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Re: Chinese Democracy (Guitar Tab Book)
So anyway, who's looking foward to the TAB book? I certainly am.
I'm really looking foward to it. I'm planning on making my originals band do an occasional rocked up cover from it!
Re: Chinese Democracy (Guitar Tab Book)
Found this link on CD.com:
http://sandrayagi.artspan.com/
Its titled "The Lizard Part Of My Brain".
I never understood the connection between this image and the song Sorry, but reading the title rang a few bells and I remembered I covered this kind of thing at college.
I found a good link which spells out what it means and simbolises:
The Lizard Brain
Where does Judgment come from?
When we teach creativity and creative problem solving skills, the first guideline we give is 'suspend judgment'. It is the root of making brainstorming work for you.
What do we mean by judgment? One type of judgment is using our intellect to assess an idea after we have gathered facts and information. Our neo-cortex, that 'new' part of the human brain that lower species don't have, sifts through the data, draws on our experience, perhaps performs some calculations, and we make an assessment. We reason consciously. Because this process is conscious it's easier to control and to turn off and on.
Another type of judgment is, well, sneakier. It's that moment when someone walks into a room, and based on their appearance we receive an internal warning that might say 'beware' or 'I don't trust her'. All based on appearance. This is judgment also, judgment that happens on a barely conscious level. This is the Lizard Brain at work. The Lizard Brain is concerned with survival. It sits at the base of the skull, at the top of the spine. It's our old brain. Evolutionists will tell you that we've had it since we were - well - Lizards. The Lizard Brain's reaction to everything, if it has one at all, is limited to the following…eat, attack, run away, or mate. Survival. In today's modern world our survival isn't so threatened on a daily basis.(Lizards don't have welfare, we do.) So what does a survival focused Lizard Brain do?
It adapts.
Urban myth says if you poll a room for people's greatest fears, the first will be speaking in public and the second will be fear of death. This phenomenon is not lost on the Lizard Brain. Concerned with its own survival, the Lizard Brain has adopted a role as counselor for our social survival. It remembers when we 'crashed and burned' in a social situation. It remembers the teacher who singled us out and made us look foolish in front of the class. But the Lizard Brain is not known for its finesse. In the Lizard Brain's world, things are pretty black and white, and never our fault. This makes it a poor consul for the colorful stratosphere of human relationships.
So our Lizard Brain naturally makes snap judgments. And while our Lizard Brain is busy reacting the following things are happening, 1) our mind is engaged in this fear based judgment and unfocused on the task at hand. We are not contributing. and 2) Somebody else is picking up on our guarded body language and perhaps starting to feel cautious or judged themselves. They are not contributing. The goal is to become conscious of these snap judgments. Recognize the fear based reaction provided by the Lizard Brain; 'Hmm'; thank our little Lizard Brain for it, someday it might save our life, and then engage the neo-cortex in the task before us.
Imagine this: at a meeting at your office, the New Guy on staff throws out an idea to increase efficiency. The Director of Production's Lizard Brain interprets this as criticism. (He will have to change, and maybe he'll fail.) He attacks. He points out that something similar was attempted before, but didn't work because it confused people and increased costs. Then the boss asks New Guy what he would do to mitigate these issues. (New Guy hasn't considered this yet, and is caught off guard.) He looks foolish.
The sum of the meeting. New Guy's Lizard Brain will warn him not to speak up the next time he has a new idea. The Director of Production was rewarded for his attack and that reinforced behavior will rear its head again. The new idea is shot down and the old hand gets points for stomping change. Neither of these contributes to a creative and productive environment.
The ability to suspend judgment, especially the 'barely conscious' reactions presented by the Lizard Brain, is an important first step in transforming any environment in a positive way.
http://www.instantbrainstorm.com/lizard_brain.html
After reading that the image fits the song perfectly, I'd say it relates to the song so well that the Sorry lyrics scan could well be a legitimate page from an official booklet, and not a fan made bootleg.
Re: Chinese Democracy (Guitar Tab Book)
thanks for posting that, i really enjoyed reading it. it does kinda make sense to link the song and image, i can see the almost animalistic simplicity in it. like the song is very basic in its structure, and the lyrics convey confusion and fear. similarly, the image and the idea of the "lizard brain" show the most simplistic part of life. its clever.
i still dont know if i would go as far as thinking the booklet is an official image, but if its a bootleg, i like the concept behind it.
Re: Chinese Democracy (Guitar Tab Book)
She also has Axl Rose listed as someone with a private collection.
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Re: Chinese Democracy (Guitar Tab Book)
From the link:
Reviews, Articles and Publications
• 2008 Democracy in China – Limited artists’ edition – Guns N’ Roses
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Re: Chinese Democracy (Guitar Tab Book)
From her blog:
http://sandrayagi.blogspot.com/
Monday, June 22, 2009
Guns 'N Roses album
Axl Rose had purchased three of my paintings late last year, of which two pieces were to be included in a limited edition album release. To my knowledge, it was never widely released, though I received a copy from the band. I was looking at some stats for my website, and noticed a big spike in views and it appears that there is a big discussion among the GNR fans about the unreleased album, and in particular the images. Here is a link to a blog that discusses it, and they even included my painting "Lizard Part of my Brain."
http://chinese-democracy.blogspot.com/
Mystery solved. But the plot thickens...
never even noticed that!