All sensitivity bears the stamp of mentation — Susanne K. Langer (1895 – 1985) Our eyes, our ears, our fingertips detect qualia. Every cell and every organ detects qualia and moves accordingly. Our very genes turn on and off because they sense qualia in the environment around them. Even theContinue Reading
When asked recently during an ice breaker what motivates me, I responded (perhaps selfishly, certainly self-consciously), that “I motivate me.” Others said things like providing protection for family, or the support of friends, travel, food, sex etc., but I was thinking of my interpretation of all the stimuli – theContinue Reading
We are producing a generation of children without faith in ecosystems. What’s new? In the imagination and in the collective unconscious, nature has always been a dangerous place. It is wise to be cautious and fear it, not just in itself, but also as a symbol of the unknown. ThisContinue Reading