December youtu.be/gA5pg7DRLf4?...

This was my first (proper) Memory & Metacognition Updates post after the summer: firth.substack.com/p/welcome-ba...

Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio(聊齋志異), written by Pu Songling during the Qing Dynasty, is a collection of 491 supernatural tales featuring fox spirits, ghosts, and demons. Pu's narratives show more compassion for non-human entities than humans and satirize social issues of his time. 1/2

Study for Self-Portrait https://www.wikiart.org/en/francis-bacon/study-for-self-portrait-1982

The Sheepfold, Moonlight by Jean-François Millet 1856-60 Oil on Panel (Walter Art Museum, Baltimore)

It’s fair to say that Picasso showed some early promise ~ here’s Picador, his first oil painting. at age 8 ■ his study of a torso, at age 10 ■ and, at age 14, a portrait of his mother

"The epistemological grounding of human knowledge is human operation as a living system." —Humberto Maturana

'Where does the mind stop and the rest of the world begin?' The History of Distributed Cognition Project at Edinburgh University. www.hdc.ed.ac.uk/welcome-hdc

In Japan, Obon is a traditional Buddhist festival to remember and honor the spirits of ancestors held each summer, beginning today. It is believed that the spirits of the dead visit their living relatives during this time. Music, dancing and food are offered to entertain the... #JapaneseFolklore 1/2

This book is cogsci. Just not classical cognitivism. Not what's become popular on EduSocialMedia. It's enactivist cogsci. A different view of cognition enacted in my classroom. #UKEd #EduSky #SciTeachUK

The "Phoenix" Fountain pen for the revival of Wajima matsuzawakobo.com/phoenix_en/ By adding this masterpiece, which we create with all our heart and soul, to your fountain pen collection, you will be supporting the revival of the Wajima urushi industry. #fountainpen #wajima

Three Studies for Figures at the Base of a Crucifixion (2nd version) https://www.wikiart.org/en/francis-bacon/three-studies-for-figures-at-the-base-of-a-crucifixion-2nd-version-1944

#HasuiKawase (1883-1957) Miyajima Shrine #japanese #woodblock

#KawaseHasui (1883-1957) Kamo River, Bosho 1934 #japanese #woodblock

The reception set created by Japanese urushi artist Gonroku Matsuda in 1932 was priced at 5 million yen in Japan, but after being purchased by a foreigner and sold in Marseille, it rose to 12.5 million yen, and eventually, the Guimet Museum acquired it for 50 million yen😅

Study for a portrait of John Edwards https://www.wikiart.org/en/francis-bacon/study-for-a-portrait-of-john-edwards-1989-0

This fountain pen is inspired by the elegant folding screen paintings of Sakai Hōitsu, a painter from the Edo period. The delicate brushwork is precisely recreated using urushi. Our workshop can faithfully recreate any painting by hand using urushi. #fountainpen

Cross-legged Figure with Arms Raised, No. 2 http://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/bacon-cross-legged-figure-with-arms-raised-no-2-t07385

'Snow' - Kasamatsu Shiro, 1957. #JapaneseArt #shinhanga

'Spring Moon at Ninomiya Beach' - Kawase Hasui, 1932. #JapaneseArt #moon

Good Day! St Martin in the Field by George Scharf c. 1828 Watercolour, over graphite, on grey paper (British Museum) Looking west along Church Lane with the church of St Martin's in the Fields in the distance, a bookshop in the right foreground, a man reading on the steps.

An idiot’s guide to the philosophy of education: Part 2 othmarstrombone.wordpress.com/2019/04/13/a...

An idiot’s guide to the philosophy of education: Part 1 othmarstrombone.wordpress.com/2018/12/22/a...

Thanks for following @clairestoneman.bsky.social Appreciated. I think you wrote a blog years back about Pep Guardiola and education? I have been meaning to write a response to that for a while now!

One thing I have to try really hard at doing is to stop falling into 'opinion' when studying. It is really hard to keep it factual. But it is what is needed. My opinions have to wait.

My first ever blogpost - 10 years ago - The Bridge Over the Reading Gap. Interesting to read and consider that things haven’t changed that much 😏 thinkingreadingwritings.wpcomstaging.com/2014/02/08/t...

This could be an eye-opening paper for those interested in #cogsci in education. By the brilliant Francisco Varela (1992): "Whence perceptual meaning: A Cartography of Current Ideas" It compares different "ways of seeing" cognition within cogsci #EduSky #UKEd link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...

Study from the Human Body https://www.wikiart.org/en/francis-bacon/study-from-the-human-body-1991

Miss this genius. Too long. www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/raymon...

Just so you know, what I am working on is based on the idea of 'regeneration'. This has two aspects. 1. Individual. 2. Social/cultural. I like this work and if anyone has any thoughts, would love to hear them.

Self-Portrait https://www.wikiart.org/en/francis-bacon/self-portrait-1978

Self-Portrait https://www.wikiart.org/en/francis-bacon/self-portrait-1987

Figure with Meat https://www.wikiart.org/en/francis-bacon/figure-with-meat-1954

Study from the Human Body - Figure in Movement https://www.wikiart.org/en/francis-bacon/study-from-the-human-body-figure-in-movement-1982

Such a genius.

Three Portraits: Posthumous Portrait of George Dyer, Self-portrait, and Portrait of Lucian Freud https://www.wikiart.org/en/francis-bacon/three-portraits-posthumous-portrait-of-george-dyer-self-portrait-and-portrait-of-lucian-freud-1973

May all need a little more of this right now. youtu.be/XXSdrUBK3HI?...

Studies From the Human Body: A Triptych https://www.wikiart.org/en/francis-bacon/studies-from-the-human-body-a-triptych-1979

#KasamatsuShiro (1898-1992) Pagoda in Evening Rain #japanese #woodblock

#HasuiKawase 1883-1957 Asahi bridge Ojiya 1921 #japanese #woodblock

a daily dose... she just drifted away from me yeh, so much for gravity... youtu.be/hjwvaZieB1Q?...

#KawaseHasui (1883-1957) Ochanomizu 1926 Twenty views of Tokyo Series #japanese #woodblock Every snowscape by Hasui has snowflakes rendered in unique ways. Here the flakes are ovoid and slanted, and their tones range from brilliant white to soft grey.

A daily dose...after Maupassant.. youtu.be/1ThYEw8K8UE?...

Ancient Masks A daily dose... youtu.be/eaFVhEFZzT4?...

#HiroakiTakahashiShotei (1871-1945) Country house at Negishi ca 1936 (pre-quake) #japanese #woodblock