The Link Between Body & Mind
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- Опубликовано: 17 июл 2024
- We tend to think that a transcendence from flesh, leaving the body behind for the mind, would advance us to new heights; but is that really the case?
Serial Experiments Lain explores the link between mind and body through a young girl who gives up her physical presence to exist on The Wired (the internet) instead. In doing so, her sense of self is split, as different versions of her cause chaos online. Struggling to understand “who am I?” without a body, is this because her mind is no longer limited by a container? If we gave up the desires of the flesh to exist solely as intellect, would we actually be better off, or simply feigning superiority?
Akira explores the connection between form and thought with Tetsuo’s downfall; a young boy in a harsh world who’s physically behind his peers, like Kaneda. Due to this, he feels inferior, so when he gains psychic powers, he uses them only for physical domination, especially against Kaneda. Eventually, they become expressed by his physical form growing uncontrollably, in some of anime’s best body horror. Is this because the mind was simply a means to a greater body for him? As such, the classic Akira explores body over mind.
Cyberpunk: Edgerunners, Trigger’s 2022 hit, analyzes the way mind impacts body by leaning into body modification, the replacement of flesh with metal. Whatever someone in Night City feels inside becomes expressed on the outside due to this; but is this always good? For David Martinez, the main character, it becomes a downfall, as his worst moments become literally a part of him. Following a crushing loss, instead of moving on, he becomes what he lost; destroying his mind through its ownership over the body in a vicious cycle. The same can be seen for other characters, like Maine, and those who reach a cyberpsycho level of chrome.
A anime video essay analysis discussing and explaining the themes of Serial Experiments Lain, Akira, and Cyberpunk: Edgerunners
0:00 Intro
2:32 Serial Experiments Lain
24:28 Akira (1988)
34:00 Cyberpunk Edgerunners
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what was the difference between the style?
I can't point to anything specific but I absolutely love this video!
I like that there’s so much philosophy 😊
So, lets add another level of horror here. The existential, real kind. If you as a child learn or are forced to learn to ignore your need to go to the bathroom, to eat, to drink, such as what happens in a lot of schools, you begin to feel these impulses less and less until they are sending your body close to or into crisis mode. And frankly having had this done to me, it did not help my creativity even in the time I still had the energy to devote to it. In fact it kinda did a lot of damage to my ability to visualize in my head and to come up with novel ideas that I've had to take the time to undo. But the lack of those impulses will always be with me.
Parts of this horror of erased selfhood are very, very real. Physiologically provable as real.
Creativity is just when information and error come into contact. It is a process just like everything else within art.
One thing you can do is imagine an end point of logic and then just fill in the blank space. Due to your limited perspective tons of error will be introduced as you use your knowledge bank to fill it in.
As for visualization, I’m less sure of. Especially when aphantasia seems to be such a common thing, it leads me to believe it’s more mechanical.
Even then you can cultivate this as well. Observing the outer world with intentionality allows for you to expand your visual image bank. A lot of artists do this in order to nail down perspective. Try to examine the form of the objects, not just their concepts or labels.
If it’s completely black within your mind, you can start by drawing the images with lines that are a slightly lighter shade than the black. Eventually it’ll become easier but the key things for both of these are repetition.
You can utilize the neuroplasticity of the brain to regain the things you lost due to adapting to an environment. You just need to create the environment to enable it and remain intentional in what you do.
@@neetfreek9921Wow I haven’t read the term “Neuroplasticity” since I took a class called The Science and Art of Human Flourishing. Super digestible concept and eloquent application. Great comments guys, this stuff is super insightful
I did dmt and it cured my aphantasia.
I have this issue too . . Almost making me feel like a ghost . . Like I’m not a person involved in life just someone who watches it all go by
I get frustrated with my physical needs and don’t drink enough water or see my hunger as an annoyance
I’ve let others say my needs are an inconvenience and over time I believed it
I guess that’s one thing this video left out was the relationship between body and mind
Not just the link and what can come of it
oh my god, for the past week i havent been able to be entertained by anything but i feel it in my bones that ill watch this whole thing
more
and you'll most likely motivate me to watch the shows i havent seen yet in order to watch vids
holy shit man i missed this
I think Lain is very much worth watching if you like more odd presentation and can handle a feeling of "what is happening right now?" and Akira is worth seeing for it's classic animation and staying power alone. I'm glad I can provide some good entertainment, whether in the videos or the knowledge of more series to watch!
