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The Music of the Heart

Category: Artists & ArtDesignFilm, Video & MusicMedical Illustration and HistoryScience in Advertising
Posted on: June 16, 2009 8:20 PM, by Jessica Palmer

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A beautiful anatomical ad campaign for the Zurich orchestra, via fubiz via Notcot.

Of particular interest I think is this comment on the thread at fubiz, from kmaz: "Music, and overall classical music, plays on emotion, not on the nervous system. instead of putting the music emotion above all, it takes it down heavily and awkwardly, to tie it with simple physic reactions." Really? "Plays on emotion, not on the nervous system"? Pardon me, but to a neurobiologist, that dichotomy is nonsensical. Our emotions and our nervous systems are inextricably entwined. Further, the complex physics and biology that make our emotional response to music possible only make the power of music and art more amazing, not less. Kudos to the Zurich orchestra for appreciating that.

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HAHAHAHAHA! That's fucking great!!!! The tympanist is drumming on the motherfucking ventricle!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted by: Comrade PhysioProf | June 16, 2009 9:14 PM

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I would have expected the timpanist to be beating on the person's ear.

Posted by: John | June 17, 2009 7:03 PM

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