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| Center of Chaotic Studies
is located on Lorell Ranch in the foothills at the base of the Rocky Mountains, about 100 km south of Calgary.
It was created by Krystyna Laycraft as a center with unique intellectual and social atmosphere that stimulates dialogue. The center offers the courses:
The Chaos Theory and How to Enrich Our LivesChaos is a part of our existance. We should accept changes and non-linearity, embrance differences and diversity and recognize that we are all connected. Some concepts of the chaos theory: bifurcation, attractors, positive and negative feedback are used to explain creation and operation of varieties of dynamical systems. The course is tailored to meet the needs of adult learners wishing to enrich their private and professional lives. Lectures, discussions, case studies provide an opportunity to facilitate of the creative and interactive application to areas of student's interest.
The Chaos Theory & CreativityThis lecture will introduce the Chaos Theory and its applicability to life dynamics and creativity. The concepts of complexity, non-linearity, feedback, bifurcation, attractor, and fractal will be discussed. The idea of chaos opens up radical new way of thinking and experiencing reality. Chaos is a nature's creativity. Four stages of process of creativity will be introduced. Many artists recognize in chaos a deep connection to the world. Chaos theory applied, not only to the subject they painted, but also to the artist's process by which a painting comes into being.
The Chaos Theory & Teen BrainThe Chaos Theory studies open, complex, nonlinear and dynamic systems, those that constantly interact with and adjust to their environment. Ther are changing, growing, learning, and evolving.They exhibit an extreme sensitivity to their initial conditions. The very slight difference in their starting points made a very large difference in their fates. In some condition dynamic systems behave in a regular, cyclical way until something sets them off - a critical point is passed, and suddenly they go chaotic. This critical point where system changes character of the motion is called the bifurcation point. The complex structures of chaotic motion are attractors.Examples of such systems are everywhere around us and inside of us. They are our bodies, our brains, our consciousness, our lives, our schools, our families, nature, weather, and many more. Human brain is the most complex system in natural world. It is composed of about one hundred billion neurons interconnected through sysnapses. The essence of who we are, reflects patterns of interconnectivity between neurons in our brain.Our genetic and life experiences shape the synaptic organization of the brain. New discoveries of neuroscience confirmed that the teen brain undergoes dramatic transition and can be described by the chaotic attractor. It was found thet the frontal lobe of the brain undergoes far more changes during the teen years than at any other stages of life and it is the last part of the brain to develop. Teenagers often rely on emotional parts of the brain, rather that the frontal lobe. They are why often moody and overwhelmed with emotions. The adolescent brain is still a work in progress. It is a time of enormous opportunity and enormous risk. The teenage years are kind of critical time to optimize the brain. The activities of the teenagers sculpture neuronal connections in their brain. Teenagers must be driven to explore, seek novelty, and take risks. This is the important period of life for acquiring skills necessary to succeed as an adult. For information about activities of center please email to krystyna@platinum.ca |
  
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