Mind Matters: Mind as Portal and Precarity in Somatic Experience
Intellect eBooks June 19, 2023 DOI: 10.1386/9781789387193_4 (opens in new tab)
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AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Theoretical or philosophical paper Peer reviewed |
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| Citations | 1 |
| Key points | Argues that body and mind are not bridged or connected in movement but embody synergistically, constantly emerging in co-creation. Contends that minds feel while they think and what they think, and that images arising subjectively speak to the body, soul, and spirit. Proposes that images made of words, sounds, shapes, and senses can linger and grow in conscious modes of movement, leading to somatic cultivation of mind and the arrival of ethics. |
Abstract
‘Mind Matters’ rejects the notion that body and mind are bridged or somehow connected in movement. Rather they embody synergistically, constantly emerging in co-creation. It is typically supposed that minds think while bodies feel, but this work holds that minds don't just think; they feel while they think and what they think. Images arise subjectively in the process, and they speak to the body, thus to soul and spirit. To write about image as a matter of consciousness is to push the boundaries of mind towards individual character, spirit, or personae. Images made of words, sounds, shapes, and senses have the opportunity to linger and grow in conscious modes of movement; consequently, the somatic cultivation of mind in movement and the arrival of ethics.