tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3259455441759015869.post9156950549536035718..comments2024-03-14T16:03:32.434-04:00Comments on Gertie's New Blog for Better Sewing: Are You Right Brained or Left Brained?Gertiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04314542159287533507noreply@blogger.comBlogger91125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3259455441759015869.post-41787161623317508512011-04-20T14:36:02.391-04:002011-04-20T14:36:02.391-04:00RIGHT-BRAINED! RIGHT-BRAINED!! RIGHT-BRAINED!!!RIGHT-BRAINED! RIGHT-BRAINED!! RIGHT-BRAINED!!!this girlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3259455441759015869.post-29486620824075326122011-03-26T22:08:03.872-04:002011-03-26T22:08:03.872-04:00This is interesting. I taught my self to sew less ...This is interesting. I taught my self to sew less than a year ago it is the first time I have ever been good at something crafty. It is such a cool thing to flex this creative side of my brain while still using technical knowledge as well.!Cloverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09322809937019420278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3259455441759015869.post-41628618974849906282011-03-24T07:14:36.537-04:002011-03-24T07:14:36.537-04:00Well, actually I think part of the problem is cons...Well, actually I think part of the problem is considering adding 2" to a skirt to be MATH. Really basic arithmetic, perhaps, (a flea on math's back) but I can hardly believe y'all don't have either calculators or yardsticks to take care of these details.<br /><br />I'm afraid your right and left brain thing is way too simplistic, neurologically speaking. There is no actual center for creativity. The right brain is more a center of spatial ability, something which is at least a useful in geometry as in crafts. If anything's getting clear from all the research done on it, it's that truly creative people have more connections between sides of the brain, and thus are better able to attack a problem from different angles and synthetize different points of view. But assuming that math takes less creativity than sewing is just so off the wall, so utterly blind, I'm speechless.<br /><br />Of course I'm an engineer, who was a mathematician at first. I enjoy sewing, but if you think that's advanced math it's a sad commentary on the sorry state of US education. You know, during those retro times that you admire so much sartorially, girls were not so scientifically challenged. Many fine female scientists did great work at that time (Rosalind Russel and the structure of DNA, Barbara McClintock and transposable genetic elements, Julia Robinson and decision problems..) you could look them up yourself if you weren't so dead set against the whole field.Marie-Christinenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3259455441759015869.post-87575409487191074352011-03-17T14:43:30.672-04:002011-03-17T14:43:30.672-04:00When I read this it made me smile because as a wei...When I read this it made me smile because as a weird coincidence I recently posted on my blog about my algebra/knitting headache! <br />I would say that im 50/50 in the left/right brain thing, perhaps slightly more creative with old age (and out of practise with mathematics!)Lucyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04981876949504297182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3259455441759015869.post-84556079325021574952011-03-17T04:42:42.682-04:002011-03-17T04:42:42.682-04:00Thank you SO much for FINALLY explaining me to mys...Thank you SO much for FINALLY explaining me to myself! I am EXACTLY what you have described here. I was so bad in Math that to get me to graduate they put me in special ed math courses! <br />My mother had little tricks in sewing to avoid the math involved, folding things a certain way to cut them right etc. <br />As always you amaze me!StrangePuppyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10542163297397751045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3259455441759015869.post-29206532095959364822011-03-16T13:50:13.229-04:002011-03-16T13:50:13.229-04:00I'm actually 50/50. I started college with 1 y...I'm actually 50/50. I started college with 1 year in electrical engineering and graduate with a bachelors in computer information systems, which is comp sci + business. However when I ended up working it was discovered that I could design, so now I design and code iPhone apps and websites. <br /><br />I love sewing because it lets me use both parts of my brain on one project!Janicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14604732687253434380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3259455441759015869.post-48370651082225141902011-03-16T13:45:02.341-04:002011-03-16T13:45:02.341-04:00I would say I'm a bit more left-brained. I hav...I would say I'm a bit more left-brained. I have a degree in mathematics, and am very much an analytical/logical thinker. <br /><br />However, I started sewing less than a year ago and absolutely love it. I've not progress much beyond skirts, but I'm exploring ways to alter patterns to fit me better and am very excited to learn more techniques and advance to tops and dresses. <br /><br />Would the book you are working on be helpful to someone of my abilities, as well as, my desire to alter patterns to fit me perfectly?Stephhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03306354452051264346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3259455441759015869.post-61201680750966829542011-03-15T19:11:54.804-04:002011-03-15T19:11:54.804-04:00I'm not sure about this RB/LB thing. The origi...I'm not sure about this RB/LB thing. The original idea seems to come from clinical neurologists Fink and Marshall's (1996) work at the London's Institute of Neurology which showed differences in the activity of right and left hemispheres according to the type of task - creative or logical. The idea was so neat it passed rapidly into print and became an accepted theory. However, later work by psychologist Joseph Hellige at University of Southern California suggests that both hemispheres are active when processing all tasks: its the speed of processing and the type of brain activity that differs in each hemisphere.