by orchaeus | Nov 10, 2020 | Status Update
In pushing hands, one learns to change in various ways in relation with the partner. With modestly advanced partners, the attempt to employ force will result in disaster. Possibly even injury. The ‘reason’ is that the production of force is expensive, and...
by orchaeus | Nov 10, 2020 | Status Update
Life as it is lived is situational. It’s relational. There’s openness for the possibilities beyond the ‘ordinary’ or expected. But some of that space lies in dimensions we ordinarily dismiss, and thus defect from. What I mean is...
by orchaeus | Nov 9, 2020 | Status Update
I am reminded of scientists trying to ‘explain’ synesthesia — an experience nearly none of them have. Meanwhile, the people having the actual experience … while they may tend to adopt common ‘explanations’, are acutely aware that their...
by orchaeus | Nov 9, 2020 | Status Update
Recommended Read (science fiction): Phoenix Without Ashes Currently watching the ancient ‘Starlost’ space opera (it’s really like a soap) from the 70’s. It originated with Harlan Ellison but, as with many of his intrusions into film/hollywood...
by orchaeus | Nov 9, 2020 | Status Update
Mechanophrenia: The catastrophic misapplication of class and set that leads to seeing living beings as ‘mere instances of mechanical principles’. A form of madness brought on by the combination of the loss of the participatory perspective and the metaphors...
by orchaeus | Nov 8, 2020 | Status Update
Dogs are absolute proof that animals can love humans very deeply. Cats, however, are proof of something humans haven’t even been able to imagine yet. And probably shouldn’t.
