june 11
First sitting, new drawing, same size.
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The perspective on this one is really cool and interesting. Are you going to use warping with this series as well?
Think so – if you have a chance, I put up a new statement at:
http://mydogoscar.com/2008/works/pages/about.htm
See if it makes any sense. I’m not very good at writing these things…
Strong statement. It draws me in and I want to know even more!!!!
I’m curious if your experiences growing up with monkeys and learning about their expressions through the testing—has it helped you be able to ‘read’ humans better? You mention that they are different…
Catherine:
Read your statement on the Mac series and it really was heartfelt, CLEAR and captured the complexity of the work and its history. Like you, I am no stranger to lab animal situations (in the past) but I admit to being deeply affected and bothered by monkeys and apes in lab research. Everytime I get a chance on the radio show, I interview scientists, philosophers, cognitive scientists about consciousness and sense of self and inevitably the subject moves to what evidence (if any) there is for non-human consciousness.
Obviously there is no consensus and heated opinions fly from all sides. All I can say is that the idea of consciousness as something that evolved with brain structure is appealing to me, but this also may mean that certain “higher” non-humans may have some form of consciousness and sense of self too. Which is why I get queasy about lab research with monkeys and apes,and why I find your series so interesting.
Well, however you think about these things, one thing is clear: when you think about all the Rhesus Macs that have been used in all the research in human medicine, humanity owes that simian species big time.