A lovely image. Reminds me of Ron Muek. which is less about babies than... if its wrong it makes you feel like that. whichever way round it is
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http://mississippi-spi.blogspot.co.uk/2010/08/strange-ghost-mythology-folklore.html This is an excellent site with descriptions of ghosts in folklore since ancient Egypt, with images. All references can be found at the bottom of the post. Research compiled by Angela L. MISSPI research manager vetela- Is an evil spirit of Indian lore who haunts cemeteries and reanimates corpses. The vetela is demonic in appearance. It has the body of a human but its hands and feet are turned backwards. They live in red stones and like to play tricks on the living The reversal of the hands and feet is graphically uncanny in my mind but I've never seen an image of this. I'll look.
a quick image search brought up these. I particularly like this one. ghosts in movies searchMainly Asian Extreme from Ringu from Rigor Mortice. Reminds me of... The Shining. from Juon which I've not seen. Make a list... from Box. This Takashi Miike film is at the top of that list. Must do more viewing.
I've begun reading this. It is so far a fascinating history where Claxton begins tracing the origins of our current view of mind. He suggests that the origins of the unconscious lie in an attempt to explain oddities in human experience. He refers to Julian Jaynes, a Princeton psychologist who described the brains of the ancients as being 'bicameral'. By this he means that the brain had two chambers, one which heard voices and one which generated them. I don't know how he knows this...the basis for this hypothesis isn't discussed but the implication was that the ancients couldn't distinguish between the voices they heard in their minds and those of the external world. Hence the voices of the dead and voices of the many Gods were central in their belief system - essentially the oddities of the mind, of the subjective experience, were given supernatural explanations.
The subject of the PhD seminar presentation on ‘how can an object embody knowledge?’
Interesting questions were raised not least ‘what is knowledge?’ Since we are expected to produce a new contribution to knowledge it would be good to know what it was. What’s the difference between; experience and knowledge? sensation and knowledge? information and knowledge? The following Rorty quote is from Wikipaedia “The eventual demarcation of philosophy from science was made possible by the notion that philosophy's core was "theory of knowledge," a theory distinct from the sciences because it was their foundation… Without this idea of a "theory of knowledge," it is hard to imagine what "philosophy" could have been in the age of modern science. ” — Richard Rorty, Philosophy and the Mirror of Nature And the rest… Knowledge From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Knowledge is a familiarity, awareness or understanding of someone or something, such as facts, information, descriptions, or skills, which is acquired through experience or education by perceiving, discovering, or learning. Knowledge can refer to a theoretical or practical understanding of a subject. It can be implicit (as with practical skill or expertise) or explicit (as with the theoretical understanding of a subject); it can be more or less formal or systematic.[1] In philosophy, the study of knowledge is called epistemology; the philosopher Plato famously defined knowledge as "justified true belief", though "well-justified true belief" is more complete as it accounts for the Gettier problems. However, several definitions of knowledge and theories to explain it exist. Knowledge acquisition involves complex cognitive processes: perception, communication, and reasoning; while knowledge is also said to be related to the capacity of acknowledgment in human beings.[2] See also: Epistemology The definition of knowledge is a matter of ongoing debate among philosophers in the field of epistemology. The classical definition, described but not ultimately endorsed by Plato,[3] specifies that a statement must meet three criteria in order to be considered knowledge: it must be justified, true, and believed. Some claim that these conditions are not sufficient, as Gettier case examples allegedly demonstrate. There are a number of alternatives proposed, including Robert Nozick's arguments for a requirement that knowledge 'tracks the truth' and Simon Blackburn's additional requirement that we do not want to say that those who meet any of these conditions 'through a defect, flaw, or failure' have knowledge. Richard Kirkham suggests that our definition of knowledge requires that the evidence for the belief necessitates its truth.[4] In contrast to this approach, Wittgenstein observed, following Moore's paradox, that one can say "He believes it, but it isn't so," but not "He knows it, but it isn't so." [5] He goes on to argue that these do not correspond to distinct mental states, but rather to distinct ways of talking about conviction. What is different here is not the mental state of the speaker, but the activity in which they are engaged. For example, on this account, to know that the kettle is boiling is not to be in a particular state of mind, but to perform a particular task with the statement that the kettle is boiling. Wittgenstein sought to bypass the difficulty of definition by looking to the way "knowledge" is used in natural languages. He saw knowledge as a case of a family resemblance. Following this idea, "knowledge" has been reconstructed as a cluster concept that points out relevant features but that is not adequately captured by any definition.[6] Copying large chunks from Wikipaedia is at the lazy end of research but it is also a good starting point The above is an ancient terrace in Moray, Inca Valley, nr Cusco, Peru http://www.inspirationgreen.com/terraced-farms.html The above website has some fantastic images. Here are a few Hani Rice Paddy Steppes by Hai Thinh www.flickr.com Golden Afternoon in Vietnam by Hai Thinh Image by Jialiang Gao, wikipedia.org.
its also worth considering cobwebs. It is clearly made for a practical purpose but the compulsion to make is interesting. I cannot resist posting this image which partially inspired SPIRO, a sci-fi feature script I would like to return to at some point. It might be worth thinking of whether it would work in the production style of SBSBI this is sheet web following floods in Pakistan which caused large density of spiders
this little fish... creates this! Its created and constantly maintained to prevent its rapid disintegration until a female is suitably impressed and layer her eggs in the middle. I'm fascinated by what process it is able to do this. Can this tell us anything of art practise?
I recall a piece of work by Gene Hunt. He was describing things he found uncanny and he said he was disturbed by not being able to see his own face. The fact that other people could see him but that he looked out from his face without seeing it was the cause of some discomfort. When I think about this do know what he means.
I'm often struck by the oddity of the mirror image. I've been making work recently for SBSBI and have put the speaking lump at the site of my head injury. But to me it is on the wrong side - of course. Seeing people I know well in the mirror, especially my partner whose nose has been broken, I'm often taken back by how very different they look. |
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