The Torso Project Crescent Beach, Surrey, BC, Canada August 24, 2014
Lesley Garratt email
Title: The Illustrated Baboon
Statement:
The creation of this baboon-man hybrid has developed as a direct result of my reflection on the findings of neuroscientist Dr Robert Sapolsky in the You Tube video, Why hierarchy creates a destructive force within the human psyche.
Even though the alpha male is normally a fixture in baboon society, a troop being studied, changed it’s hierarchical structure in one generation to favour altruism and social affiliation over aggression.
I’m drawn to the parallel this poses with human society. We are one and the same and there is hope in this example that we can change our warring ways.
Title: The Illustrated Baboon
Statement:
The creation of this baboon-man hybrid has developed as a direct result of my reflection on the findings of neuroscientist Dr Robert Sapolsky in the You Tube video, Why hierarchy creates a destructive force within the human psyche.
Even though the alpha male is normally a fixture in baboon society, a troop being studied, changed it’s hierarchical structure in one generation to favour altruism and social affiliation over aggression.
I’m drawn to the parallel this poses with human society. We are one and the same and there is hope in this example that we can change our warring ways.