GMU:Speculative Atmospheres/Andrea Geyer: Difference between revisions

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This process of ‚zooming in’ into the details of our environment, it could be really exhausting (and overwhelmling, and upsetting) if we did this constantly.

So maybe our perception system ~~devellopped~~ on purpose a functionalism that works in a way which ‚saves‘ us from overstimulation:

So maybe our perception system developed on purpose a functionalism that works in a way which ‚saves‘ us from overstimulation:

we look at things, quickly, recognize them [= as being the thing we learnt they are], say „Aha, this it is!“, and move on.

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And I feel reminded of people with forms of autism that are supposed to deal with exactly this topic of ‚over-perception‘ because they can't help but be stimulated by so many things at the same time.

And ~~as they say~~ many of those people love to listen to e.g. the roaring of a vacuum cleaner or watch the rotating of a spinning top on the other hand~~. As~~ these are constant, steady, uniform sounds or movements (with certain patters), it calms them down.

And then, many of those people love to listen to e.g. the roaring of a vacuum cleaner or watch the rotating of a spinning top on the other hand as these are constant, steady, uniform sounds or movements (with certain patters): it calms them down.

And I wonder then.... Why is it that listening to a vacuum cleaner for a long time would rather make me nervous than calm me down, and for other people its the other way round? A sound/movement/whatever needs to be so steady and continuously that it secretly slips into our subconscious.

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 This process of ‚zooming in’ into the details of our environment, it could be really exhausting (and overwhelmling, and upsetting) if we did this constantly.
-So maybe our perception system devellopped on purpose a functionalism that works in a way which ‚saves‘ us from overstimulation:
+So maybe our perception system developed on purpose a functionalism that works in a way which ‚saves‘ us from overstimulation:
 we look at things, quickly, recognize them [= as being the thing we learnt they are], say „Aha, this it is!“,  and move on.
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 And I feel reminded of people with forms of autism that are supposed to deal with exactly this topic of ‚over-perception‘ because they can't help but be stimulated by so many things at the same time.
-And as they say many of those people love to listen to e.g. the roaring of a vacuum cleaner or watch the rotating of a spinning top on the other hand. As these are constant, steady, uniform sounds or movements  (with certain patters), it calms them down.
+And then, many of those people love to listen to e.g. the roaring of a vacuum cleaner or watch the rotating of a spinning top on the other hand as these are constant, steady, uniform sounds or movements  (with certain patters): it calms them down.
 And I wonder then.... Why is it that listening to a vacuum cleaner for a long time would rather make me nervous than calm me down, and for other people its the other way round?  A sound/movement/whatever needs to be so steady and continuously that it secretly slips into our subconscious.