Showing posts with label life like. Show all posts
Showing posts with label life like. Show all posts

Monday, July 15, 2019

Stop it: Why people dislike you (video)

Charisma on Command; Crystal Quintero, Sheldon S., CC Liu (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly



A few recent Brie Larson interviews have caught the attention of Marvel fans. People have asked if the cast doesn’t get along with her. Even as an audience member, it’s hard to sit through some of these interviews without cringing. What can we all learn from these gaffs and situations? And how can we prevent ourselves from falling into these specific behavior patterns that make people dislike a person without anyone intending it or even realizing it.

TIMESTAMPS
0:41 - Issue #1: Reading negative intent in ambiguous situations.
1:15 - Issue #2: Not realizing that sarcasm requires a “tell”
4:33 - Issue #3: Jumping on every opportunity to praise or call attention to yourself.
7:15 - Issue #4: Trying to win each moment of banter.
9:53 - Issue #5: Handling a compliment improperly.

Wednesday, January 17, 2018

POEM: "Midnight Messenger" (Susan Chesney)

Artist/Poet Chuka Susan Chesney edited by Dhr. Seven and Ashley Wells, Wisdom Quarterly

MIDNIGHT MESSENGER
Cover "Meum Doleo" by Christie Shinn
my window cloaked by
midnight figure
   she gazes 
I'm only nine
this wizard woman
savors sweet
hung from shingle and raingutter
   inverted teacup of stained night
   this evening bird
knows the way I turn and toss
   steps on tips of blanket wave
ignites my breath with
riddles woven by her stance
   I know
   thoughts confide
   restless smoke
   candle extinguished

BOOK: People Like Cats
People Like Cats is a collaborative book with art by Chuka Susan Chesney and poetry by Laura Madeline Wiseman published by Red Dashboard. 

Featuring Chesney's lush and varied art and Wiseman's prose poetry, it contains all things of cat fancy as it meditates on the human itch for feline companionship.

At least since the time of Christopher Smart and Thomas Gray through that of T. S. Eliot, poets have focused on their affection for cats

...People Like Cats continues this strong tradition with beauty, variety, and sensitivity. The book's title poem embodies the clever ambiguity which characterizes Wiseman's playful and engaging games with language...her witty verbal play on common language about cats does not undermine the serious theme of a growing girl's encounters with the complexities of life.

She gains an early introduction to responsibilities such as cleaning and shopping, to the grim realities of hardship and delight, of sex and love, of frustration and satisfaction, of disappointment and... More

Monday, March 16, 2009

Walking Human Robot revealed



Life-like walking female robot (BBC)

Japanese scientists have unveiled a female humanoid walking robot at Tsukuba City, north east of Tokyo. The robot, named HRP-4C, has 30 motors in its body that allow it to walk and move its arms as well as eight motors on its face to create expressions like anger and surprise. She will also make a special appearance in a Tokyo fashion show and will go on sale for around $200,000 (£142,000). More>>