A Stroke of Luck
I have the most amazing friend. She thinks WAY outside the box. You would never know it to look at her, she looks just like you and me, but when she hands you a book, it turns out to be a book you will never forget. She forwarded me this yesterday, and I happened to get it at a time when I could take 20 minutes of my life to watch it.
This video from TED talks features brain scientist Jill Bolte Taylor, who describes having her own stroke, and observing herself, as a scientist, from the inside, as she experiences the stroke. It changed how I see things, in fact, it turned how I see strokes upside-down.
I hope you will take a few minutes to watch:
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What an insight!
I want to be left in my right hemisphere for awhile.
I think we when were kids were immersed in our right brains most of the time. Don’t you think kids are more in touch with their right than their left brains? thats why kids are less likely to suffer from stress and think that everything is possible!
This video was very.. I’m not sure what word to use. I loved it. Thanks intlxpatr.
Thank YOU, Yousef, even if you are the only one to watch the video, you left a great comment. Her tragedy helped her to see things differently. That’s the seed of genius (IMHO) and the first step in new discoveries and approaches. . . and yes, now that you mention it, I think kids are more right-brained, more in touch with the right now and the interconnectedness of all things.