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"Stop worrying about the potholes in the road and enjoy the journey!"
- Fitzhugh Mullan
"The real journey of discovery consists [of] not seeking new destinations, but having new eyes."
- Marcel Proust
"Nobody can discover the world for someone else. Only when we discover it for ourselves does it become common ground [with] a common bond, and we cease to be alone." - Wendell Berry
"The more we wander, the more we wonder" AND "We take photographs as a 'return ticket' to a moment otherwise gone." - Unknown
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If you're not familiar with a location, you may have a difficulty identifying landmarks, understanding local layouts, even when using navigational tools. If you have a poor sense of direction, it will be even harder for you to orient yourself and remember routes. Topographical disorientation, also referred to as spatial disorientation is the inability to orient oneself in one's surroundings. So if you are unable to tell what direction you should go to arrive at a particular destination, if you cannot navigate from one point to another, you may be spatially disoriented. There could be several causes for your topographical disorientation, and this condition may be slight or very severe. You may have had this challenge as far back as you can remember – perhaps you had a birth defect – or you may have received an injury or a particular experience in your developmental years that affected your ability to identify directions.
Perhaps your youth into late adulthood was fine, but some health issue such as a stroke may have damaged the section of your neurological system that has to do with navigation, hence your current inability to orientate yourself.
You may strive to employ various techniques to assist you to find the places that are important to you. If your situation is very extreme, you may need to be professionally diagnosed, and to employ prescribed interventions.
Also, depending on the diagnosis you receive, there may be self-help steps you can take, that will help us alleviate, if not eliminate our directional challenges. Sometimes you will need the assistance from your spatially oriented family members, friends and others. We want to help you to identify your inability to navigate, to understand that there are others who are just like you, and to know that your situation can be improved. We also want to appeal to those who are spatially oriented, to assist those who have difficulty finding their way. Remember, the starting point of almost every journey is uncomfortable, but we must make the first step. According to Cesare Pavese: "Traveling is a brutality. It forces you to trust strangers and to lose sight of all that familiar comfort of home and friends. You are constantly off balance. Nothing is yours except the essential things: air, sleep, dreams, sea, the sky - all things tending towards the eternal or what is imagined of it."
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Brain Hemispheres
The human brain is divided into symmetrical left and right sides or hemispheres. Each hemisphere is in charge of the opposite side of the body, so your right brain controls your left hand. The right hemisphere also takes in sensory input from your left side and vice versa. https://www.webmd.com/brain/the-difference-betweenthe- left-and-right-brain. The hemispheres control muscle functions also control speech, thought, emotions, reading, writing, and learning. The right hemisphere controls the muscles on the left side of the body, and the left hemisphere controls the muscles on the right side of the body. https://www. cancer.gov/publications/dictionaries/cancer-terms/def/ cerebral-hemisphere.
Being directionally challenged can add a layer of stress to an otherwise enjoyable trip. That’s why having a travel companion can be a game-changer for us. Here’s why it’s a smart move to not embark on a long or lonely trip without the knowledge of someone close, and how to really make the most out of having a travel buddy
Having a travel companion means you’ve got someone who can share the responsibility of navigating. Even if your companion isn’t a cartography expert, a second pair of eyes can help interpret maps, road signs, and digital directions.
Getting lost can be stressful, especially in unfamiliar locations. The anxiety of finding your way alone can cloud your judgment, making it even harder to stay oriented.
With a travel companion, you can focus less on trying not to get lost, and more on the beauty of the journey.
Cardinal Points
The cardinal points are the four main directions used in navigation and geography to orient ourselves and locate places. They are:
1. North (N) • This points towards the North Pole, which is the topmost part of the Earth.
• Example: When you use a compass, the needle usually points north.
2. South (S) • This points towards the South Pole, which is the bottommost part of the Earth.
• Example: If you're facing the North, South will be directly behind you.
3. East (E) • This direction is to the right of North when you're facing it. It is where the sun rises.
• Example: If you're standing in the morning and the sun is rising, you're facing East.
4. West (W) • This direction is opposite to East and is where the sun sets.
• Example: If the sun is setting in front of you, you are facing West.
Left and Right Hemispheres,
The Corpus Callosum is a thick, C-shaped structure located beneath the cerebral cortex. It is composed of white matter (myelinated axons) that facilitates fast communication.
1. Regions
The corpus callosum can be divided into four parts, each serving different functions:
o The Rostrum and the Genu: Connects the frontal lobes of both hemispheres.
o The Body: links the parietal and posterior frontal lobes. The Splenium: Connects the occipital lobes and some parts of the temporal lobes.
2. Functions
o Information Transfer
o Lateralization o Motor Control
3. Disorders
Malformations of the corpus callosum, such as agenesis (absence), can result in developmental delays, cognitive impairments, or epilepsy.