How the Buddha Came to Japan: Animation, Replication, and the Life of an Indian Image
In this film, Punk Band original and (out)spoken word-artist Henry Rollins hunts down the assassin of his dreams with neuroscientist David Eagleman.
Michael de Havenon is an independent scholar specializing in sculpture produced in Southeast Asia before the ninth century. In this illustrated talk he looks at how the image of Vishnu shifted as it was carried along trade routes to the kingdoms of Southeast Asia.
Hinduism has long accepted additions—to its pantheon, philosophies, devotional practices—but it has never discarded its ancient traditions. As a result the religion reveals both dizzying diversity and strong strains of continuity. Joan Cummins seeks out the commonalities between seemingly disparate images of Hindu and Buddhist deities.
The Screenwriter
Wednesday February 27, 2013 @ 7:00 PM
Price: $20.00
Member Price: $18.00
Presented in partnership with The Dana Alliance for Brain Initiatives
Dustin Lance Black won an Academy Award for his screenplay for Milk, about the assassinated gay activist Harvey Milk. Neurobiologist Thomas J. Carew studies how the brain captures, stores and retrieves memory. Together they explore how a screenwriter can both relive and remake history through the medium of film.
About Brainwave: Illusion
The Buddha said that everything is illusion. What did he mean by that? This sixth edition of Brainwave will enlist the aid of neuroscientists to help us understand how the perception of our world is shaped by the surprising adaptability of our brains. Brainwave includes talks, special film screenings followed by discussions, interactive workshops, and much more!
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