The difficulty with philosophy

More and more I realise (thought I knew not to take the word as gospel) that it would be very difficult for, say Kant to describe the sublime. He sounds almost pained. Scarry sounds entirely pleased.

A political philosopher maybe has more substance, but their experience is equally subjective

Psychology is a tricky art for these reasons (short of a physical abnormality being detected) and so things are classed, re analysed, carefully ordered and recorded

Because we cannot know each other?

Post Cel Crabeels

Reconsiderationing

Following a tutorial with Mr. Crabeels things maybe need re-setting-out

-> He had the thought that spiritualism etc. is too big and vague a topic to commit oneself to

The recommendation was 'drawing', and that things that were of interest would present themselves by and by anyway

It seems just as great and vague a topic to me - drawing- but I do see the sense. 

Perhaps somewhere in between? I shall consider it 'drawing' 

And 'personal'

And currently am exploring automatic drawing, writings, and the things that come alongside

I think this is similar to my initial aim that got a little lost somewhere along the way - poor perdú! 

But it helps to clarify my own thoughts/intentions

-> Because his other question was 'how could I hope to express something that I didn't know I wanted to express?'

Perhaps I will know?

Steven Baelen

Steven Baelen

-> So much detail and so much space?!

They don't look much like pencil, which is nice

Ozi recommended this tactic

The lines showing through are pleasing

Makes a drawing...

->It's an beautiful way to look at, and de-construct, drawing
Super clean and removed - Looks like it took it's time
Seems too much hard work for the audience (in a physical way) to me though.

4:05

From 4:05, That Inward Scream.

Where does that come from?
Almost like Glossolalia. It feels good to do that.

What is it to Be?

Notes on Kant, As I Go Along

"God, You are my creation, I created you to create."

Maybe 'shadows' of truth like a plaster Ganesha

-> A net curtain like ectoplasm
I can consider it a game of limits and falliability -  There may just be pleasure to be had in talking 
about the unknown and those strange things like ant-minds.

But what is it to Be? I will be until I am not.
Lightly.

Philosophy is Synthetic, ie. Additive or Productive

The Truth that is the foundation of, for example, Platonsim and Christianity, is regarded as  'presence', or God's presence, as experienced by contrast to His absence.
-> One can have light without shadows, but only having seen light can you appreciate the concept of dark
-> Darkness, in itself, is 'whole' and idescribable without lightness.

We are the light that created god - shrouded in darkness as He is - so that we had a standard to hold ourselves against, perhaps. It would be difficult to find flaws without a measure against which to hold them, it might be said.
The fantasy serves a purpose and fulfills a need.

 So the 'thereness' is, like presence, a duality. One cannot concieve it without it's opposite - that emotional flatness.

-> However, as Jung almost put it, and I would say, everything is real

-> God, whether real or not exists as a concept real enough

As with many things.  

Want, Christopher and Klimowski, Andrzej, 1996, Kant For Beginners, Icon Books Ltd. Cambridge

Analog and Archetype?

Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain

(1)

Is there a connection between the supposed ability of those untrained in art to interpret analog, or expressive, drawings and Jung's 'archetypes'?

-> If they can be said to exist

-> Probably variable by culture?

For that matter, do I really believe in the solid left/right brain thing? Probably not

But there probably are different modes of thinking that we employ (Edwards' R-mode)

But which ear you listen with apparently affects aptitude...

Being as global skills are comprised of many things it might not make sense to say 'reading left, drawing right' since surely some of the the base skills involved in each global one could be on either 'side'

There is certainly a similarity between her descriptions of the L-mode (language, left brain) and R-mode (right brain, visual) and Jung's 1 and 2, automatic drawing
-> One can assume she knew of this, but how much did she develop/adapt?
Edwards doesn't seem very spiritual, so there might be a great difference there...

The idea of the brain observing itself is almost mystic in expression, like a lone thing.
Makes me feel a shell. Complex, soft program for expressing the brain
I wonder why we're so long.
It does not seem to need 'us' greatly, given our triple thinking and subconscious decision making
-> That's not true  but it serves my purpose

Perception is about overcoming the brain's editing of out visions - seeing with one's eyes.

Edwards, Betty, 1999, The New Drawing on The Right Side of the Brain. Penguin Putnam

Maggie Hyde and Michael McGuinness 1992, JungFor Beginners, Icon Books Ltd., Cambridge

On Political

What is Right and Normal?

Brain Vomit.

Lately, having been exposed to a few art critics, theorists, activists and discussions. It seems that the hegemonic attitude within the A/art world is an anti-capitalist one. I've seen more of Marxism - a note here: I certainly don't  tar all left-leaning/socialists with the Marxist brush - lately than I thought I might on an art course, and thought a fair bit more about political theory.

The problem is: I would, reasonably, call myself a capitalist. A liberal one, yes, but financially 'right'.

And I like having stuff.

I never considered myself a particularly peer-pressurisable person, but I'm starting to feel the heat a little.

John Berger (since he recently came back to me) is a man I respect academically,

As is Chantal Mouffe -  even if I disagree with her

As are the people I study with

But I find myself unable to whole-heartedly commit to the anti-capitalist, "we're heading to a corporate wasteland" business. 

-> Corporatism is bad, but so is anything taken to an extreme

And that's it.

I presume that the suggested alternative is socialism since, to make a massively broad stroke, most other systems are fairly unpopular/unknown

But it seems to me that if (rhetorically) we're going to straw man capitalism as extreme, we might as well do the same for socialism, ie. consider it communism. Realistically, which system has the better track record? (And while I doubt anyone alive would support the mostrosity of, say the Soviet Union, North Korea, China and it's One Hundred Flowers, it is hard to take someone saying "I'm a Marxist" out of the context of communism)

 There is a problem with our world - Our System - but I don't think the answer is as simple as "Let's try a new one!"

Anything can be corrupted and abused - That is what we need to deal with

Apple are good for giving us iPods, terrible for what they do to people. That isn't about capitalism or socialism

How many protests have been organised over Facebook? With Smartphones?

We're too used to having Stuff, we forget how we got it

In short: Many people in my 'sphere' are anti-capitalist, I'm not. Boo hoo ):