@@ProfessorViral i started Lain but for some reason i couldn’t pay attention or I suppose keep up with it so I think thanks to this video i would have a hmm mindset going into it?
@@itssquishy3364 play game if you can, it's on web and it's hella good
i like this concepts as part of art, but honestly i believe that the body is only the result of the physical world and the physical materials that construct it. the mind is just another manifestation of the body of another animal that just happened to become self aware enough to theorize about itself. there is no separation for me. I am my physical form. I am my body I am my mind. they don't belong to me. i am my physical body, but for some reason in most of the languages in the west we are referring to our body as something we own that is separate from us. I comment about western languages because those are the ones that i have any knowledge about.
and for me the simplest evidence for my position is that the quality of food you eat, how much you get to exercise, how good sleep you get and other stuff, affect you mental capacity. your thoughts are affected by your physical situation. our minds are not separate from the material reality we are experience.
i have adhd. i take medicines that affect my brain and how functional it is. basically everyday i experience a physical object that affects my body affect my thought. my mind. we are limited by the limitation of our flesh. we are not special. we are just like every other creature. we start and end with our bodies.
however our being exists outside of us. everything we ever made and the memory us exist. there are images of us that are beyond us. however we have no power over them. they don't belong to us. those are the understanding of us by others through our actions. actions we can only take because we have a physical form.
for me the body mind dichotomy is wrong. there is nothing to separate. there is only one thing. we experience them as separate because the mind can imagine things outside of our physical limitations. or at least this is how i have experienced. our ability that allows to imagine stuff happen outside of us and without our presence is what makes us believe that there is a difference.
i am trans. i know how it is to feel that the body is off. i know how it if to have the need to change my body. but that for me strengthens my believe that there is no dichotomy. i want to change my body because i want to enact my will. just like when you do when you exercise or you cut your hair, wear clothes.
This was fantastic and kept my brain from rotting away during endless dishwasher work. Thank you so much for this. You are fantastic 🙏😃
Always happy to help in moments like that!
Oofff... I know how that is. Much respect, it's not fun work.
Ain't no way I just watched your rebecca explained and love is abused video today which are both Cyberpunk videos.
Cyberpunk is the best 👌
two years later and I'm still thinking about it haha
@@ProfessorViral same, only 10 episode show that has ever effected me so profoundly- masterpiece written and drawn with every stroke
The outros are good.
The investigation of the core idea is thoughtful and diverse. It is definitely not what I was thinking when watching Edgerunners, but the text supports it
this subject makes me thing a lot about my ED, especially the cyberpunk section. when I was younger, I developed anorexia nervosa mostly due to environmental and societal reasons, similar to how David felt compelled to change his body to fit in/adapt to his school. (tw numbers) in about four months, I lost around 15kg, which was 30% of my initial weight at the time. I'm pretty short so visually it made a big difference in my body, I went from looking a bit chubby to extremely thin very fast. that's when my problems with dissociation and depersonalization started: although initially those changes were very conscious, I couldn't recognize myself or my surroundings anymore. some of this coincided with covid too: I became extremely isolated from everyone and consequently lived entirely inside my mind. aside from brain fog, the negative side effects of my extreme weight loss (like overwhelming fatigue, bodily functions shutting down, extreme cold etc) hadn't really caught up to my body yet, so I felt a bit like a god. similarly to Lain, my mind didn't feel connected to my body at all and it seemed as if I could do anything. not necessarily in a self-titled way, but more in a delusional one. although eventually I realized that I needed to recover, I don't think I'll ever get back to "normal". yes, I restored some of the weight back and I'm not as calorie/body image obsessed as I was before (I pretty much still am but it doesn't get in my way as much) but the dissociation and depersonalization never really went away. sometimes, when things in my life start to feel a bit strange, I almost go back to that transe-like state I was mentally in during AN, but physically can't whether I want to or not. such a dramatic change to your body never really stops impacting your mind and vice-versa, even if you technically "reverse" that change. they will always be correlated.
Your breakdowns and analysis of these extra-mindful concepts are always so stunningly put together. Absolute treasures, each of them. I'm glad that I can join you on the wired to indulge in such things. Great vids as always.
