Hidden Truths ProjectHidden Truths, the Mind Unraveled

Eisai National MeetingLa Jolla, CA

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“Art will always be a messenger—a way to share ideas and explain

discoveries—a fantastic and tragic place for human life and dreams”

Alexandra Rozenman

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“My sister has a form of secondary epilepsy. It came on suddenly, it was very alien to my family. Epilepsy has made our

lives chaotic, busy, just like the hands. Yet, during the down times the world seems slow and bland, everything around you

seems to move in slow motion, therefore I left an area blank.

I wanted to show how epilepsy changed me as a person, so I used an actual part of

my body to be the canvas.”

Devon Franz

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 “ Epilepsy is an invisible disease…

between the medicine putting you in a haze, or headaches after seizures, and even your family tired of hearing you

complain, there are the days when the only one you feel like listens is an invisible

God, the days you feel stigmatized and alone…Art never complains, art never

leaves. It is an expression of my inner self when I can’t find the words to explain.”

S. Estock

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“The desire of all artists are to share their ideas, dreams, hopes, and lives on

canvas.”

Richard Davis

The artist depicts the world and the people in it by targeting and manipulating the brain’s ability to make models of emotional and

perceptual reality. To do this the artist has to understand intuitively the brain’s rules for perception, color, emotion, and empathy. In turn, the

brain’s capability for imitation and empathy gives both artist and beholder access to the private mental world of others.”

The Age of Insight: The Quest to Understand the Unconscious in Art, Mind, and Brain. Eric R. Kandel

 

 

The Journey Has Begun