Psychology says people who grew up with very little affection don't become cold - they become hyper-attuned to other people's emotional states in a way that's both their greatest strength and their deepest exhaustion

The assumption is always the same. If you didn’t receive much warmth as a child, you must have trouble giving it. You must be emotionally shut down. Detached. Cold. But the research tells a completely different story. People who grew up without adequate affection don’t typically become emotionally numb. They become emotionally hypervigilant — exquisitely … Continue reading "Psychology says people who grew up with very little affection don’t become cold – they become hyper-attuned to other people’s emotional states in a way that’s both their greatest strength and their deepest exhaustion"

In an Experimental Composition, 50 Pianos Tuned to Slightly Different Frequencies Play Together

Audience members are surrounded by a ring of dozens of pianos in "11,000 Strings"

TuneD project

TuneD project

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