“This is where I come from, this is where I am now, and here is my universe’ ~ Tralbaut (2)
The Colourful Life and Death of Mr Van Gogh.
USING ARTWORK TO UNDERSTAND EPILEPSY
An analysis of van Gogh’s epilepsy and emotionality must not obscure the fact that this great artist also had great strengths (4).
TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY
Neurologist, Dr David Bear had seen Van Gogh’s art as ‘Reflecting philosophical and spiritual questing’
Van Gogh was born with a brain lesion’ and had a genetic predisposition to epilepsy and suffered from seizures which doctors, including Dr. Felix Rey and Dr. Peyron, believed to be caused by temporal lobe epilepsy.
‘In general, people with epileptic activity in the left hemisphere write and people with right brain epileptic activity engage in the visual arts, such as drawing, painting…
Image: The Hobbit Hole at Arch Inn ~ Artist unknown
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STARS IN MIND Rich lapis blues and sunbeam golds, rivers of universe, curling in scrolls. Whirlpools of passions immersed, celestial air curves, harmonic swirls. A cosmic orchestra of mystical lights, eddy’s and swirls of colourful delights. Aligned within creation of human origin, looking out, a fusion, as infinity within. Circles, rings, immersed in white codes, amongst greens, violets, pink and golds. Melding of all polarities, returning to one, the seeing senses, to be reflected upon. More alive and multicoloured than sky, wanting to share what he saw with eyes. Having the world of time in his hands, pondering impressions of French lands. There were great movements at work, currents of dashed air, he could twerk. Brushes and easel tucked under arm, he had that kind of other worldly charm. His face was gaunt, elongated and slim, focused…
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Accurate testing for SARS-CoV-2 infection, by which we mean testing with few false positives as well as few false negatives, is important not only for clinical management of individual cases but for epidemiological case tracing, limiting spread of infection and informing public health strategies. In the latter situations, tests that are rapid, cheap and easy to perform are particularly desirable.
Two main forms of testing for SARS-CoV-2 infection are in use.
Antigen testing, which includes the self administered immunochromatographic lateral flow test (LFT), detects viral coat material and is developed by raising a specific antibody against the antigen target. It therefore measures active production of the viral protein that constitutes the antigen. Developing such a test requires knowledge of how the viral behaves in the host and is reliant upon generating a sensitive and specific antibody to be used for the test.
Molecular tests, such as polymerase chain reaction (PCR)…
11 As Scripture says, ‘Anyone who believes in him will never be put to shame.’[e]12 For there is no difference between Jew and Gentile – the same Lord is Lord of all and richly blesses all who call on him, 13 for, ‘Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.’[f]
Or as The Message translates it,
Romans 10 The Message (MSG)
11-13 Scripture reassures us, “No one who trusts God like this—heart and soul—will ever regret it.” It’s exactly the same no matter what a person’s religious background may be: the same God for all of us, acting the same incredibly generous way to everyone who calls out for help. “Everyone who calls, ‘Help, God!’ gets help.”
I have a question for you. Can you honestly say you have had a ‘Stress free’ live? I know I haven’t. Something I’ve always tried to bare in mind when stressed or worried is the old saying ‘It’ll all work out in the end’ and it usually does.
Of course as we all know some of the more common stress factors are Marriage, Divorce and financial problems and that’s only the tip of the iceberg as they say.
As Christians dealing with stress we must trust in God because as The Message puts it ‘He’s the same God for all, a generous God who can help.
You were the Word at the beginning One With God the Lord Most High Your hidden glory in creation Now revealed in You our Christ
What a beautiful Name it is What a beautiful Name it is The Name of Jesus Christ my King
What a beautiful Name it is Nothing compares to this What a beautiful Name it is The Name of Jesus
You didn’t want heaven without us So Jesus, You brought heaven down My sin was great, Your love was greater What could separate us now
What a wonderful Name it is What a wonderful Name it is The Name of Jesus Christ my King
What a wonderful Name it is Nothing compares to this What a wonderful Name it is The Name of Jesus What a wonderful Name it is The Name of Jesus
How sweet is your name, Lord, how good You are Love to sing in the name of the Lord, love to sing for you all? Death could not hold You, the veil tore before You You silenced the boast, of sin and grave The heavens are roaring, the praise of Your glory For You are raised to life again
You have no rival, You have no equal Now and forever, Our God reigns Yours is the Kingdom, Yours is the glory Yours is the Name, above all names
What a powerful Name it is What a powerful Name it is The Name of Jesus Christ my King
What a powerful Name it is Nothing can stand against What a powerful Name it is The Name of Jesus
You have no rival, You have no equal Now and forever, Our God reigns Yours is the Kingdom, Yours is the glory Yours is the Name, above all names
What a powerful Name it is What a powerful Name it is The Name of Jesus Christ my King
What a powerful Name it is Nothing can stand against What a powerful Name it is The Name of Jesus
What a powerful Name it is The Name of Jesus What a powerful Name it is The Name of Jesus
“We are stronger, gentler, more resilient, and more beautiful than any of us imagine.” – Mark Nepo
The journey of freedom and discovery doesn’t always require new experiences; it can simply require new eyes.
It is seeing the familiar in fresh, or different, ways.
And challenging the way that we interpret life events, and reassessing meaning, and conclusions we have drawn, can often be achieved through basic questioning …
Questioning which shakes up our old, ingrained beliefs.
For example, Angeles Arrien (who wrote the Four Fold Way) suggests we stop and ask ourselves the following each day:
1 “What surprised me today?”
2. “What moved or touched me today?” and
3. “What inspired me today?”
This questioning process might feel difficult at first. It might feel a bit false, a bit unnatural to us.
But as we practise more and more it will become much easier, and we’ll…
