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A blog, a journal, a lab notebook, whatever comes to mind and sticks, you’ll find here. Find written ruminations from the quiet margins of life….

A Philosophical View of Beauty and What it Means for Miniature Painters

Contrary to the popular adage, beauty is not solely in the eye of the beholder. Human perception is largely a multi-sensory experience, often initiated by visual stimuli. We function almost mechanistically, processing our environment through instinctual frameworks optimized for survival and reproduction. Is Beauty Rooted in Biology? Biologically speaking, our nervous systems operate at remarkable […]

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