 2007-09-16T02:30:52Z

I have to give props for the thread concept. :) I've noticed I have a compulsion for problem solving. I just like my brain being active, taking in information, putting the pieces together. Mental "what if" exercises. Planning how to build or create something. I think that's why I enjoy sewing. I'm faced with the challenge of how do I construct something 3D out of flat materials, and make all the elements function as they should. I think that's why I enjoy science as well. I like knowing how things work. A friend of mine is a scientist and she was happy when I told her "Science is not unlike art. It is creative problem solving".

Ms.Dynomite 2007-09-16T02:30:52Z *B* http://brainwhoppers.tribe.net/thread/4916a41d-feba-4d30-9a66-888696ca3953#9c71490e-0412-4874-b905-faa43c19f1d6 2007-08-28T05:48:20Z 2007-08-28T05:48:20Z

Someone has to keep you busy.

*B* 2007-08-28T05:48:20Z VeraCity http://brainwhoppers.tribe.net/thread/4916a41d-feba-4d30-9a66-888696ca3953#4db28284-58ac-42cf-8b56-48ae2d0b6f3b 2007-08-28T05:45:41Z 2007-08-28T05:45:41Z

Proper grammar and correct spelling gets my intellectual rocks off. ie. 'masturbation' and 'voyeur'... Sorry, guys. :-o

VeraCity 2007-08-28T05:45:41Z Angela http://brainwhoppers.tribe.net/thread/4916a41d-feba-4d30-9a66-888696ca3953#1839b97e-1279-4153-81b4-48760ad27a1a 2007-08-27T23:08:00Z 2007-08-27T23:08:00Z

Abnormal psychology. Art history. Literature. World music.

Angela 2007-08-27T23:08:00Z Elizabeth http://brainwhoppers.tribe.net/thread/4916a41d-feba-4d30-9a66-888696ca3953#a15cc68e-df54-493a-a6ea-4ffb6f384f4e 2007-08-24T03:42:50Z 2007-08-24T03:42:50Z

<<It's almost becomes an altered state! >> You hit the nail on the head with this!! I do research for a living and I love doing it; this perfectlly and succintly sums up why for me. In fact, when I'm working on something especially interesting I find that time almost stands still and I could just keep going and going and going...

Elizabeth 2007-08-24T03:42:50Z *B* http://brainwhoppers.tribe.net/thread/4916a41d-feba-4d30-9a66-888696ca3953#9df00173-63af-4b36-a22f-1a4f5794779f 2007-08-24T00:09:50Z 2007-08-24T00:09:14Z

Great point! I have found that when I am in the midst of struggling with an intellectual concept, it tends to illude me BUT when in that "zen" state, perhaps mentally absorbed in something completely different, I often arrive at an "AHA!" moment. This also happens when I'm trying to remember a name or some bit of information that's "on the tip of my tongue". It's when I let it go and focus on something else that it comes to me.

*B* 2007-08-24T00:09:14Z Artwit http://brainwhoppers.tribe.net/thread/4916a41d-feba-4d30-9a66-888696ca3953#2dd03ed3-a77c-43ae-9295-6cfb5ddbede2 2007-08-23T21:15:42Z 2007-08-23T21:15:42Z

There was a talk by the mathematician Henri Poincare' to the French psychological society in 1910 that is recounbted in "Zen and the art of motorcycle maintenance! that suggest the method of stuffing the mind with facts, going out on a hiking trip, and voila! the andwer appears at the end of the trip, the subconscious mind having worked on it the whole time while the conscious processes were involved in other ways.

Artwit 2007-08-23T21:15:42Z Powered By Atari http://brainwhoppers.tribe.net/thread/4916a41d-feba-4d30-9a66-888696ca3953#2cbeddd2-5fb8-43e7-87c1-9897bcfd4baf 2007-08-23T18:39:37Z 2007-08-23T18:39:37Z

Transposing authors and stories like: What if "Dracula" was written by Arthur Conan Doyle, or "The Portrait Of Dorian Gray" written by Edgar Allen Poe?

