Emotional Response

I suggest that what

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I suggest that what artists do in all media can be summarized as deliberately performing the operations that occur instinctively during a ritualized behaviour: they simplify or formalize, repeat (sometimes with variation), exaggerate, and elaborate in both space and time for the purpose of attracting attention and provoking and manipulating emotional response. Ellen Dissanayake

We have a media

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We have a media that goes along with the government by parroting phrases intended to provoke a certain emotional response – for example, \”national security.\” Everyone says \”national security\” to the point that we now must use the term \”national security.\” But it is not national security that they’re concerned with; it is state security. … Read more

There’s something about a

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There’s something about a roller coaster that triggers strong feelings, maybe because most of us associate them with childhood. They’re inherently cinematic; the very shape of a coaster, all hills and valleys and sickening helices, evokes a human emotional response. Diablo Cody

My algebra was relatively

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My algebra was relatively poor. I found it very difficult to use equations that substituted numbers – to which I had a synesthetic and emotional response – for letters, to which I had none. It was because of this that I decided not to continue math at Advanced level, but chose to study history, French … Read more

True compassion is not

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True compassion is not just an emotional response, but a firm commitment founded on reason. Therefore, a truly compassionate attitude toward others does not change, even if they behave negatively. Through universal altruism, you develop a feeling of responsibility for others: the wish to help them actively overcome their problems. Dalai Lama