Category Archives: Aesthetic Experience

Nondual Free Harmony

Posted on June 7, 2010 by

Will be presenting this in a poster session at the Science and Nonduality conference in October Kantian Free Harmony as a Nondual State Extensible through Creative Expression of the Aesthetic Idea In Kantian Aesthetics, the concept of ‘Free Harmony’ of the … Continue reading →

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Axis Mundi

Posted on May 10, 2010 by

To try to continue this: http://xhyra.wordpress.com/2010/05/06/free-harmony/ I need to remember not to be so hard on myself.  If things are difficult for me to articulate, that’s OK.  Maybe it’s because I’m trying to articulate the difficult to articulate [Duh!] lol. … Continue reading →

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Dewey

Posted on January 20, 2007 by

1. Introduction Dewey’s renewed influence was due in part to increased interest in various continental aestheticians. The similarities between Dewey and Merleau-Ponty are the most striking (Kestenbaum 1977), but he also shares certain features with Gadamer (Gilmour 1987, who also … Continue reading →

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Axis Mundi

Posted on December 4, 2006 by

Some pictures can be found on Ana Galano’s Blog [eventually I'll get my act together and all my artwork, etc. will be consolidated and uploaded to this site]. Here is a bad snapshot of one side of it at my … Continue reading →

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Samma Sati

Posted on October 21, 2006 by

Chapter VI Right Mindfulness (Samma Sati)The Buddha says that the Dhamma, the ultimate truth of things, is directly visible, timeless, calling out to be approached and seen. He says further that it is always available to us, and that the … Continue reading →

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samadhi

Posted on October 21, 2006 by

The commentaries define samadhi as the centering of the mind and mental factors rightly and evenly on an object. Samadhi, as wholesome concentration, collects together the ordinarily dispersed and dissipated stream of mental states to induce an inner unification. The … Continue reading →

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The Specious Present

Posted on July 12, 2006 by

How do I transcend the subjectivity of my experience? The infinitesimal point becomes an infinite circle. Within the creative process, truth allows me to walk around and through it, to traverse the circle, to see more than one aspect at … Continue reading →

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Aesthetic Experience

Posted on July 10, 2006 by

Kant: Free Harmony of Imagination and Understanding. Quasi-cogntiive. Aesthetic Ideas: Can art and artists tell us something about the Noumen? MacMahon: Disinterest, Perceptual processes vs. Cognitive processes: Where the twain shall neet. Unified Theory.

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Narrowing Down?

Posted on July 4, 2006 by

It seems that at the beginning I am going to be doing mostly journal entries as I add pages and artwork…trying to get the background information in place.  This is not one of those.  It’s just a note, an email … Continue reading →

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