Feb
21
2009
It's quite a dilemma - not being able to directly check much of what we are exposed to and presented as 'knowledge'. Unless we begin to discover our own ways of knowing (a very difficult proposition, but I think possible), then we likely remain wanderers in the fog of our own (and other's) unconsciousness....
Feb
11
2009
There are some things about creativity that have been on my mind. I have been trying to hone in on the qualitative experience of the creative moment... what does it feel like to be creative? What kinds of qualities distinguish the feeling of being creative from other types of feelings, like the feeling of 'producing',...
Feb
01
2009
Trying to summarize:
The drawing of a distinction is a formative act. Drawing a distinction FORMS the space, constellates the infinitely possible unknown into spaces which are shaped by the particular WAY in which the distinction is drawn. The resulting spaces can not help but take the complementary shape of the distinction that defines them.
The drawing of...
Jan
28
2009
Earth --> Day-waking (i.e. 'normal' adult) consciousness
Water --> Imaginative consciousness
Air ----> Inspirational consciousness
Fire ---> Intuitive consciousness
Earth --> Thinking 'about' - object-oriented
Water --> Thinking 'with' - process oriented
Air ----> Thinking 'between' - polarity-oriented, (Brad exemplifies this very well)
Fire ----> Thinking 'as' - whole-oriented
Further, considering that all thinking...
Jan
06
2009
WARNING: PROJECTIVE GEOMETRY MAY PUT HOLES IN YOUR BRAIN. YOUR MIND MIGHT LEAK OUT - IF YOU WANT YOUR MIND IN YOUR BRAIN STOP READING NOW.
Okay, here is a geometric exercise that I find very interesting (for some context about WHY it is interesting, look here).
It is, however, more complicated than the previous one...
Jan
05
2009
my fingers are tapping to an unknown rhythm
a sightless pattern just below consciousness
feeding somewhere in the background of my eyes
it swirls, dives, escalates, tumbles
and words - my God, words! appear
mysteries profuse my skin
invisible knives punctuating reality
letting the dreams out
all the while
tap tap tap
and more: you, unquietly reaching
impossibly leeching, receiving
growing dreams of my dreams
with another...
Dec
28
2008
Wow - wandering through Powell's books just turned up this gem - perfect for me! It's a book with an alchemical basis (the chapters are organized by the seven basic alchemical processes), exploring philosophy, science, history, and consciousness...
but what's even better is that the book is very visual and creative. It includes seven paper...