Counterpoint
Our present domination global culture is biased to place a higher value on brain vs. body function— see eg someone “declared ‘brain-dead’”… … or in a coma.
People w damaged or missing body parts will say that they no longer feel like themselves
both of you PLEASE put a CW warning on that
not everyone has huge screens so we tap it and then ::vomit::
CW morbid human nervous system anatomy, decoupled from rest of body
both of you PLEASE put a CW warning on that
not everyone has huge screens so we tap it and then ::vomit::
CW morbid human nervous system anatomy, decoupled from rest of body
they’re really not your only two options that was just a menu of a sampling of my ideal sorta
gross over generalization … a bit like the op meme :-)
It makes us an ECOSYSTEM!
We’re not really “human” we”re more like… … a planet.
or a forest, at least (soil, mycelium, roots, microbes, ferns, shrubs, squirrels, trees, clouds, rain, rivers…)
(imho)
lol i know
thank you for the kind reply
aaannnd art is in the eye of the beholder so idk not necessarily for the OP needing to read it
moreso for those who (as w many of us) hv poor/low sense of self-value/self-resilience
i just hear that a lot from tech nerds “my body is stupid/irrational” etc
and it’s like “or maybe we need better models to listen to & make sense of it”
How Not To Die by Michael Greger
see also: anti-flammatory diet
(drink 0.75 gal to 1 gallon of h2o daily)
(eliminate flour) ((pizza, bread, bagels, pasta, crackers, etc))
Start there
And walk vs driving
And do yoga
and eat a head of spinach, daily. …
You’ll be amazed. (at how your body TRANSFORMz0rz :-o GO POWER RANGERZZZZZZS )
(leave your phone at a friend’s house build a better env )
72 hours give it 3 days of that
You will be amazed
at how your OWN body
can trans form its nervous sensory stimuli & feelings
(start drinking water the moment u wake up keep it in the bathroom next to toilet or en route
(where it wont spill if you’re half-asleep and bump it )
What a terribly reductionist POV.
A few antidotes:
study and learn Somatic Experiencing. (Where in your body do you feel a given emotion ? Where is tension felt? where is relaxation felt? where is sadness felt? )
study some real yoga (not stretching
but actual yoga ie meditation breath-work soma practices )
The Lives of a Cell (1970s? 1980s? Lewis Carrol, iirc)
The Hidden Life of Trees (2016)
The Dawn of Everything : A New History of Humanity (D. Graeber and D. Wengrow)
Being Bodies
Somatic Experiencing
Sex At Dawn
The Story of B (Daniel Quinn)
for us boys, it’s our backpack or satchel or messenger bag or briefcase
45min driving? yikes
How many miles or KM ?