Where art meets neuroscience: exploring how artworks reveal emotion, perception and the workings of the human brain.
In the world of rap, some artists possess the extraordinary ability to craft lyrics on the spot, spontaneous, impactful rhymes delivered with precision, all seamlessly riding an unforgiving beat. What may appear to be pure talent is, in fact, underpinned by remarkably complex brain mechanisms. Thanks to recent advances in neuroscience, we can now better…
Far from being merely a strange or eccentric aesthetic, art brut opens a rare window onto the inner workings of subjectivity. These works are not to be viewed as symptoms to decode, but rather as singular attempts to hold together an often fragmented inner world. This article explores how, in psychosis, art can take on…
“There is no great genius without a touch of madness.” , Aristotle Since antiquity, the idea of a link between madness and artistic creation has haunted the human imagination. Long confined to the realm of poets and philosophers, this question found new ground for exploration with the rise of psychoanalysis: the unconscious. From Freud onward,…
My name is Tarik Bouchnayf, and I’m a fiction writer working across several genres, including epic fantasy, science fiction, and dystopia. With eight published novels, I’ve embarked on a journey that continues to evolve with every story I write.In this series of posts, I’ll be sharing my personal experiences and reflections on writing novels, especially…
A stranger sits on a train, his gaze lost beyond the windowpane, a crumpled letter tucked into his jacket pocket. You don’t know him. And yet, within a few lines, the novel draws you into his mind, you begin to feel his dilemmas, anticipate his gestures. You accept the invitation. Effortlessly, you begin to grasp…
What if the hypnotic works of Salvador Dalí or the dreamlike paintings of René Magritte were merely the tip of the iceberg of our unconscious mind? In the early 20th century, the Surrealist movement revolutionized art by delving into the depths of the human psyche, drawing direct inspiration from the theories of Sigmund Freud, the…