Category Archives: The Coffee Table

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Portraits of the mind

Purkinje Neurons . Among other things, these cells are the masters of motor coordination in the cerebellar cortex. Toxic exposure such as alcohol and lithium, autoimmune diseases, genetic mutations including autism and neurodegenerative diseases can negatively affect human Purkinje cells.

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The beautiful mind

A scanning electron microscope picture of a nerve ending. It has been broken open to reveal vesicles (orange and blue) containing chemicals used to pass messages in the nervous system.

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Portraits of the mind

The hippocampus is a major component of the brains of humans and other mammals. It belongs to the limbic system and plays important roles in the consolidation of information from short-term memory to long-term memory and spatial navigation. Hippocampus (Photomicrograph, 2005) | Genetically-encoded fluorescent proteins illuminate neurons in different colors in a modern … Continue reading

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The beautiful mind

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A silent teaching

Daniel Barenboim,  Jonathan Biss and Beethoven (Piano Sonata 30, Op 109) ” It does not shy away from the extremes, and it does not look for a synthesis that is made up through a reduction of the different elements”

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Spring Sonata

Ludwig van Beethoven (1776 – 1827) Sonata for piano and violin G major Op. 24 “Frühling / Primavera” Ann Sophie Mutter : (Part 2)

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A gardener called springtime

Spring makes its own statement, so loud and clear that the gardener seems to be only one of the instruments, not the composer. ~Geoffrey B. Charlesworth

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Beauty can be only found at the edge of failing

I love this. Nikolaus Harnoncourt rehearsing Beethoven’s 5th Symphony

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Spring

Play of light and shadow over green – spring in the Vienna Woods

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The Rain

THE RAIN by Justme The clouds they sang as if in pain. A human child then felt the rain. Water and being for the first time met The boy announced ‘I am wet’ Tall people busy about their day Umbrellas … Continue reading

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