Powered By Atari 2007-08-23T18:39:37Z Mike http://brainwhoppers.tribe.net/thread/4916a41d-feba-4d30-9a66-888696ca3953#0da1339e-0e25-4232-9d28-318884b92730 2007-08-23T18:27:14Z 2007-08-23T18:27:14Z

intuitive knowledge>>>> In Chess... Constructing an idea is an essential skill... Analyzing ... etc... but when the idea comes to you in it's entirety... is the apex. And very difficult for your opponent to challenge. I checkmated an opponent with 3 knights once... (underpromotion)... moments like that are beautiful.

Mike 2007-08-23T18:27:14Z *B* http://brainwhoppers.tribe.net/thread/4916a41d-feba-4d30-9a66-888696ca3953#56e98f0b-d463-459a-a52f-f5fe6b75c9eb 2007-08-23T16:24:34Z 2007-08-23T16:24:34Z

I do feel that intensely focused attention induces a meditative state and that this can happen during times of creative expresion (I've heard of this happening quite a lot to artists), problem solving and intellectual engagement. I wonder how much this may have contributed to some of the 'discoveries' made by people like Einstein, Newton, etc. Being in a very meditative state can perhaps allow intuitive knowledge (maybe even universal consciousness?) to flow. Hmmmm...interesting.

*B* 2007-08-23T16:24:34Z Mike http://brainwhoppers.tribe.net/thread/4916a41d-feba-4d30-9a66-888696ca3953#b7734e92-b687-4135-8d3f-4703e18cb3d8 2007-08-23T14:37:07Z 2007-08-23T14:36:14Z

a good game of chess can do it for me...>>>> The immortal game http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immortal_game Vladimir Vukovic- the Art of Attack http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chesscollection?cid=1000259 You'll get a good game here http://www.chessclub.org/

Mike 2007-08-23T14:36:14Z Alphonse http://brainwhoppers.tribe.net/thread/4916a41d-feba-4d30-9a66-888696ca3953#e1c057a0-d7b3-41ec-8329-cf50df3120ba 2007-08-23T05:15:10Z 2007-08-23T05:15:10Z

a good game of chess can do it for me...

Alphonse 2007-08-23T05:15:10Z Artwit http://brainwhoppers.tribe.net/thread/4916a41d-feba-4d30-9a66-888696ca3953#b4659b1a-0823-4ce9-9492-9ac063fe5bcb 2007-08-22T20:37:47Z 2007-08-22T20:37:47Z

seems to be what you're describing a la Csentmihaly. I have noted it only a couple times, whilst solving 3D spatial puzzles.

Artwit 2007-08-22T20:37:47Z Charles http://brainwhoppers.tribe.net/thread/4916a41d-feba-4d30-9a66-888696ca3953#206f9d91-8aa0-4417-b5c3-3f4d7067633e 2007-08-20T12:50:26Z 2007-08-20T12:50:26Z

me playing my Ocarina, meditation, writing poetry, drawing, writinh music and taking a few nature walks where I live.

Charles 2007-08-20T12:50:26Z Expatasapien http://brainwhoppers.tribe.net/thread/4916a41d-feba-4d30-9a66-888696ca3953#fc79e450-14eb-4500-9491-26e6bbdc3d56 2007-08-19T02:19:49Z 2007-08-19T02:19:49Z

planning crimes I would never commit, recreational mathematics (alphanumeric cyphers, cyclical numbers etc.) and Semiotics even though I consider Semiotics a serious pursute as well I love it so damned much I could easily read about it all the time.

Expatasapien 2007-08-19T02:19:49Z *B* http://brainwhoppers.tribe.net/thread/4916a41d-feba-4d30-9a66-888696ca3953#440c10e7-7a1f-490f-81ee-9457ff4f1d20 2007-08-18T19:33:44Z 2007-08-18T19:33:44Z

"the subject becomes totally irrelevant, forgettful even, and a dreamy light-headedness washes over. . . ." Yes, exactly! It's almost like a meditative state. I love getting lost in in mental bliss.

*B* 2007-08-18T19:33:44Z *B* http://brainwhoppers.tribe.net/thread/4916a41d-feba-4d30-9a66-888696ca3953#c6e3103c-a018-4460-9bda-6879418b923e 2007-08-18T19:32:21Z 2007-08-18T19:32:21Z

Kool.

