Responses
Ok, sorry this a bit later than expected. Anyway you can have a look
HERE for the responses from the activity we did in studio last week.
So what the heck were we doing? Looking at spaces:(Reminder our group: Lauren, Aga, Rowan and myself Brittany) What were we trying to get at? Initally we had a few ideas of what we wanted to do...things were a bit mish mashed, these are some of them:
* Crossing boundaries/personal space/comfort...stalking
* inbetween spaces, the nooks and crannies, alleys, etc.
* taking of the homeless man's home from elizabeth st.
Sorry if I left things out fellow group members, if you feel I missed out something, leave it in the comments. Hope I haven't been too unclear??
The Machinist
The Machinist... Insomnia, the vacant wasteland, turmoil/struggle. Christian Bale, Trevor Reznik, Living skeleton..."If you were any thinner, you wouldn't exist". So tired.
Sonambulism
Sleepwalking is most often initiated during deep sleep but may occur in the lighter sleep stages or NREM, usually within a few hours of falling asleep, and the sleepwalker may be partially aroused during the episode.
In addition to walking during deep sleep, other symptoms of sleepwalking include:
- Sleeptalking
- Little or no memory of the event
- Difficulty arousing the sleepwalker during an episode
- Inappropriate behavior such as urinating in closets (more common in children)
- Screaming (when sleepwalking occurs in conjunction with sleep terrors)
- Violent attacks on the person trying to awaken the sleepwalker
sleep behavior disorder
Studies of animals may explain REM behavior disorder. Animals who have suffered lesions in the brain stem have exhibited symptoms similar to RBD. Cats with lesions affecting the part of the brain stem that involves the inhibition of locomotor activity will have motor activity during REM sleep: they will arch their backs, hiss and bare their teeth for no reason, while their brain waves register normal REM sleep.
- A 77-year old minister had been behaving violently in his sleep for 20 years, sometimes even injuring his wife.
- A 60-year old surgeon would jump out of bed during nightmares of being attacked by "criminals, terrorists and monsters."
- A 62-year old industrial plant manager who was a war veteran dreamt of being attacked by enemy soldiers and fights back in his sleep, sometimes injuring himself.
- A 57-year old retired school principal was inadvertently punching and kicking his wife for two years during vivid nightmares of protecting himself and family from aggressive people and snakes.
