Re: [ET2] the Stendhal syndrome

emoseleyg wrote:

> Stendhal syndrome or Stendhal's syndrome is a psychosomatic illness
> that causes rapid heartbeat, dizziness, confusion and even
> hallucinations when an individual is exposed to art.

LOL!

That's great - and one of those wonderful "top end" and seemingly
bizarre human behaviours which can teach us such a lot if we would let them.

Art is a stimulus, and I guess we all have different responses to it.

I was in the New York museum of modern art not long ago and had a small
attack of a lower case Stendhal's syndrome. I saw a painting and burst
into laughter, I just couldn't stop laughing. I tried, seeing that
"BWHUHAHAHAHAAAA ..." in ringing resonance across the silent halls of
marble was a bit inappropriate and my son was getting "parent distress
syndrome" (when children and especially teenagers respond to parent's
behaviour with extreme symptoms, such as epileptic fits, rage or
explosive vomiting et al).

But every time I so much as glanced at the painting again, it started
all over.

It all makes perfect sense if we take energy into consideration, and I
think also that everyone reacts to art (if it is indeed, *art*), only at
a much lower level normally and for most folk I guess even below the
level of their own awareness.

If there's anyone who hasn't tried that out, there is a little "art &
energy exercise" here:

http://silviahartmann.com/23/etexercise.php

Do them first one at a time and just note the responses (where do I feel
that in my body?), and then second time round, doing ET until it flows.

It's remarkable how different and specific the responses are to such things.

Very cool Liz and thanks for sending that!

Silvia :-)

           
Received on Mon Feb 20 2006 - 07:14:21 GMT