Phrenology: it's all in your head

 

I'm once again joining Tracey of Hotchpotch Creations, our host this month at Art Journal Journey, with her theme What is the meaning of? 

I'm trying to decide if it's all in your head.

I feel sorry for this young lady.

She has a lot going on that doesn't look (or sound) good.

I wonder if she believes it's all in her head.

Is there something she can do?

Maybe she'll turn to phrenology.  It's all the rage.

Phrenology is a pseudoscience.  According to Britannica:

The principles upon which phrenology was based were five: (1) the brain is the organ of the mind; (2) human mental powers can be analyzed into a definite number of independent faculties; (3) these faculties are innate, and each has its seat in a definite region of the surface of the brain; (4) the size of each such region is the measure of the degree to which the faculty seated in it forms a constituent element in the character of the individual; and (5) the correspondence between the outer surface of the skull and the contour of the brain-surface beneath is sufficiently close to enable the observer to recognize the relative sizes of these several organs by the examination of the outer surface of the head.

No real scientist believes the shape of the bumps on your head predict your mental abilities.

There are some really creative takes on phrenology, though, like how to disect this craft brain.

There's also the traditional frontal view.

For this spread on Phrenology, I started with my new watercolor journal that was given to me.  Originally, I was removing pages from it, but have now decided to leave them in this journal. The left image came from a magazine.  I cut out and overlaid the words "All in your head."  I added the words "What is the meaning." 

 

For the right side, I found another image in an old psychology book on pseudoscience.  To it, I added the craft head and the traditional frontal view I found on the internet.

Bleubeard and I are thrilled you chose to visit us today, and we would love to also see you at Art Journal Journey with your own take on The Meaning Of.