Thank you! It's very validating for me honestly, to have achieved being less weird in a way, that I know other people enjoy this stuff too
I definitely enjoy the hyper-fixation of a certain concept rather than a general overview of a series. I love your deep dives into how these films represent more philosophical and personal concepts. Keep up the great work :D
I think that both styles of video work really well, particularly because you are really good at articulating a philosophy and drawing it into an anime or drawing an anime out to a philosophy on micro and macro scale. I am new to your channel and haven’t gotten through the full backlog, but maybe something spooky would be a good topic, like supernatural fear as a substitution for a tangible fear. Amazing work really enjoyed this video, super engaging! ❤
you always have the best insights wth
Yes! Loved this video please keep em coming.
As someone with ADHD and Schizophrenia arose me like a sword pushing through my chest, your videos speak out with a lot of elements and well-put emphasis from the questions and ambitions.
Great vid! I've been listening to your backlog out of order at work lately, so I'm not sure what the difference is between the old and new styles, but I do really enjoy the ones where you approach a single topic with the viewpoints of several different shows. How to fight god being a favorite of mine.
As for other related concepts, the channel Kane B has a great series on the philosophy of mind. It's a bit dry compared to anime, but a lot of the concepts could be fun to compare to stuff like Evangelion, Perfect Blue, as well as anything that questions the difference between minds and computers.
I’ve never seen this take on Akira, really cool.
I’m 26min into the vid but feels like I been listening for hours, really nice sir
Really like these types of videos and your outros.
Thank you!
Man, that vid friggin ruled. Like a good movie you’re so sad when it ends
Love your videos
Great video thank you for making it
Of course, thank you for your time and kind words!
i love your content, i almost always fall asleep to your videos, keep up the good work
Thank you, happy that I can provide that!
Love it!! Would love to see your take on JJK and how they define body and soul to add on to this. YES I LOVE THE OUTROS. It's a good transition time.
I have someone who wants to watch JJK with me, so I may give it another chance. I watched when it was new and thought it was good, but maybe not exactly for me? We'll see how that goes. Thank you for the outro feedback as well, I figured they would be good as a sort of cooldown almost
An endlessly fascinating topic for sure: one with many avenues to explore & this is a nice well thought out starter on the topic. You ended up touching on the concept | framework of Cartesian Dualism by one Rene Descartes -the basic stance of which is that the mind and body are distinct and separate modalities - Cartesian Dualism has been challenged in various works; “The Rhetoric of Romanticism” and “Einstein’s Space and Van Gogh’s Sky,” are some of the books we read which offer different perspectives and critiques; where dualism happens to be touched on incidentally as a byproduct rather than the main function ( transparency: we've not read the seminal works challenging his view, its not our main focus! ) This is not even touching the theological aspects of the mind and body such as the firmament (and we feel strongly the religious aspects should not be ignored in this topic even if we are not the most versed on the subject nor religious ourself )
In my experience, you never really know how a person or thing will affect your thought process or perspective on life until they're long gone, but I can confidently say right now that this video has. Now, whether if it fully opened that perspective or just connected some dots that were already there, I couldn't tell you, but either way, thanks.
Probably the latter; after all, that's all I'm really doing is adding some extra wordy detail to what already existed in these works. My job is to extrapolate so that the viewer can condense it back down through their own experience. I have no ability to change someone's life, but I have the ability to make them think about doing it on their own
hell yeah a professorviral video
Hell yeah a nice comment : )
Not finished the video yet, but that are our personal thoughts on the topic. We are plural. A lot of us view this body just as vessel or meat sack, because what we are is so fundamentally different. We can live in our innerspace as who we are, in age, gender, race, species etc.. the body is often just an obstacle, and we have a lot of headmates who only live in innerspace and don't have any connection to the body
I did enjoy this one, but then I'm a sucker for anything that makes me think about Lain. XD
the mind is the body
I love high production mad rambling
If I'm good for one thing, it's that lol
This is an interesting subject and I have struggled to feel comfortable in my body. The fact my body can control my mood used to terrify me. I find it embarrassing how my body can cause mood swings especially when I was younger. I also have this thing where I pass out easily if I see blood or hear someone talking about medical procedures. I don't know why it causes me to pass out, but it has always scared me how my body can take control and do something my mind does not want.
I've watched a great video that explores this topic from Clark Elieson called The Horror of Having a Body, I'd definitely recommend it.
Oh boy a Edgerunner thumbnail, im mentally obligated to watch it!
Two years on and it's still stuck in my brain haha
Yippee, another great video
Thank you!
Great vid
Thanks!
