Incredible art from GregADunn.com via Colossal:
Self Reflected is your brain perceiving itself. It is perhaps the most fundamental self portrait ever created, a hyperdetailed animated representation of human consciousness designed to mirror the functioning of the viewer’s own mind. Self Reflected asks the question whether the brain is uniquely tuned to appreciate its own fractal-like anatomy and elegant, wavelike electrical activity as a consequence of those traits underlying its own construction. It is a work of neonaturalism, inspired by the cutting edge of neuroscience and engineering to expand our understanding of the natural world.
In many cases, art is a superior communicator of complex and nuanced ideas as it makes direct connections with the viewer through perception and emotion. Dry scientific explanations of structure and function often struggle to communicate the brain’s vastness and tremendously beautiful organization through written words and figures. Self Reflected was created not to simplify the brain’s functionality for easier consumption, but to depict it as close to its native complexity as possible so that the viewer comes away with a visceral and emotional understanding of its beauty. Though the neuroscience of the piece was painstakingly researched to give the piece a level of reality not seen on this scale before, Self Reflected’s deeper meaning is to elevate the consciousness of the average person to the exquisite machine that most defines our humanity.
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