This, found while doing research into a few related topics, a grotesque masterpiece that's rather fetching, don't you think?
Link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Triumph_of_Death
Right click, open in a new tab and admire the details. The painting is inspired by the Bubonic Plague, which swept Europe and Asia a number of times to devastating effect.
In some instances, in towns up to 50% of the population died in a couple of years, in countries upwards of 25%.
This Pandemic, hate to say it, but it's just the warm-up before the practice...
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Curious, on the "Mind-Body" connection. Will yourself to death or think yourself young...
Link: https://www.salon.com/2021/12/31/psychogenic/
& Link: https://www.theguardian.com/science/2022/jan/02/can-you-think-yourself-young-ageing-psychology
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Link: https://thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/the-invisible-organ-shaping-our-lives-microbiome/
By implication, a great deal of our health and mental wellness can be traced back to diet and lifestyle. Things like smoking, sugar, diet soda, preservatives and antibiotics all negatively affect the gut biome, which in turn affects not only our health but our state of mind.
The good news, you can positively impact it with healthy lifestyle choices and probiotic foods - such as Kombucha, active yogurt, fermented foods, etc.
And, of course - fresh and young fecal transplants. Mmmm. Fecal transplants. I've already called my first unborn grand-childs first dirty diaper, but this could be a long waiting game...at least the kids know I'll be game for baby-sitting.
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AN interesting read via PsyPost that human brains shrunk approximately 3000 years ago as a response to Social Intelligence (or "Shared Intelligence").
I see plenty of evidence that via Social Media, cell phones, etc - the next level of "Social Intelligence" - are shrinking and atrophying our brains yet again, and further...
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