Dr Buki Fatona
@University of Oxford, research in Philosophy of Cognitive Neuroscience & Religion:
memory; imagination; action.
❤️classics, mathematics, & art❤️
theology.web.ox.ac.uk/people/dr-buki-fatona
- Reposted by Dr Buki FatonaA video of Alex Pretti reading out the final salute of an unnamed veteran he cared for until the end of his life in the ICU, posted to Facebook by his son.
- 'Beekeeper' Tamara Natalie Madden
- Reposted by Dr Buki FatonaDr. Gladys West, the pioneering mathematician whose work laid the foundation for modern GPS technology, has died. She was 95.
- Let no man pull you so low as to hate him. Revd Dr Martin Luther King Jr.
- Good Boi-cycles 😍
- Reposted by Dr Buki FatonaThey have quite an operation going. www.mprnews.org/episode/2026...
- Madonna 1982, Elizabeth Catlett
- African Princesses, c.1950, Ellis Wilson
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- There comes a point where we need to stop just pulling people out of the river. We need to go upstream and find out why they’re falling in. ―Desmond Tutu
- Reposted by Dr Buki FatonaWe've removed the paywall from this guide so everyone can access it. 👇 Stay safe.
- Trust in God, She will provide. --Emmeline Pankhurst
- 'Mother Courage II, 1974, Charles White Strength & courage for the New Year 🙏🏾
- Happy birthday, Henri Matisse (b. 31 December 1869). Among his final works are these beautiful ‘Tree of Life’ windows, and tiling (depicting Saint Dominic), in Chapelle du Rosaire aka “Matisse Chapel”
- This Nativity painting takes my breath away ❤️ 'Morning Star', Hiroshi Tabata, 1998.
- 'Annunciation of a Woman', 2018 and 'Our Lady of Regla', 2019 Harmonia Rosales
- It is a trite remark, but one that cannot be too often repeated, that art and science go hand in hand." Edward Sang (Scottish mathematician). 👇🏽Wassily Kandinsky's 'Circles in a Circle', 1923, which draws on geometry.
- 'Stonehenge' to celebrate winter solstice by Peter Watts (1916-2002)
- James Baldwin by Marlene Dumas, 2014 from her ‘Great Men’ portrait series
- A belated post on presenting a paper at the American Academy of Religion's conference in Boston (Nov). Overwhelmingly positive feedback on my paper, wonderful connections made, enjoyed Boston's beautiful architecture.
- J. M. W. Turner is, hands down, one of my favourite artists. Felt so privileged to have been at a PV of his works this week. There were even moments when I was alone with some of my most adored pieces. Like 'Fishermen at Sea' (1796) and 'Norham Castle, Sunrise' (1845).
- Another brilliant and wonderful production by Ballet Black--UK/Europes first black professional neoclassical Ballet company. 'A Shadow Work' (at Sadler's Wells) explores the spectrum of emotions versus conscious and subconscious mental states via beautifully evocative and breathtaking dance ❤️🙏🏽
- "I study how humans think." Trying to explain my research in simple terms to someone only to sound like a Martian.
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- Pre-Raphaelites' Annunciation stained glass window at Winchester Cathedral
- Two exciting research opportunities in #science and #religion at the University of Oxford. 👉🏾Postdoctoral Position - Quantum Worldviews Project, Ian Ramsey Centre. 👉🏾DPhil (PhD) in Ecotheology Scholarship at the Laudato Si' Research Centre (link in next post).
- Reposted by Dr Buki FatonaToday is the 70th anniversary of Rosa Parks' arrest. Six myths: 1) She wasn't old or tired. 42 years old that day, she had a "life history of being rebellious" & had spent two decades helping to turn the Montgomery NAACP into a more activist branch alongside ED Nixon and Johnnie Carr.
- Visited Jane Austen's resting place today. These words really resonated: "Their grief is in proportion to their affection."
- A dear dear friend is gone. There are no words. His family have set up a memorial page to share tributes.
- A miracle academics routinely perform is presenting a 10,000 word article in 15 minutes.
- This is a librarian appreciation post. Librarians are book angels 😇
- Hello, Winter - aka season of super soft sweaters and hearty hot soups 🤗
- Earth Sermon - Beauty, Love and Peace (1971) by Alma Thomas, the first African American woman to receive a degree in fine art I write about this work here - thevcs.org/behold-your-...
- This year (so far) I have had not one, not two, not three....but *five* articles accepted for publication. No wonder I am exhausted
- Very much looking forward to presenting tomorrow at 'Memory: From Neurons to Narratives' conference. A fab line of speakers, sessions, and papers ❤️
- Now live! A virtual exhibition (with commentaries) curated by me for The Visual Commentary on Scripture project @thevcs.bsky.social In the exhibition, among other things, I explore verbal vs visual depictions of the infinite via works by Alma Thomas, M.C. Escher, and Agnes Martin. Enjoy!
- Oxford's Department of Psychiatry and Experimental Psychology is looking for a Deputy Director to help lead its Oxford Centre for Emerging Minds Research More details via link
- Lagos Fashion Week ❤️
- "Painters have borne witness to changing circumstances [in the world], to horrors as well as to wonders; And so held a mirror up to human nature." --Bridget Riley - below is her mesmerising 'Blaze I', 1962
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- New (open access) article just published! Drawing on studies in experimental psychology, cognitive neuroscience, and analytic philosophy of memory, I provide an answer to: HOW DOES MENTAL TIME TRAVEL IN THE EUCHARIST AID PSYCHOSPIRITUAL GROWTH? doi.org/10.1111/heyj...
- 'Self-portrait in a Velvet Dress' Frida Kahlo's first [significant] self-portrait, 1926
- Someone came to church with their chihuahua in a nun's outfit. Here I am having a post-Mass cuddle with the wimple-d pooch
- A very moving and beautiful All Souls service this morning. Some of the names I found especially poignant to read aloud: Nelson Mandela Martin Luther King Jr Stephen Lawrence Damilola Taylor
- Just discovered that the first coffee house in England was in Oxford (1649/50?). This makes a lot of sense to me.
- Reposted by Dr Buki FatonaGenuinely delighted to download a PhD thesis from a university repository where the author has neglected to remove the words "BITCH THIS IS YOUR THESIS" from the filename.
- 'City Life', 1968 by Jamaican born painter and sculptor, Osmond Watson
- Told someone today just before a lecture on quantum mechanics that "all roads lead to Neoplatonism." Guess where the lecturer went? (Neo)platonism! Might put this aphorism on a t. shirt
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- "...we are a part of the natural world, and even today when the planet is dark, there is still hope. Don't lose hope. If you lose hope, you become apathetic and do nothing." -Jane Goodall
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- This week seems apt to remember Dorothy Hodgkin (1910-1994). The first British woman to receive a Nobel Prize in chemistry. ❤️ Maggi Hambling's painting of Hodgkin with multiple hands working at her desk. In the corner is a structurally accurate model of insulin which she solved. #WomenInSTEM
