An Experience n. the significant experience. John Dewey, the American pragmatist philosopher put a fine point on the general term of experience. Rather than an all-encompassing, experience-at-large, Dewey separated those experiences of significance. There are the forgettable observations and participations of daily living, and then there are moments of impact that cause a stir in… Continue reading An Experience
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Anacrusis–Crusis–Metacrusis
Anacrusis–Crusis–Metacrusis n. the progression of the parts of any action. Anacrusis (Émile Jaques-Dalcroze & Rothwell, 1930) is the gesture- or yearning-toward. It is everything that is both preparatory and in motion toward a resolution. It is the first two syllables in the word Mississippi.It is the years of courting that builds to an engagement ring… Continue reading Anacrusis–Crusis–Metacrusis
Alignment
Alignment n. an arrangement of variables in appropriate relation to one another. Alignment is an arrangement in correct or appropriate relative positions. Essentially, for humans, it is easy to anticipate actions or foresee what will happen. In terms of time, a calendar has 30 or 31 days every month. Every one week, we prepare and… Continue reading Alignment
Agogics
Agogics n. the study of duration. The rule of agogics states that longer equals heavier. Actors gravitate to heavy moments in time and one can design heaviness through duration. It is a common technique found in all performative experience. In rhetoric, we experience it as the lengthening of significant words. Read the following quote from… Continue reading Agogics
Accent
Accent n. the distinct emphasis given to a moment in time. Accent is the term used to mark the impact of a given moment or beat. Accents are experienced as heaviness or lightness and add novelty relative to the surrounding moments. Most accents are experienced as augmentation; they add weight to the anticipated moment in… Continue reading Accent
Embodiment
The notion that the brain and the body are not separate or severable systems. Cognition is viewed as an inherently biological process. Theories of embodiment run counter to notions of mind/body separation as described by René Descartes. Embodiment is one argument against the possibility of Strong AI — artificial intelligence that is equal to human… Continue reading Embodiment
Presence
In a physical sense, presence can be thought of as existing in the same physical space with another. Derrida has offered the critique that that which is present is what we tend to pay the most attention. A fuller understanding of presence might entail the engagement of awareness and attention. One’s body might be physically… Continue reading Presence
Big Other (the)
The Big Other n. the entity or entities that governs moral action by humans. The voice in your head that represents the judgement of “what society would think” that keeps you from doing reprehensible things. In a faith-based context, God might be the big other that motivates… Why Stephen didn’t run over the guy who… Continue reading Big Other (the)
Time span of discretion
The level of responsibility an employee has within an organization might be understood as the time-span of discretion. An assembly-line worker has a day-to-day responsibility of performing their tasks efficiently, establishing collegial relations with their co-workers, learning new tasks. A Corporate Executive has a quarterly, yearly, and long-term responsibility to guide the growth of the… Continue reading Time span of discretion
Thrownness
Also known as Geworfenheit. Thrownness describes a human’s relation to time like being “thrown” into a world that is already in progress. Countless arbitrary aspects are bound up with the state of existence at its inception. We have a body that has certain aspects (gender, race, hair color) come into the world in certain contexts… Continue reading Thrownness