David never tried to change back to his original body, he only added to it cause it gave him a better life. It didn’t make him regret his choice but wish to go further into said decision
I never said he outwardly wished to return to his old body. Just that the state of his mind is what altered his body so much, and it led to some extreme consequences. Whether his life would have ended up better without is up for debate
Yeaaaaahh, Serial Experiments Lain!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I love Lain!!!!!!
Let's all love Lain
@@ProfessorViral Hell yeah! Let's all love Lain!
Nice video by the way! I'm still watching, but it's very good so far!
Cool video!
Thanks!
great video
Thanks!
I like this style. Synthesis beats analysis imho.
Good video
Thank you!
There is a stone in this world called a prophecy stone. If you read the meaning to it in a certain spiritual book, it talks about how a spiritual teacher realized that instead of trying to escape the body and ascend beyond it, you're supposed to actually bring everything into it and its experience. It's not about escaping, it's about incorporating. It's a fascinating idea, especially when everyone dreams to escape.
My best friends told me I'd raise a great dog. I told them I already had one.
"My mind the master, my body the dog."
I chew on all of your videos in my brain like gum
Thank you 🤣
As someone undergoing irl body modification (HRT) I never noticed the similarities between David and I before.
In a somewhat similar fashion, life beforehand could be longer but dead inside. (Due to being a trans person of color the mathematical chances of being a victim of violence increases drastically...)
However, like David, I never felt more alive than when I changed my body. Life may be shorter but it us so much more fulfilling.
Amazing video, can't wait to see more~!
If anyone has an intimate understanding of the phrase "the mind/body is a prison", it's def trans people.
I want to believe that they are separate but.... I know once I die my mind will banish, since is irremediably tied to my physical form.... or at least that's my most realistic take, and i'm fine with it, i'm at peace this way
Another video about neurobiology and tech, I love this. Thank you very much, looks to me like someone was watching Kurgesagt RUclips videos, that's one of my favorite RUclips channels. If I support your patreon can you review Cell's at Work: Code Black please?
I don't want to weight my decision in what I watch based on money, just because I have a very strong reaction against doing so which would taint my view of the work. Once something becomes an obligation, I would lack passion for it. So, while I appriciate the enthusiasm for that work, I have to stick to whatever strikes me whenever it does
@@ProfessorViral Thanks.
29:00 starts to hit a bit too close to home. Rough
For the algorithm! Hope this helps since I don't anything else constructive to offer ❤
man i'm glad i watched cyberpunk 2 months ago
what is a mind with out a body
what is a body with out a mind
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meaning is not inherent, it's imposed
I feel fearing the void is where western and eastern philosophies and religions diverge. I grew up fundie Christian. I'm now a Buddhist with heavy Taoist enjoyment. I can see the tension here...and I think the lens is specific to a western mindset.
It's interesting.
It probably is, everything I make is through a western lens simply due to my knowledge and experience. Making such frequent and emotional-based content, it's a sort of bias I can't remove easily
oh hell yea
😎😎
nice
Thanks!
Another professor viral vid. Lets gooo
Thanks for the support!
pfft! there's people who'd never come up with philosophical stuff without missing days of sleep and food.obvi you ain't bipolar
How have you never touched AOT
It's something I lost interest in for a variety of reasons. It's one of those things where external factors mean I can never properly enjoy it, so I just leave it alone
@@ProfessorViralyour disinterest has peeked my interest ngl. Understood though. 🙏🏿
I miss the chocker......(guck jetzt nicht nach ob richtig geschrieben..)
Honestly, I just straight up forgot to put it on. I forget accessories 80% of the time because my fashion sense is as plain as Makishima deep down lol
Thoughts to combat the algorithm :p he algorith,
So...youtube keeps unsubscribing me from you nonstop.
Ooh, I'm on their naughty list I guess (that actually sucks though 😭)
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words cost money: gross. you see, all this concision sh1t is just a by-product of capitalism. sorry, i like the scenic route
Tf is bro yapping about
No, it's not. That's just the reality of the distribution of limited resources.
*dub*
not even once.
Desert Punk is one of those anime where the dub is better.
@@kukukachu did i stutter?
This is pointless elitism. The dub makes the video better for people who listen, it's much easier to edit, and I personally do better note taking with a dub. If you argue that I should make everything harder on everyone, reevaluate why you feel the way you do
@@chunkymilk you probably did.
@@ProfessorViral enjoy losing the original intent and nuance, let alone quality.