Category Archives: Specious Present

Digitally Extended Memory Aids within the Visual Artist’s Creative Process

Posted on November 8, 2010 by

Fuck it.  NOT to be presented at the 3rd Global Conference on Digital Memories because I still haven’t received the money for the 2010 South Florida Cultural Consortium Visual and Media Arts Fellowship. Posted this update on 03/06/2011 because I … Continue reading →

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The dangers of being too comfortable

Posted on April 19, 2010 by

I was comfortable… too comfortable.  I had looked forward to the week with anticipation and more than a little anxiety but that changed.  The air around me became less crispy soon after I deposited my things in the hotel room.  … Continue reading →

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MindSpace

Posted on September 29, 2009 by

MindSpace III, originally uploaded by XhyraGraf. Morning, the first day of her 31st year-Kenmore, Scotland: As she quietly contemplated the water in the loch, something familiar caught her eye. “Well here it is,” she thought. “Right here in this moment.” … Continue reading →

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C’est la meme chose… toujours

Posted on July 17, 2009 by

Here is the usual photo of me At One.  While I don’t remember exactly what I was thinking, I am quite sure I was thinking clearly. Since no one thought I would be “thinking” anyway I was left alone…in peace…to think.  … Continue reading →

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MindSpace III

Posted on February 22, 2008 by

MindSpace III Originally uploaded by XM: Autopoiesis. I long for these moments…

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The Hegelian conundrum

Posted on July 2, 2007 by

An essay on delusions from the Intro to Hegel Group.  http://groups.yahoo.com/group/intro_hegel/message/1161 This is why I decided not to reference Hegel at all.  Though right on the money…who can keep track of negation of the negation or delusion of the delusion?

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Space-Time

Posted on February 15, 2007 by

http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/spacetime-convensimul/ Convention[ality] Theory & Simultaneity In his first paper on the special theory of relativity, Einstein indicated that the question of whether or not two spatially separated events were simultaneous did not necessarily have a definite answer, but instead depended … Continue reading →

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Varela: The Specious Present

Posted on February 12, 2007 by

The Specious Present: A Neurophenomenology of Time Consciousness Even under a cursory reduction, already provided by the reflections of Augustin and James, time in experience is quite a different story from a clock in linear time. To start with, it … Continue reading →

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James-Mysticism

Posted on February 11, 2007 by

http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/toc/modeng/public/JamVari.html Lectures XVI and XVII MYSTICISM  One may say truly, I think, that personal religious experience has its root and centre in mystical states of consciousness; so for us, who in these lectures are treating personal experience as the exclusive … Continue reading →

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Emergent Properties

Posted on February 7, 2007 by

http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/properties-emergent/ Emergence is a notorious philosophical term of art. A variety of theorists have appropriated it for their purposes ever since George Henry Lewes gave it a philosophical sense in his 1875 Problems of Life and Mind. We might roughly … Continue reading →

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