Sketchbook 3
Collection:CSM Museum & Study Collection
Artist: Susan Aldworth
Dimensions:
Sketchbook: 305 × 233 mm (30.5 × 23.3 cm)
Scans: 150 × 145 mm (15 × 14.5 cm)
Medium: Paper, ink, watercolour, pencil; plastic
Object number: F.2023.1178.CC.1-3
DescriptionSketchbook and 2 loose scans:
This begins with the illustrated story of Phineas Gage whose personality changed after a brain injury. The rest of the book is a series of thoughts, writings and lists as Aldworth thinks about consciousness and the relationship between the brain and our sense of self. Paul Broks’ Book “Into the Silent Land” is very important to her thinking, as is Nicholas Humphrey’s Book “Soul Dust”.
.1 Ring bound sketchbook
.2-3 two brain scans
This begins with the illustrated story of Phineas Gage whose personality changed after a brain injury. The rest of the book is a series of thoughts, writings and lists as Aldworth thinks about consciousness and the relationship between the brain and our sense of self. Paul Broks’ Book “Into the Silent Land” is very important to her thinking, as is Nicholas Humphrey’s Book “Soul Dust”.
.1 Ring bound sketchbook
.2-3 two brain scans
