Lascaux is a cave complex in southwestern France, near Montignac, known for its prehistoric paintings, which date back approximately 17,000–22,000 years (early Magdalenian period). Discovered on September 12, 1940, by 18-year-old Marcel Ravidat and his friends, the...
The Chauvet-Pont-d’Arc Cave in southeastern France, discovered on December 18, 1994, contains some of the best-preserved figurative cave paintings, dating back to the Aurignacian period (32,000–30,000 years ago), with evidence of human presence during both the...
As referred to in the article The Neural Basis of Mental Imagery by M.J. Farah, mental imagery is the process of “seeing with the mind’s eye.” The study explains that when we imagine something, our brain activates the same areas used for actual vision,...
… a story in my mind…, and looking at the photos brings it all back. In October 2019, my family and I went to watch the 2019 MEO Rip Curl Pro Portugal at Supertubos. Being at a sports event with good waves and a fun, healthy vibe is always exciting. We...
And how fun is gliding! We get to be towed by an airplane, and I get to take pictures of us inside a small ‘toy,’ with a rope attached to another plane. How crazy is that? I can tell you it’s a lot of fun. Once the rope is released, we feel the silence of...
