Don Mangus' "It Only Hurts When I Smirk.": meme

Friday, September 14, 2018

Memes as Visual Self-Affirmations

Don Mangus

At first I was just fooling around having fun on Facebook, but then it struck me -- making your own ego-boosting memes might have some therapeutic value for some folks. Sort of like a visual self-affirmation statement. Try it out. It's like a publicity campaign for your self-esteem. Narcissists need not bother, though. Speaking of which -- don't worry, I made these memes over the span of many months. I just collected them together here, before I delete them from my tablet. Onward!

From yee Wiki:

Self-affirmation theory is a psychological theory that focuses on how individuals adapt to information or experiences that are threatening to their self-concept. Claude Steele originally popularized self-affirmation theory in the late 1980s, and it remains a well-studied theory in social psychological research.

Self-affirmation theory contends that if individuals reflect on values that are personally relevant to them, they are less likely to experience distress and react defensively when confronted with information that contradicts or threatens their sense of self.

Experimental investigations of self-affirmation theory suggest that self-affirmation can help individuals cope with threat or stress and that it might be beneficial for improving academic performance, health, and reducing defensiveness.

Sunday, October 8, 2017

Frank Lloyd Wright on Organic Architecture

Frank Lloyd Wright

Organic architecture, although never as popular as the International style among architectural critics, has been dubbed "the other Modernism." The most famous proponent was Frank Lloyd Wright, but other architects began working somewhat in this manner beginning at the turn of the 19th-20th century and continuing until the present.

"Organic architecture" refers to a unity of the architecture, the landscape, and the decoration and interior elements. The term reflects designs that almost seem to grow out of the Earth and follow nature. In this sense, Organic architecture strikes some as a refined, abstract form of Art Nouveau, with its strong lines and mixture of the natural and the machine age. The highly individualistic designs are also tailored to work well with the particulars of the owners' lifestyles.