Florence Biker

Firenze

Art is not to be found by touring to Egypt, China, or Peru; if you cannot find it at your own door, you will never find it. 

To the attentive eye, each moment of the year has its own beauty, and in the same field, it beholds, every hour, a picture which was never seen before and which shall never be seen again. - Ralph Waldo Emerson

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NYC Biker

THE CURRENT CHALLENGE

Fri Oct 12, 2012

This week's challenge:
'In Motion'.

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Graffiti

" I believe all suffering is caused by ignorance. People inflict pain on others in the selfish pursuit of their happiness or satisfaction. Yet true happiness comes from a sense of peace and contentment, which in turn must be achieved through the cultivation of altruism, of love and compassion, and elimination of ignorance, selfishness, and greed. " -Dalai Lama music+image Thanks for visiting, please be sure that I read each and every one of your kind comments, I appreciate them all. Stay tuned.

Tree Man

iPhoneography

Photographers feel guilty that all they do for a living is press a button. - Andy Warhol
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Do Dogs Dream?

Rothko Dreams

Our World Tuesday

Do Dogs Dream?

Your dog lies asleep at your feet, and suddenly his legs begin to twitch and run. Is he dreaming? Or are you dreaming to think such a thing? Wake up and smell the dog food! Of course he's dreaming. Why would you think otherwise? 

Although no one really knows the true function of dreaming it does seem to be necessary for normal data processing and memory storage. Dogs think and they have memory. And their memory banks need period purging and reorganization during sleep just as ours do. 

Dogs and humans are not as different as some scientists would have us believe. Scientists tend to dwell on the differences between the two species, whereas the sameness is positively compelling. 

We're 95 percent identical genetically and physically (right down to the iron-containing porphyrin ringour common blood pigment, hemoglobin). Because of this blue print similarity, you might expect a lot of the inner workings to be the same and they are. 

Our brains are similar, our neurochemistry is the same, and our reflexes and memory are "wired" in like manner.