“Once upon a time humans faced each other and pulled thoughts from minds, advanced rapidly, revolutionised industry and evolved explosively. Then one day they stopped, and stared at a box. They grew fat and awkward in public, stopped expressing emotions and couldn't figure out how to reverse it: they reinvented themselves from Emperors back into prawns, because someone turned the TV on.” MindHumansEmotionFiguresTvsGrewIndustryOne DayBoxesFatsAwkwardReverseEmperorOnce Upon A TimeExpressing EmotionsPrawns Author:Craig Stone
“I grew up in a family that despised displays of strong emotion, rage in particular. We stewed. We sulked. When arguments did occur, they were full-scale conniptions, and we regarded them as family failings.” StrongEmotionFailingParticularGrewGrew UpArgumentRageScalesDisplayDespisedStrong Emotions Author:Koren Zailckas
“We instinctively fear snakes, but we appear not to be afraid of fast cars, which are a real danger now. This suggests our emotions were shaped by our evolutionary environment not the one we grew up in.” RealEmotionEnvironmentCarDangerGrewGrew UpSnakesFast Car Author:Steven Pinker
“Do you think it interests me that this painting represents two figures? These two figures existed, they exist no more. The sight of them gave me an initial emotion, little by little their real presence grew indistinct they became a fiction for me, then they disappeared, or rather, were turned into problems of all kinds. For me they are no longer two figures but shapes and colours, don't misunderstand me, shapes and colours, though, that sum up the idea of the two figures and preserve the vibration of their existence.” ThinkingKindLittlesTwoIdeasRealProblemInterestEmotionExistenceFictionFiguresPaintingGrewShapesSightAll KindsPreservesColourInitialsVibrations Author:Pablo Picasso
“Acting for me was an escape and it wasn't until Smoke Signals that made me realize that acting is a personal development and challenge to grow. Smoke Signals really mirrored the way I grew up and how I felt, and that movie was the first time I'd dealt with my parents' death and how I felt that loss and sadness and anger. After that movie I said, "Y'know what, I have to realistically wear my emotions now when I do a job. That's gotta be as real as it gets. It's not just dialogue anymore."” KnowsWayFirstsMadeSaidRealJobsGrowsFeltParentRealizingChallengesLossActingEmotionSadnessGrewDevelopmentGrew UpFirst TimePersonal DevelopmentDialogueSmokeSignalsSadness And AngerSmoke Signals Author:Adam Beach