Multistable perception

In his essay “Toward a Definition of Creative Nonfiction”, Brett Lott attempts to describe the genre of creative nonfiction by explaining that there is essentially no definitive model. He begins by presenting an abstract definition of the genre which he later molds and amends with additions to become a much more comprehensive working definition. However before exploring the various aspects of creative nonfiction and what it entails, Lott prefaces his essay with the statement that “we aren’t going

Elialde author of The Sacred and the Profane introduces a new model of the sacred and the profane. Elialde’s model is meant to be universal, therefore meant to be appropriate for any recognized religion. David Carrasco author of Religions of Mesoamerica and Kay Almere Read and Jason J. González authors of Mesoamerican Mythology: A Guide to the Gods, Heroes, Rituals, and Beliefs of Mexico and Central America, discuss their interpretation of the Mesoamerican religion although their views on the Mesoamerican

A sense of belonging is important to all human beings, however, in the multi-cultural melting pot that is New Zealand, a lot of people can feel conflicted about their cultural identity and sense of belonging. Many people feel like they do not belong or do not have a place in society. They might feel like they're not accepted by other people or even not accepted by themselves. The poems that I have chosen are Chinglish by Renee Liang, brown soul by Leilani Burgoyne, Intertwined: Being ‘Afakasi by

What is inside the minds of serial killers? In this book, The killer Book of Serial Killers, written by siblings Michael and Tom Philbin, explains the lives of notorious serial killers around the world. If you find the psyche of killer fascinating then you may be intriged by the serial killers delineated in The Killer Book of Serial Killers. The book The Killer Book of Serial Killers is broken down into five parts and an introduction. The introduction of the book is pretty simple. The authors talk

“Art, all art, not just painting, is a foreign city, and we deceive ourselves when we think it familiar,” (4) is a quote from Jeanette Winterson “Art Objects”, where she first experience a different perception of art. This essay encompasses a first encounter in appreciating all art in different ways, leading to a basic understanding of three different planes mentioned in Aaron Copland’s “How We Listen.” Copland narrows down how to perceive art, specifically music, through three different planes:

Overall the report discusses the following tactics of negotiations: finding a bridge solution, assessing other part resistance point and managing other party’s impression, use of sweeteners, invention of options for mutual gain and hallo effects in perception. Strategy & Tactics As this negotiation is a combination of both distributive and integrative. I choose a combination of tactics that allows benefits for both the parties. The selected tactics are Integrative Distributive Find a bridge

Shared hardship can build community. Sebastian Junger wrote Tribe: On Homecoming and Belonging to bring to light to this fact. Included in the book are descriptions of many different specific groups (e.g. American Indians and war veterans with PTSD) affected by tragedy (as well as the lack of tragedy) and the lack of community. Junger argues that we need tragedy to bring us together in a way that current society no longer does. When everyone in a community is involved in a tragedy, the people in

something you have total confidence in, not a legitimate fact. When you believe in something, you don’t actually know for sure that it is real but you have one hundred percent faith towards the persuasion.” (“This I believe”) What you believe is your perception and what is true is a reality. What you believe isn’t always true. You don’t always have to see something to know it’s true. And it doesn’t make it any easier to believe something when you can see it. There are many examples of seeing is not believing

While reading chapter 6, Visual Attention, continued my journey of perception into the “real world” by focusing on the idea that we don’t just passively sit there as stimuli create images of objects or scenes in our eyes. Instead, we direct our attention toward specific objects or locations within a scene and ignore other objects or locations. This process of focusing on specific objects while ignoring others is the process of attention. When we direct our attention to a picture or object, it automatically

Define The first counseling skill definition is Attentive paying close attention to something, the way I will apply this in future counseling is, it is very important to pay attention or be attentive to your client, so I will know as a counselor which route to take with my client. Minimal encouragers I can apply this by encouraging my client to express themselves about what they are talking about, and to keep the conversation going I can ask them what happened next, how you felt about that, that