When an idea attracts us we move toward it. That movement isritual. Imagine the early idea that some tribesmen came up with, that they could influence the weather with a gesture. A silly idea, perhaps, but it seemed to work, so they did it again, and over the generations the ritualContinue Reading
We notice qualia. It attracts us and we move toward it. We ritual with it. It gets us into qualiadelic relationships. Qualiadelic relationships are like symbiotic relationships, except that, in the former, both parties are still discovering how to work together. Just as rituals become routines, qualiadelic relationships become symbioticContinue Reading
Most creatures’ landscapes are hard wired into their brains. The neuro-landmarks and neuro-pathways that make up the brain are programmed to reflect the outer landmarks and pathways that their senses notice and follow in the landscape — animals’ brains are mirrors of the outer landscapes in which they survive. TheContinue Reading
We, as do all animals, evolve with our landscapes. Our understanding of them is entirely enmeshed with our perception of them. We notice certain landmarks and pathways because we have inherited them, and they work. They lead us to gifts. “Where do these gifts come from?” asked early sapiens. AndContinue Reading
It is the mystery of music that it has no specific meaning, either sensually, emotionally, or cognitively. It is not philosophical. It does have aesthetic meaning, however. For the simple fact of its moving toward and away from the tonic provides us a sense of growth and decay, of theContinue Reading