Episode #106: Danielle - Art, Fiction & Truth

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talkPOPc Resident Philosopher Dr. Dena Shottenkirk speaks with Danielle at the Center for Fiction in Downtown Brooklyn
Timestamps:

• 00:10: Introductions
• 01:00: What does Danielle think about Art? Defining cognition is step #1
• 02:10: Is Art cognition? Art allows people to process and express what happens inside their brain. It's a tool for the Artist.
• 04:05: Taking the inner experience and making it evident to outsiders. A 3rd person PoV of a 1st person experience
• 05:30: Art as the nugget of fun for problem solving. Art is a non-stressful way of solving problems, but maybe fun is not part of this
• 06:55: Does non-fiction count as Art? Writers think they're telling you a truth.
• 08:55: Cognition is part of reading. Any new information needs cognitive processing. Non fiction changes your experiences of the world and how you process. Jennette McCurdy's memoir and her experiences as an actor and how it changes a viewer's perspective.
• 13:10: Is Art a kind of cognition? Art adds to the picture. A year-long playlist, songs and connections to places/experiences/time periods.
• 15:05: Music and smell in particular make us recall time and place, but why? We edit visually, and perhaps auditory and smell don't operate exactly like visual editing.
• 17:25: You don't realize your senses in the moment until they're taken away or significant change occurs
• 18:35: Maybe music makes us remember where our bodies were at a specific time and place
• 19:45: Music places you in ways because it's auxiliary instead of primary. It's a background element.
• 21:45: Art is inherently connected to cognition. It's how artists process what they're going through, like an external hard-drive. It triggers a process of connection.
• 23:10: A corny violin at MoMA. Now it makes every violin trigger a memory/idea of corn

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