<br />Anyway, whether you favour creative or logical processes, it makes sense to try and develop the ability to cope with both. As sewing involves elements of creativity and logicality perhaps it should be promoted/marketed as a brain development tool! But those of us who sew probably knew that already, didn't we?ChrisFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09456087046469879912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3259455441759015869.post-89386671796676619472011-03-15T16:50:14.430-04:002011-03-15T16:50:14.430-04:00Mega right brained, left handed here...Mega right brained, left handed here...K.Linehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15350615302797686048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3259455441759015869.post-62110867327869928992011-03-14T23:05:11.003-04:002011-03-14T23:05:11.003-04:00I don't know that I have the greatest pure apt...I don't know that I have the greatest pure aptitude in math, but I do have a lot of math phobia, which does not help. I regret it, because math is important.<br /><br />As applied to garment construction, in a pattern making class I tried to measure things that weren't practical to measure. I was trying to measure to the 16th of an inch. The teacher said it didn't matter.<br /><br />Or there was one occasion, I don't recall the details, when it was easier to take the tape, walk it into position, make the mark, and then copy it to the other side by tracing.<br /><br />Measuring a mannequin reminded me of Carl Sandburg's famous poem, "Arithmetic."<br /><br /><i>Arithmetic is where the answer is right and everything is nice and you can look out of<br />the window and see the blue sky-or the answer is wrong and you have to start all <br />over and try again and see how it comes out this time.</i><br /><br />http://katherinestange.com/mathweb/p_a.htmlatelierflounoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3259455441759015869.post-65767182148424086292011-03-14T22:45:43.501-04:002011-03-14T22:45:43.501-04:00haha - just spent the morning doing tests for a re...haha - just spent the morning doing tests for a recruitment agency. don't think the numbers ones went so well. but can manage to adjust a pattern without breaking into a sweat!Carolinenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3259455441759015869.post-52999713446921413742011-03-14T22:42:48.230-04:002011-03-14T22:42:48.230-04:00This is such an appropriate post for international...This is such an appropriate post for international Pi day (3/14)!!!Hollynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3259455441759015869.post-22989338416147820112011-03-14T22:40:08.795-04:002011-03-14T22:40:08.795-04:00How inappropriate to have a circle-skirts-hurt-my-...How inappropriate to have a circle-skirts-hurt-my-head post on pi day, I am offended.Jne4slhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02709409881841287562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3259455441759015869.post-2429779824974402922011-03-14T22:31:48.776-04:002011-03-14T22:31:48.776-04:00I loved math while I was in school. It was my favo...I loved math while I was in school. It was my favorite subject. But, I have been out of school now for 12 years and it is much harder. I realized this just a few days ago when my third grader came home with improper fractions for homework. I sat there for an hour trying to remember what an improper fraction was. lol. But I think I am a mix of analytical and creativity.geminimistresshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16813421557471786142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3259455441759015869.post-46452449653678415482011-03-14T22:24:34.025-04:002011-03-14T22:24:34.025-04:00I am good at math, and have a Mechanical Engineeri...I am good at math, and have a Mechanical Engineering degree. I can accurately judge volume visually. I am very creative too (design and make doll clothes now) so I guess I am right brained. Pattern drafting is something I enjoy tremendously. Drafting poofy sleeves and fitted corsets are some of my faves to think about! Pattern making is almost more fun than sewing. I do the sewing mostly to see if my pattern fits and then I am wanting to draft something else!tinyseamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14721949659599902954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3259455441759015869.post-35147191815452840242011-03-14T22:20:51.435-04:002011-03-14T22:20:51.435-04:00Funny, but I've always thought of math - even ...Funny, but I've always thought of math - even the theoretical stuff - in very visual terms. I "see" the numbers, much the same way I "see" patterns and practical math as I'm manipulating my sewing projects. It's the detail in both math and sewing that attracts me. Small steps that come together to make a whole.Claire Meldrumhttp://www.clairemeldrum.canoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3259455441759015869.post-76150174262366591502011-03-14T22:19:30.389-04:002011-03-14T22:19:30.389-04:00My strengh turned out to be thinking in 3 dimensio...My strengh turned out to be thinking in 3 dimensional forms, creative math for sewing and package design!Kristanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3259455441759015869.post-40199220160619708212011-03-14T21:52:29.153-04:002011-03-14T21:52:29.153-04:00Right brained for sure - I remember my mum trying ...Right brained for sure - I remember my mum trying to teach me fractions and getting teary because I just didn't get it!