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...most attractive things about the study of vision is it’s so immediate and obvious to us,” Conway says. “Art reveals something of the magic of that process and in many ways it reflects the mystery of vision that we often take for granted...

Author: By Alissa M D'gama, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Neurobiology Looks To Shed Light On Vision, Art | 11/6/2009 | See Source »

...Making pictures is something we as viewers consider to be quite a mystical event,” Conway says. “What it underscores is the mystery and the magic of vision itself...

Author: By Alissa M D'gama, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Neurobiology Looks To Shed Light On Vision, Art | 11/6/2009 | See Source »

...It’s really a charming little piece. It’s really funny, really cute. It’s all about love and magic,” says stage director Davida Fernandez-Barkan ’11. “I think it’s a really beautiful show.” Though the show was originally conceived in Victorian England, this particular production’s styling and costume will be decidedly more Elizabethan. “Shows get taken to the present a lot, and I thought it would be fun to take a show...

Author: By Brian A. Feldman, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: 'Sorcerer' Conjures Whimsical Fun | 11/6/2009 | See Source »

...weave intricate tales that span decades and miles—he is only halfway to enchantment in “Invisible.” His fascinating dance between past and present helps him approach this ideal, but “Invisible” has no moments of literary magic, or of any real beauty. And it’s not because the words themselves are simple, but instead because they are used so formulaically, without experiment. There is plot, there is description—but there is no poetry; and so the novel itself, like Walker, melts away...

Author: By Hana Bajramovic, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: ‘Invisible’ Remains Transparent | 11/6/2009 | See Source »

...good thing. It is seen as creativity, experimentation. When Alessandro was younger, he says he was quite the daydreamer. “I was running around with a lot of imagination and needed something to do with it.” He never had imaginary friends or played with Magic cards, but from the age of four he created stories in his mind. But for some reason, role play is something we are expected to grow out of. “There is this idea that you shouldn’t play fantasy games after adolescence,” Cole...

Author: By Elyssa A. L. Spitzer, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Welcome to the Dungeon | 11/5/2009 | See Source »

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