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Philosophy

In my studies on art, Philosophy has been part of all the influences.


Index On Art History
(created by Glen River)

GR.ORG
Artist & Society
Philosophy
Hand Made Books
Abstracts
After The Masters
Print Making
 Installations

Portraits
1958-
Archive
1955-2014
Portraits Of Place
1958-2010
Cubist Influence
1959-2010
Representational Works
1959-2010
 Drawing
1963-1973
Computer Art
1985-2010
 
 
In my early years stories of ancient Greek myths, set a tapestry depicting western civilization's aspirations and failures. A greater question emerging from transitory civilizations was the delovopment of thought, ideas, cognition, and the posibility of growth in human character.

The Role Of The Artist In Complex Systems, Chaos And Understanding

Apparent chaotic behavior is observed in natural systems, such as the weather. Explanation have been sought through mathematical models. Mostly recurrence plots and Poincaré maps. However as emerging information surfaces on the phenomenology within the weather matrix, it becomes clear that the chaotic behavior is a perceptual malaise. Spherical Thinking is a necessity in dealing with a comprehensive understanding of weather. So what appears chaotic at one point on the sphere, is understandable when observing the spherical totality. If we can not grasp a spherical totality, we are stuck with the methodologies of divining a misunderstood order.

The hermeneutic circle refers to the idea that one's understanding of the text as a whole is established by reference to the individual parts and one's understanding of each individual part by reference to the whole. It stresses that the meaning of a text must be found within its cultural, historical, and literary context. Similarly our migration to a spherical model intuits a flood of information to be referenced and sorted. When considering the weather of humanity, a concept of "a living unified whole" rather than "theoretical models" make understanding of multiple cultural context and interpretations necessary to gain greater insights.

We look to the resolution of the phenomenal dualism of ego and non-ego. The ego is both intellectual, and organic. There is no "pure mind" or "pure body." There is only a balance where ego finds a synthesis of all possibilities and self.

In cognition being is the object and in volition it is the purpose of thought. The object of thought is directed into ourselves. The purpose of thought is directed out into the world. Cognition and volition are both functions of thought. Self-awareness is the third function of thought. Knowledge is bounded by experience. The idea of knowledge or scientific thought as distinguished from an introspective form of thought such as aesthetics and religion is similar to chaotic behavior observed in weather. From a spherical overview, all thinkers are in the same form. All knowledge takes the form of the concept which is usually referring to the meaning of a linguistic expression or an idea. Looking at self awareness seeking greater organization via hermeneutic circle or a more complex system of Spherical Thinking, the gathering of connectivity between polar opposites brings us to the conclusion that only a larger view, such as a planetary magnetosphere can serve to provide the order of nature we are searching for. This is also true of art.

Art Process seeks to finesse a relationship with the harmony which exists around us and the conflict framed by our cultural heritage.













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