Post by Auburn on Jun 12, 2017 15:59:33 GMT -5
We've had threads for several other function combos, but not this one.
And Hrafn 's presence on the forum has ignited my interest in this. Specifically as it differentiates SiTi from TiSi.
I'll put my present thoughts forward and hope to open a discussion up; please feel free to share any of your thoughts
Si+Ti David Abram
David's vultology shows Alpha very clearly, but also plenty of Ti. However, there's also lots of Si both visually and psychologically. What he says at the beginning with "..bringing one's own organism into resonance with the organic earth" sounds like such a Ji+Si thing to say. And also "...we tend to think of history as just a human thing (Ti third-person view), and the land as a passive backdrop against which our human history unfolds. But that's a goof, really, because our real history is the deep story of the land itself (Si)."
"It seems to me like this two-armed, two-legged form we call our body (Ti detachment), is really our smaller body. And the earth is our larger flesh (Si)"
Again we see this juxtaposition of Ti detachment from the specific self, but a re-attachment to a more anchored elemental (S) and historical (Pi) reality. It would seem to me that Ti's conceptualization is converging with Si's nostalgic sense to create a hybrid philosophy. He's a cultural ecologist and philosopher. It also reminds me of some of what Hrafn's said in other posts...
bonus vid on the Deep Time Walk for those curious
very Si...
Si+Ti Mark Kessell
Kessell, is a similar vein, is also a philosopher of sorts. He abandoned the medical career, dabbling next with geology (2:26) and linguistics. He's settled into a very old form of photography called the daguerreotype, which he likes for its ability to capture the essence of humanness in a kind of raw, unavoidable way... with very compelling but abstract forms. He says the artform captures not any specific human (Ti detachment) but the human form as it relates to other creatures and the environment around us (5:30-6:06)
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We see in both of these samples themes of ecology/geology, history, a philosophy of looking at life in a non-self-centric way, but in a way that connects the human form to the environment and time scale of the earth. There's also an ethical sensitivity and permeability to both of them, coexisting with their intellectual bent.
And Hrafn 's presence on the forum has ignited my interest in this. Specifically as it differentiates SiTi from TiSi.
I'll put my present thoughts forward and hope to open a discussion up; please feel free to share any of your thoughts
Si+Ti David Abram
David's vultology shows Alpha very clearly, but also plenty of Ti. However, there's also lots of Si both visually and psychologically. What he says at the beginning with "..bringing one's own organism into resonance with the organic earth" sounds like such a Ji+Si thing to say. And also "...we tend to think of history as just a human thing (Ti third-person view), and the land as a passive backdrop against which our human history unfolds. But that's a goof, really, because our real history is the deep story of the land itself (Si)."
"It seems to me like this two-armed, two-legged form we call our body (Ti detachment), is really our smaller body. And the earth is our larger flesh (Si)"
Again we see this juxtaposition of Ti detachment from the specific self, but a re-attachment to a more anchored elemental (S) and historical (Pi) reality. It would seem to me that Ti's conceptualization is converging with Si's nostalgic sense to create a hybrid philosophy. He's a cultural ecologist and philosopher. It also reminds me of some of what Hrafn's said in other posts...
bonus vid on the Deep Time Walk for those curious
very Si...
Si+Ti Mark Kessell
Kessell, is a similar vein, is also a philosopher of sorts. He abandoned the medical career, dabbling next with geology (2:26) and linguistics. He's settled into a very old form of photography called the daguerreotype, which he likes for its ability to capture the essence of humanness in a kind of raw, unavoidable way... with very compelling but abstract forms. He says the artform captures not any specific human (Ti detachment) but the human form as it relates to other creatures and the environment around us (5:30-6:06)
~~~
We see in both of these samples themes of ecology/geology, history, a philosophy of looking at life in a non-self-centric way, but in a way that connects the human form to the environment and time scale of the earth. There's also an ethical sensitivity and permeability to both of them, coexisting with their intellectual bent.