What caught my eye immediately was the graphic illustration of complexity of how one and many, individual and collective weave together. And of course in places it can feel like a knot.
I had recently posted on Integral Life Community forum about the film A Beautiful Mind and there was mention of that seeming duality in the movie and in the post.
"In content, form, and the flowing story, without the need for proof of historical accuracy, "A Beautiful Mind" is a work of art.
Perhaps the 4th time watching it, I was surprised by more detail and more meaningful pattern than before. I cried, at points, more fully, albeit by myself alone, than before.
There was plenty of resonance with integral theory, of course.
The first one was when John Nash (played by Russel Crowe - an amazing performance by an amazing artist - I'm surprised to be acknowledging) said that Adam Smith's economic theory purporting that the financial interactions worked best when each person looked out for themselves, period, was wrong. Nash said, from viewing interactive dynamics and from logic, that an individual had to do what was best for himself/herself AND what was best for the collective of individuals. Both.
There was much more that was poignant about the capacity to recognize patterns, the tenuousness of mental apparati to discern real from imaginary/delusion, the thin lines between "sanity" and "insanity", and that the mystery of great love could modulate mind and heart and give meaning to achievement. Something like that.
Is it not a little strange how over time re-seeing films, art, and literature can yield different meanings and foreground different details than were noticed before?"
Thank you, Ambo and David. I did not create the knot image myself (I wish I did); I'm using one I found on a site which illustrates the difference between knots and wild knots. (In the paper, I give credit to the artist). I chose it because it spoke to me on multiple levels, a number of which you picked up on in your reflections, Ambo. In the paper I develop themes of entanglement, mutual in-dwelling or perichoresis, strong (inter)relation and concrete particularity at once, a 'prepositional' reading of the quadrants which yields insight into the interweaving or foldedness of perspectives, etc. As the discussion developed, I recalled images of 'wild knots' I had shared earlier on the OOO and related threads, and returning to them, found they captured well a number of the concepts that drive this paper.
All the best,
B.
P.S. Thank you for the reminder about the film, "A Beautiful Mind." I've wanted to watch that for awhile, so I will seek it out soon.
DavidM58
Beautiful!
Jun 4, 2015
Ambo Suno
What caught my eye immediately was the graphic illustration of complexity of how one and many, individual and collective weave together. And of course in places it can feel like a knot.
I had recently posted on Integral Life Community forum about the film A Beautiful Mind and there was mention of that seeming duality in the movie and in the post.
"In content, form, and the flowing story, without the need for proof of historical accuracy, "A Beautiful Mind" is a work of art.
Perhaps the 4th time watching it, I was surprised by more detail and more meaningful pattern than before. I cried, at points, more fully, albeit by myself alone, than before.
There was plenty of resonance with integral theory, of course.
The first one was when John Nash (played by Russel Crowe - an amazing performance by an amazing artist - I'm surprised to be acknowledging) said that Adam Smith's economic theory purporting that the financial interactions worked best when each person looked out for themselves, period, was wrong. Nash said, from viewing interactive dynamics and from logic, that an individual had to do what was best for himself/herself AND what was best for the collective of individuals. Both.
There was much more that was poignant about the capacity to recognize patterns, the tenuousness of mental apparati to discern real from imaginary/delusion, the thin lines between "sanity" and "insanity", and that the mystery of great love could modulate mind and heart and give meaning to achievement. Something like that.
Is it not a little strange how over time re-seeing films, art, and literature can yield different meanings and foreground different details than were noticed before?"
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Jun 4, 2015
Balder
Thank you, Ambo and David. I did not create the knot image myself (I wish I did); I'm using one I found on a site which illustrates the difference between knots and wild knots. (In the paper, I give credit to the artist). I chose it because it spoke to me on multiple levels, a number of which you picked up on in your reflections, Ambo. In the paper I develop themes of entanglement, mutual in-dwelling or perichoresis, strong (inter)relation and concrete particularity at once, a 'prepositional' reading of the quadrants which yields insight into the interweaving or foldedness of perspectives, etc. As the discussion developed, I recalled images of 'wild knots' I had shared earlier on the OOO and related threads, and returning to them, found they captured well a number of the concepts that drive this paper.
All the best,
B.
P.S. Thank you for the reminder about the film, "A Beautiful Mind." I've wanted to watch that for awhile, so I will seek it out soon.
Jun 5, 2015