*B* 2007-08-18T19:32:21Z Mike http://brainwhoppers.tribe.net/thread/4916a41d-feba-4d30-9a66-888696ca3953#f43ad944-0263-4ad3-a80b-f1c2c4539fe6 2007-08-18T18:06:14Z 2007-08-18T18:06:14Z

and a dreamy light-headedness washes over. . . .>>> and you no longer know who you are. who you thought you were is now different. I was working on a design on photoshop today... and moved an element from the top of the screen down... lost control of the mouse for a second... and where the design element ended up was PERFECT... for the design. So I incorporated it.

Mike 2007-08-18T18:06:14Z tina http://brainwhoppers.tribe.net/thread/4916a41d-feba-4d30-9a66-888696ca3953#aa967236-1c97-47e8-b93b-f58629d06adf 2007-08-18T15:16:08Z 2007-08-18T15:16:08Z

*B*, ditto on the research. i love when one finding leads to another, and another, and another, then suddenly you realize you're way down a completely new path and you don't quite know how you got there. . . .the subject becomes totally irrelevant, forgettful even, and a dreamy light-headedness washes over. . . .

tina 2007-08-18T15:16:08Z arasmanamaja http://brainwhoppers.tribe.net/thread/4916a41d-feba-4d30-9a66-888696ca3953#f8544f52-bcfd-4b6e-ba63-73aa58a5edea 2007-08-18T05:30:14Z 2007-08-18T05:30:01Z

behavioral and interpersonal psychology sailing LIFE ~Maja

arasmanamaja 2007-08-18T05:30:01Z lori http://brainwhoppers.tribe.net/thread/4916a41d-feba-4d30-9a66-888696ca3953#415135a6-28a6-43d3-9b70-f1dc1463376a 2007-08-17T16:52:24Z 2007-08-17T16:52:24Z

Trying to understand how the mind works is pretty fascinating. Research in any area of ecology, botany, evolution, or ethnobiology. Physics, electricity, programming, anything mechanical.

lori 2007-08-17T16:52:24Z *B* http://brainwhoppers.tribe.net/thread/4916a41d-feba-4d30-9a66-888696ca3953#7400f49f-a8fb-42cf-869e-e3473fb5bbd3 2007-08-17T07:23:07Z 2007-08-17T07:23:07Z

My thing is doing research...doesn't really matter what the topic is but I get SO intensely involved in the search for some specific grain of information that time seems to literally disappear. Several hours will seem like mere minutes. It's almost becomes an altered state!

*B* 2007-08-17T07:23:07Z thomas http://brainwhoppers.tribe.net/thread/4916a41d-feba-4d30-9a66-888696ca3953#99b46bdb-acd7-4b26-b6d7-b58a2530a5a6 2007-08-17T03:41:47Z 2007-08-17T03:41:47Z

I love that moment of inspiration, when you know exactly what you want to do. Can be anything, but you are just DYING to do it. Not very specific, sorry.

thomas 2007-08-17T03:41:47Z Mike http://brainwhoppers.tribe.net/thread/4916a41d-feba-4d30-9a66-888696ca3953#8078f2d1-b7e8-4faa-b3e3-cf37153ec4e3 2007-08-16T23:51:53Z 2007-08-16T23:51:53Z

Okay, what gets your intellectual "rocks" off?>>> subjects that cross over to other interests : psychology>political science>the skill of argument>cross examination> chess

Mike 2007-08-16T23:51:53Z *B* http://brainwhoppers.tribe.net/thread/4916a41d-feba-4d30-9a66-888696ca3953#689fbab4-7c95-4b8d-904c-506e70e3e950 2007-08-16T17:35:39Z 2007-08-16T17:35:39Z

Okay, what gets your intellectual "rocks" off? What subjects do find to be the most absorbing and mentally stimulating subjects in your personal opinion? Philosophy, theology, physics, mathmatics, archeology...spill the beans, what mental exercise makes you lose all track of time? (I'm such a voyuer)

*B* 2007-08-16T17:35:39Z