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Interim Show: All Things Current Are Found
To be completely honest, in the spirit of this being a "blog", I'll admit that by the time the Interim Show came around I was struggling...
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Feb 17, 20242 min read


On Exile and Migration
So this is about a nightmare I used to have as a child. But before I begin, I'd like to say that I wouldn't use the word "exile", I only...
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Feb 17, 20243 min read


Open Studio November 2022
At this point in the course, we had been encouraged to try lots of different avenues, to explore different parts of the campus, to dive...
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Feb 17, 20242 min read


Grow Lab at CSM
Cheek cells, mushrooms, paint, flower petals, naturally colorful bacteria, even moulds. We put everything under the microscopes. Lots of...
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Feb 17, 20241 min read


Ripping my biggest painting... and why
After getting out of my artist's block and painting to respond to the question "If a happy memory is forgotten, is it still happy?" I...
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Feb 17, 20242 min read


Is a Happy Memory Still Happy when Its Forgotten?
“If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it, did it make a sound?” Odds are, you've heard this philosophical phrase....
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My first big artist's block
After a tutorial I was angry and frustrated... the tutor told me I was being too scientific and objective about something that was...
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Feb 17, 20242 min read


My Grandfather's Alzheimers/Dementia
At this point in my program at the RCA, a tutor told me to challenge the notion of a face... to make a portrait of the neurological issue...
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Feb 17, 20242 min read


Neural Basis for Spatial Orientation... and Nostalgia
I had been inundated with homesickness for about a month, just having moved to London from Medellin, Colombia. Weirdly enough, I missed...
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Feb 15, 20242 min read


Default Mode Network
Default Daydream, Graphite and Acrylic Paint on Paper When our brains aren't actively occupied, a neural network called the Default Mode...
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Goldfish and what they symbolize in (my) Art and Science
The goldfish symbol comes from two places: a saying and an artist. Henri Matisse is the artist, and the saying is "goldfish memory",...
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A Study on Empathy
Study on Empathy I & II, Acrylic Paint on Canvas This is a “study” in the sense that I attempt to evoke empathy in the viewer and...
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Feb 15, 20241 min read


Reflecting on my time at the Imagination and Modal Cognition lab
While I was at Duke I volunteered as an undergraduate assistant at the Imagination and Modal Cognition Lab, a lab in the Neuroscience...
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Feb 15, 20243 min read
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