PSYCH EVALUATION CARDS

Twenty-four male students are selected for an experiment with 'NUMAN NATURE' at Stanford University, where... in the basement of t he university campus... a mock prison will be built. The intent of the experiment was to prove psychology professor Philip Zimbardo's Theory that the personality traits of prisoners and guards are the main cause of abusive behavior among them. Soon, some of the students will take on the role of 'policemen', while others will be 'prisoners'. At first, everything seems normal, but over time, Zimbardo's theory seems to take shape and reach a perspective he didn't expect.  

Until....we see what is 'there'......Denial largely diminishes the Options for Reality.....Pulling 'Focus' may just de-focus....vignette a narrowing attention to the parts we 'want' to see, although the larger 'picture' could, perhaps, reify the more  accurate contextual relevance of that which we have narrowed our sighting of, in avoidance of the iconoclasms of the past....which have established the Truths of the moment......the 'glass' is half full when we're satiated, but half-empty as we thirst....I'll consult with the Cheshire Cat...to make certain, the Illusion that I know anything at all! ..Every species has somewhat different 'hardware' and 'brain programming'.....each believing that what it sees is what "is"......We 'look' for what we anticipate 'seeing' and find what we're looking for.....the eagle 'sees' a tiny 'edible' from a  mile away.....the dog sniffs some rotti...

an afternoon wake-up for another chilly, 'sit' on the back steps.....an expresso with Tia-Maria and cinnamon, in a cup decorated with the 'five of hearts' and 'six of clubs'.....representing 'abandoned loves' and 'compromised relationahips'....fenced by  bittersweet chocolate-topped peanut/granola slabs and a few toasted coconut and cocoa chips....