<br /><br />I hate math, but interestingly really enjoy it when it comes to sewing. Probably because I can actually see my math-in-action.Jenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16384277110904485746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3259455441759015869.post-54123836024377790312011-03-14T21:38:20.120-04:002011-03-14T21:38:20.120-04:00I don't think you can draw such a sharp distin...I don't think you can draw such a sharp distinction between left and right braininess - many people have aptitudes for both. Just the other day my friend - who I had met in a technical, science-y graduate program - was telling me that she thinks of me as more creative than scientific ... "Not that I don't think of you as scientific. But even the way you do science is creative. You find answers or methods that aren't in books."<br /><br />The world doesn't have to be an either/or place! It can be a both/and place too!jessicahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14891339427334605978noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3259455441759015869.post-15996262064005769482011-03-14T21:05:24.040-04:002011-03-14T21:05:24.040-04:00I'm definitely more like you. I never really l...I'm definitely more like you. I never really liked math, being the girl who always had my nose stuck in a book and later became as stereotypical a band/art geek as my not-so-artsy private school would allow. (Like the Cupcake Goddess, I went on to major in music. Though rhythm does generally make sense to me.) I was actually ok at math until about 6th grade, and then I hit a wall. The only test I ever failed (or even got below a C)in my life was an algebra one, and not for lack of studying. But like you, geometry made a lot more sense.<br /><br />I'm pretty sure that math is the reason that I've never truly had a success in drafting my own patterns, actually. Stupid numbers.Beckyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09913795373618902575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3259455441759015869.post-82287953638786919492011-03-14T20:50:34.931-04:002011-03-14T20:50:34.931-04:00Im very creative and learn by visual means best bu...Im very creative and learn by visual means best but I must confess that I love algebra. I love the idea of making sums out of letters and symbols it speaks to me and I just 'get it'. Weird. Other maths I find challengingthevintageseamstressnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3259455441759015869.post-42417356308742624552011-03-14T19:01:33.864-04:002011-03-14T19:01:33.864-04:00My father was an artist and a hairdresser, my mot...My father was an artist and a hairdresser, my mother was a chemistry, math and physics teacher. I seem to have inherited both sides. When trying to decide on a University degree it was a toss up between science and design. Design won but I work in a science driven field as an educator. I am drawn to design and the arts but am very analytical and methodical in my approach. With my sewing I would agree that I'm drawn to the beauty of it but relish the science behind it. I still don't like math though *cringe* haha.BetsyJanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08373523907665055901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3259455441759015869.post-82782473587693950262011-03-14T17:25:20.252-04:002011-03-14T17:25:20.252-04:00My career requires both left and right brain funct...My career requires both left and right brain functions, often simultaneously. I'm a music editor for tv/film, which is a creative job - playing with music, emotion - but it's all done on computer, which requires logic and technical knowledge and sometimes confusing, complicated, math. I love using both sides, especially when creative thinking solves a problem that logic cannot. (and in my spare time, I quilt; math and creative design go hand in hand there too!)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3259455441759015869.post-60462577389774798052011-03-14T17:17:40.695-04:002011-03-14T17:17:40.695-04:00I think I must be right brained. Not only am I lef...I think I must be right brained. Not only am I left handed, and this apparently goes hand in hand, but numbers? No way. Geometry (aka drawing pictures and pretending it's maths)? Big yes! Algebra (letters pretending to be numbers)? Yes. Simple arithmetic? absolutely no way!Louizhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05691100508790921779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3259455441759015869.post-22352179312123292292011-03-14T17:02:06.642-04:002011-03-14T17:02:06.642-04:00Right brained, most definitely. How's this fo...Right brained, most definitely. How's this for weird--I've done trig with few problems, but calculus baffled me. And they're related! It was just that unlike calculus, trig had *pictures*.<br /><br />I've always been able to see how things fit together and most of my sewing is self-taught. Funny thing is, I've found techniques listed in places as sewing 'secrets' that I figured out by looking at the pieces. Drives my instruction-prone mom insane how I work, because my first action is almost always to toss the pattern instructions over one shoulder and ignore them!Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07717835382469677601noreply@blogger.com