Making Shapes: Recent Episodes
Kit Bihun
Finding the connections between art & wellness, MAKING SHAPES is a podcast hosted by Kit Bihun (an art school kid turned professional movement person).
More info:
KitBihun.com | PilatesDojo.com
Welcome to season 2 - a full season of quick follow ups to season 1 plus fresh new episodes about life and the art that may be discovered.
The original episode this quick follow up is for is called "Navigating Before I thoughts and Painted Diaries". Listen to it here
Read The NY Times article I reference in the podcast here
Support this podcast by:
- taking a virtual class with me
- buying my book GHOSTS ALL NIGHT
- subscribing to my Substack (it's free!)
- or subscribing to my Youtube Channel (also free!)
A very brief history about shoes AND some shoe recommendations for keeping your feet comfortable.
What started as a follow-up episode on feet turned into a journey through the subconscious! Hear how the unconscious mind influenced an art movement, learn about some tips and tricks by that movement, and get a crash course into why we are still intrigued by what lies beneath...or under or hidden, in our bodies and minds. This episode took forever because there was so much to look into, but I've got the general ideas down to 20 min (which is long enough!). A quick note: I mention Freud being problematic two times and that's because he and his methods are. I didn't have the bandwidth to get into that but please read this excellent summation by the folks at Gizmodo if you want to learn more. https://gizmodo.com/why-freud-still-matters-when-he-was-wrong-about-almost-1055800815Other notable reads: https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/body/23273-autonomic-nervous-systemhttps://www.ideo.com/blog/5-creative-exercises-from-the-surrealistshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Persistence_of_Memoryhttps://www.moma.org/learn/moma_learning/themes/surrealism/tapping-the-subconscious-automatism-and-dreams/free class to the first person who sends me the correct number of how many times I say the word “actually”
A audio read of my most recent essay for the Making Shapes Substack. How do we get to where we get to? Can we recall the moment things changed? Here I jot down what I can recall that brought me into this iteration of my journey with Yoga. Remember, this is a personal essay, and my experience is not the same as anyone else's (vice versa).
Taking a casual look at the importance of facial expressions, their relationship to our brains and as a part of our general wellness understanding. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/6103217https://program.allyoucanface.com/history-of-face-yoga/ - history of face yogahttps://science.howstuffworks.com/life/inside-the-mind/emotions/muscles-smile.htm - How many muscles in our facehttps://www.extremetech.com/extreme/341832-scientists-discover-new-organ-hidden-within-the-face - New Organs in our faces!https://healthfully.com/facial-exercises-for-stroke-patients-6285223.html - Face Exercises for Strokehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5abq6YZuSNMhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNOjmiwoEPEhttps://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/323https://www.newzealand.com/int/feature/kapa-haka-maori-performance/ - Haka infohttps://hakatours.com/blog/haka-meaning/ - Haka info
A five minute mindful breathing practice - inspired by episode 4. A way to settle in to yourself and your space while remaining on theme for the moment.
What happens when a well thought out plan turns into something else. Inspired by a conversation this episode changed from one of New Years staples to a trip into the history of fireworks. Show links include history, research, art and more. Also - there’s a fireworks inspired meditation. https://vimeo.com/783405304/d9931a44fbhttps://makingshapes.my.canva.sitehttps://www.pilatesdojo.comhttps://www.nga.gov/press/2019/pyrotechnics.html https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/article/the-hidden-toll-of-july-fourth-fireworkshttps://www.americanpyro.com/history-of-fireworks https://ssec.si.edu/stemvisions-blog/evolution-fireworks https://www.livescience.com/63468-fireworks-history.html https://www.getty.edu/publications/resources/virtuallibrary/0892364173.pdf https://edu.rsc.org/feature/fireworks-the-art-and-science/3010867.article https://www.atf.gov/explosives/qa/are-“display-fireworks”-considered-be-explosive-materials-subject-regulation-under https://brightly.eco/blog/fireworks-environmental-impact https://www.pennmedicine.org/news/news-blog/2020/july/the-overlooked-effects-of-fireworks https://www.popsci.com/fireworks-fear-neuroscience/ https://www.britannica.com/biography/Cai-Guo-Qiang https://www.cnn.com/style/amp/cai-guo-qiang-explosive-art/index.html
The feet are complex and amazing - don’t think so? Take a listen and learn about some of the workings of our feet and how they assist our brains in becoming more dynamic than they already are.
Making Shapes Home Site - https://makingshapes.my.canva.site
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https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/anthropology-in-practice/what-makes-the-human-foot-unique/
https://www.rct.uk/sites/default/files/file-downloads/9781909686834_High%20Res..pdf - da Vinci’s sketchbooks
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2008/12/what-do-iraqis-find-so-insulting-about-shoes-and-feet.html
https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Foot_Washing https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.1800818115
https://yogainternational.com/article/view/free-your-feet-free-your-movement https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30206910/
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30242943/
https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/326321 https://www.yogajournal.com/teach/anatomy-yoga-practice/brain-foot-connection/
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/plastic-fantastic/201909/what-happens-your-brain-when-you-use-your-feet-hands
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/09/190910111412.htm https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6633212/
https://neurosciencenews.com/foot-face-pathway-14265/ https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/symptoms/21021-balance-problems
https://www.livescience.com/33525-foot-fetishes-toe-suck-fairy.html
Do we understand the difference between being thankful and grateful? Do we know how to actively practice either? A quick (ish) trip in trying to understand gratitude and how to practice it.
https://artsandculture.google.com/story/9AWxmDksayhmJA - https://open.spotify.com/episode/4CGIkQhW8aRcQUIEUTWShM
https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/the_evolution_of_gratitude https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/topic/gratitude/definition
https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/topic/gratitude/definition#why-practice-gratitude
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/227527844_Primate_Reciprocity_and_Its_Cognitive_Requirements
https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/abs/10.1098/rspb.2006.0125 https://www.fridakahlo.it/en/scheda-news.php?id=91 - FRIDA’S DIARY
https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/agricultural-and-biological-sciences/reciprocal-altruism
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0191886922003968 - the mindfulness effect https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0087035 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12144-020-01178-1 https://artsandculture.google.com/story/exploring-frida-kahlo’s-relationship-with-her-body/EQICSfueb1ivJQ
https://candychang.com/work/before-i-die-in-nola/
What is SAD and what are some things we can we do about it?
CHECK OUT THE SHOW LINKS! Really great info and tips that go a lot deeper into the topic.
Show links:
http://www.histmodbiomed.org/witsem/vol51.html
https://emedicine.medscape.com/article/2500054-overview
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4673349/
FOOD SUGGESTIONS- https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/articles/14080-eating-to-lift-your-winter-blues
https://www.webmd.com/depression/features/serotonin
https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/seasonal-affective-disorder/in-depth/seasonal-affective-disorder-treatment/art-20048298
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6746555/
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2019.00085/full
https://www.healthline.com/health-news/red-light-therapy-benefits
https://www.everydayhealth.com/depression/the-best-foods-to-soothe-seasonal-depression/
the first person who can share with me the minute I say ocean air instead of sea air OR spaceship instead of space shuttle gets a free spot in one of my classes!