phenomenology
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On Perception, Presence, And The Creative Process: John Berger’s “Bento’s Sketchbook”
“I’m taking my time, as if I had all the time in the world. I do have all the time in the world.” – John Berger John Berger’s Bento’s Sketchbook (2011) is a meditation on the connections between seeing, feeling, and drawing, and how these connections shape how we perceive and make sense of the Continue reading
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On Motion, Repetition, and Transformation: Robin Harvie’s “The Lure Of Long Distances”
It is not down in any map; true places never are. – Herman Melville At the core of Robin Harvie’s The Lure Of Long Distances: Why We Run (2011) is a disturbing yet intoxicating idea: that you’re not really free in any endeavor until you no longer feel the gravitational pull of wanting to return Continue reading
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On Practicing Wonder: David Abram’s Becoming Animal
“This whole terrain is talking to our animal body; our actions are the steady reply.” – David Abram David Abram is a phenomenologist and ecologist who is interested in “the qualitative language of direct experience” (289). And since his 1996 book The Spell Of The Sensuous, he’s been on a mission to get his readers Continue reading
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On Wonderment And Scripts In Electronic Music Making
“I always say to myself, what is the most important thing we can think about at this extraordinary moment?”—Buckminster Fuller There’s a feeling I’m getting used to by now as I make electronic music: a sense of wonderment regarding all the sonic possibilities I’m not exploring at this very (extraordinary) moment. Once upon a time Continue reading
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