phenomenology
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Queering and Wyrding
‘Q’ then, will never be a coherent letter tacked as a bridge on some list of identities. The past decade shows the poverty or ruin of every attempt to do so. We’ve said already that these words are magic. We… Continue reading
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What appears tends to disappear
Φύσις δε… kαθ’ Ηραkλειτον… kρύπτεσθαι φιλεΐ Phúsis de… kath’ Erakleiton… krúptesthai phileî (Qtd in Themistius, Orations 5.69b, DK B123) The story I am about to tell therefore begins symbolically at Ephesus, in Asia Minor, around 500 BCE, on the day… Continue reading
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Explanations of religion
Below my lecture from 13 July 2016. Before I addressed the students, we had more discussion on what we take for granted in the everyday world, and then we shared a few things we take for granted about religion. Our questions… Continue reading
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Taking things for granted
Lecture from Sacred Living Traditions. Following a class exercise asking “What is a chair?”, we had small group discussions on “What is religion?” The basic work was to think through what we take for granted, how we do not ask… Continue reading
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Mind Walk 17 Feb 2016
N. and I go wandering around Denton thinking about Carlos Castaneda and letting the thoughts wander with us. Continue reading
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Jane Bennet on Artistry and Agency in a World of Vibrant Matter
Jane Bennet discusses her broader phenomenology of the material world. Hosted by the New School. Continue reading
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this fork
fingers extending metallic scraping against a plate grabbing bits of a food delivering to a mouth laying on a tongue flavor, sustenance then letting-go and forgotten chew chew clink clink rest Continue reading
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Getting Started with Phenomenology
Someone on Quora asked, “What primary and secondary sources should I read if I want to better understand phenomenology and the phenomenological method?” I always steer folks wanting to learn about phenomenology in the direction of getting a good foundation in… Continue reading
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Mona Lisa stopped smiling – A Conversation on the Phenomenology of News | Circa Blog
If the goal of the news is to make sense of the world — then we must “model” the shape of the world with our stories. I would argue many traditional tools and processes reflect the world, but don’t model… Continue reading
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THIS is – this IS – THIS IS
morning satori authentic letting-go? walking along, listening to Alan Watts THIS clicks into place thoughts weaken, fall away after a last tugging illusion a hesitation then/there – NO! now/here YES! Squirrel running along wall chittering & skittering THIS is this… Continue reading
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Originally posted on Libber leeber: Understanding, Hans-Georg Gadamer teaches, is an event. It is an experience (Erfahrung) that we undergo: like the way a player experiences a moment in the game; or an audience member experiences the climax of a… Continue reading
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Absolutely Awake to the Encompassing
I am sure that if you look through my site, you would find me to be some kind of Buddhist social critic. I post all kinds of Buddhist sayings as well as lots of material on the Society of Control… Continue reading
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Originally posted on Rita Dekšnytė – Sporto psichologijos konsultantė, mindfulness mokytoja, ACT praktikė: It’s getting clear to me now why every research methods book talking about phenomenology suggest the method that should actually be called descriptive phenomenology. In this post… Continue reading
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Thinking without Professional Recognition
I work in and around higher education in the United States, but I am not a professor. I sometimes say that I am in the academy but not necessarily of the academy. This does not imply, however, that I refuse… Continue reading
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Roman Ingarden (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)
An important philosopher whose work should be read by anyone who has an interest in grasping the ontology of the work of art. This is especially true of his work on music & film. Roman Ingarden (1893 – 1970) was… Continue reading
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