{"id":1854,"date":"2023-02-09T21:13:41","date_gmt":"2023-02-09T21:13:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mymind.com\/?p=1854"},"modified":"2023-02-09T22:32:43","modified_gmt":"2023-02-09T22:32:43","slug":"on-illusion-love-learning-languages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mymind.com\/on-illusion-love-learning-languages","title":{"rendered":"On illusion, love &amp; learning languages"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left article-beginning\">Another Sunday, another glimpse at what's been on our mind this week. We hope you enjoy these lovely things as much as we did.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-custom_5dzmfzg0c\">The murals of John Pugh:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ci5.googleusercontent.com\/proxy\/ECb6QH1gUcJr6tRZu46OqjPj2S4O-ZO3oEYWYexWZv-oUY0DG8vwDaN9rC6wDY3Krwbch-tIeXNv_8Qm_okNILSKuYqlvTeExwWaKd8bQWDyuAzehiTO8IVYZTZYKh1GBIQQuGt56-IfRaMGcRfwDpk=s0-d-e1-ft#https:\/\/carbon-media.accelerator.net\/00000000001\/jTt54B9dMTJg2VT8oJuD3w;731x540.jpeg?auto=webp\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ci5.googleusercontent.com\/proxy\/iO4QfLHqawd6BFHpR9pyblamG6eFNdjRYHa8G0Prwyl_W7GgFu2Z5LSaLBBZT1IQDnv9Ek418rjjlcSbu9bE2qJlEWh_70hz2RMsDcFf2ZGJSVy0BW8necGF9PQIZdBTmHjTUSYrDKgk8sxivd_w3mo=s0-d-e1-ft#https:\/\/carbon-media.accelerator.net\/00000000001\/kNgswbRKqyGfL0QF0MgwKW;739x540.jpeg?auto=webp\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Right click to save these images to your mind. To find them later, search \u201cart\u201d or \u201ctrompe l'oeil\u201d or \u201cJohn Pugh\u201d or \"building.\"<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt seems almost universal that people take delight in being visually tricked,\u201d says Pugh. \u201cOnce captivated by the illusion, the viewer is lured to cross an artistic threshold and thus seduced into exploring the concept of the piece.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/artofjohnpugh\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>See more murals by John Pugh \u2192<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-custom_5dzmfzg0c\">This quote from Rainer Maria Rilke:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-custom_2ckfb3b91\">\u201cThe highest form of love is to be the protector of another person\u2019s solitude.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Highlight this text, including the quotation marks, to save it to your mind as a quote.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-custom_5dzmfzg0c\"><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/dc-md-va\/interactive\/2022\/multilingual-hyperpolyglot-brain-languages\/\" target=\"_blank\">This article:<\/a><br><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"463\" src=\"https:\/\/ci4.googleusercontent.com\/proxy\/jBTv6Kz7p-l3HUw9kKUFzo0YDlvwilte4G1IeTRnXvobEydnaMbz7fqmGQO3kwn-nAFhkZ64UWq4yBZkI1qv1UZYrjlyHSptpe5fLU47JICUtHJRI2_-wYylba13hVlFy2XoA4uZ0Pn0Z4N-yyCMkg=s0-d-e1-ft#https:\/\/carbon-media.accelerator.net\/00000000001\/dOx9MgYrKK4dtxcPMGlgLK;773x540.png?auto=webp\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>An uplifting read about Vaughn Smith, a 46-year-old carpet cleaner who speaks 24 languages and counting. Language skills aside, we appreciate what motivates Smith to learn:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Soon after, he overheard a Russian woman in a grocery store. \u201c\u0417\u0434\u0440\u0430\u0432\u0441\u0442\u0432\u0443\u0439\u0442\u0435, \u043a\u0430\u043a \u043f\u043e\u0436\u0438\u0432\u0430\u0435\u0442\u0435?\u201d Vaughn asked. (Hello, how are you?) He explained that he was trying to learn Russian. He liked the look he put on that woman\u2019s face. \u201cLike she was hit with a splash of happiness,\u201d Vaughn remembers.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/dc-md-va\/interactive\/2022\/multilingual-hyperpolyglot-brain-languages\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Read \u201cThe remarkable brain of a carpet cleaner who speaks 24 languages\u201d \u2192<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<br>Save anything here to your mind? What else is in there? Open it up and take a look around.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Another Sunday, another glimpse at what&#8217;s been on our mind this week. We hope you enjoy these lovely things as much as we did. The murals of John Pugh: Right click to save these images to your mind. 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