After Dark: The World of Your Senses - May 3, 2012

After Dark: World of Your Senses
Thursday, May 3, 2012
6 - 10 p.m.

Explore sensory perception through both the Buddhist and Western scientific perspectives, at After Dark: The World of Your Senses. Come see the U.S. premiere of The World of Your Senses, an exhibition of Tibetan thangka-style paintings exhibition, and engage with Tibetan monks visiting the Exploratorium from India.

Venerable Geshe Lhakdor explains the Tibetan Buddhist view of the mind at 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. Professor Emiliana Simon-Thomas of Stanford University explains how meditation affects one's brain at 8 p.m. Tibetan master chanter Kalsang Gyaltsen performs a variety of chants and throat singing at 7:15 p.m. and 9:15 p.m. Tibetan master painter Jampa Choedak explains the thangka-style painting techniques throughout the evening. Some presentations have limited capacity.

A collaboration between the Exploratorium, the Library of Tibetan Works & Archives (LTWA), the Sager Family Foundation's Science for Monks Program, and the Smithsonian Institution, The World of Your Senses draws on the traditions of 17^th century Tibetan medical text paintings to interpret descriptions of the senses found in science textbooks today. The World of Your Senses will be on view at the Exploratorium from May 1–10, 2012.

After Dark is for adults 18 years and older, and is included with the general admission cost. After Dark programs are unique and content-rich, addressing the science behind topics of adult interest.