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Two Updates: Working Definition of Emotion and Sample Neurological Model

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Two updates to mention here:

1) The first is just a working definition of emotion I thought would be nice to add to the site.  I added it under the Building an Equation tab.

Emotion: A cognitive and physiological response that signals success or failure with regards to the acquisition of entities (both corporeal and non-corporeal) valued for the fulfillment of specific purposes that are either harbored by the self or vicariously interpreted as belonging to others, as in other people, animals, or anthropomorphized objects.  The cognitive/physiological response response may also be understood as a call to action if the deadline to act to acquire or safeguard an entity is imminent.

Building an Equation

2) The second is a variation to the sample neurological model to more closely model the exponential growth of valuations with base 2 (i.e., 2, 4 , 8, 16, 32, 64 . . .).  I added it under the Sample Neurological Model tab, though I have not yet created an image for the model.

Given that valuations are modeled to grow or decrease exponentially from base 2, the valuing neurons can alternatively be modeled to grow exponentially, with each neuron or neural group (i.e., representatives of Emotional Units) in a higher, smaller group branching off to two more neurons or neural groups in a lower, larger group.  The first tier would have 2, the second tier 4, the third tier 8, the fourth tier 16, the fifth tier 32, and so on.

Sample Neurological Models

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Back from Oblivion

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Museums, post-apocalyptic movies, improv, dancing in a music video, Mile High Blues, food poisoning, headaches, hallucinations, a Renaissance festival, visiting family, science fiction (Eureka), cops with cool British accents (Luther), resourceful spies (Burn Notice), Scrabble, the Grizzly Rose, the Mercury Cafe, the Turnverein . . .

After being out of town for over a month vacationing, I have been eager to get back to work, more so than usual.  I acquired the final permissions that I need just a few days ago, so a finished book should be rolling off the press soon, likely within the next week or two.  There is more to come.

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May Day Musings

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Three permissions acquired so far, just a few more to go! Accessibility and making it easy to comprehend is my main priority, after permissions that is and as far as editing the book goes.

At some point soon I will likely continue illustrating my epic comic strip. The upside to becoming a publisher is that I can someday publish it on my own terms. I am not sure what, if any appeal it might have to specific people, as both poetry and comic strips seem to be dying arts, in their traditional formats. If I were swimming in money and time then I would like to make a publisher page too, but first things first, like setting up a business bank account.

I will also be journeying to Colorado this summer, not sure for how long, but there will certainly be some dancing involved and maybe some improv. I have been reading up on a few other books, and practicing some international standard dances. It should be fun to actually have space and partners though.

And those student loans I still have… it would be nice to pay those off before contemplating tacking on any more.  At least it’s starting to feel like summer anyway.