What is the symbolic complex and how does the symbolic complex transform for us the image of that person (how do we transform others through the symbolic)? Semiotician and Novelist Walker Percy, in his essay “The Loss of the Creature,” writes “Impossible to see: the thing as it is, has been appropriated by the symbolic [...]
I found this aphorism by E.M. Cioran and would like to share it with you. It is from his book “The Trouble with Being Born”:
“To think is to undermine-to undermine oneself. Action involves fewer risks, for it fills the interval between things and ourselves, whereas reflection dangerously widens it.
…So long as I give myself [...]
By jgrefe
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Posted in Communication Studies
| Tags: Aleister Crowley, Book of Lies, Buddhism, Constructive Living, E.M. Cioran, Earth, Emil Cioran, Improvisation, Magick, Morita therapy, Noise Music, The Trouble with Being Born, Thought, Total Immersion |
I am working on media for both the Vimeo channel and a new (as of today) Youtube channel for Eyeslit’s viral content. At this point, you can experience original music and abstract viral projects. The viral addresses are:
Eyeslit-Tube
Eyeslit-Vimeo
Both channels contain almost identical content, so please choose your favorite and check back regularly as there [...]
Ten Sunday morning album recommendations for blissful passage and solitary contemplation. What they all hold in common for me is their ability to create a certain kind of mood, a dream-like state of almost cinematic beauty. Perhaps they will serve you well, too:
1. Harold Budd: La Bella Vista
2. Willits + Sakamoto: Ocean Fire
3. Daniel Lanois: [...]
By jgrefe
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Posted in Creative Expression, Sensual Culture
| Tags: anton fier, Arts, blind light, christopher willits, Composers, Composition, Daniel Lanois, david shea, David Sylvian, Fennesz, Harold Budd, Japan, Lanois, Music, naoshima, o yuki conjugate, phew, ryuichi sakamoto, Susumu Yokota, takagi masakatsu |
I have seen consultation sessions here in Japan where the client/student sit in enclosed silence while the therapist/teacher silently and patiently waits, neither saying a word until the end of the session. Perhaps it is through such silent meditation with another that we can truly penetrate to that internal space beyond spoken language, that beautiful [...]
By jgrefe
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Posted in Communication Studies, Person-Centered Therapy
| Tags: Carl Rogers, Communication, Education, empathy, Foreign language, Japan, Japanese language, Language, listening, Social Sciences, Study, tuning in |
Today, amidst a rainy May day, my copy of Bonnie “Prince” Billy’s new album “Lie Down in the Light” arrived. What is refreshing is that I know that this album will remain with me. That is, I will be returning to this music for a long time to come. I knew this even before I [...]
By jgrefe
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Posted in Creative Expression, People of Interest, Sensual Culture, Uncategorized
| Tags: Arts, Bonnie Prince Billy, Drag City, Lie Down in the Light, Music, Religion and Spirituality, Review, Will Oldham |
Sometimes listening to a blissful piece of music needs to be done. Other times, walking needs to be done. The stimulus of the city can provide a necessary state of connection and so can basking in the moonlight in a silent place. The silence may bubble over with the communion of the night-insects. What do [...]
“Plan out your life wisely.” This is the first sentence of the 229th maxim by Baltasar Gracian from his book The Art of Worldly Wisdom. In this concise and illuminating piece, Gracian encourages us to “plan with foresight” and thus regain and, to some extent, control certain aspects of our life. He also proposes a [...]
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Posted in Communication Studies
| Tags: Baltasar Gracian, Christianity, Leadership, life, Maxim, People, Philosophy, Plan, Religion and Spirituality, The Art of Worldly Wisdom, Wisdom, Wisely |
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