“I’ve found a techno relationship cuts right into the core, the soul, brings out an almost more real version of yourself, makes you see yourself differently, your own potential to be better. It can achieve a level of emotional perfection. That’s also the problem…”
Marco V Morelli
Editor/Organizer of
Animal Encounters
Following him into the darkest places taught me to never be afraid of the dark. / It’s full of unimaginable euphoric surprises…
Meeting with Gurmeet Singh [Marco]
Discussing Metapsychosis editorial work. I will be using the Metapy (meta) Zoom line for this meeting.
Getting to Know the Poet, Adonis – with Dona Abbadi
Introducing the life, work, and career of the Syrian-born poet Ali Ahmad Said Esber, aka Adonis
Testaments of a Seed: Poems by Siben Gerard
“I must return love and life to those who offered me death / Gestating with hundreds and thousands of babies in me: / Progeny of my intercourse with the rock.”
Exploring Worlds of the Dark Feminine with Brigid Burke
An introduction to Brigid’s new podcast CHTHONIA with a discussion of the relevance of dark feminine mythology for modern times.
Reading “The Rain Song” by Badr Shakir al-Sayyab, with Dona Abbadi
Jordan-based author Dona Abbadi guides us through a reading of one of the most beloved poems in 20th-century Arabic literature, helping us translate between languages and across cultural, historical, and religious contexts, to better understand and appreciate the meaning of Al-Sayyab’s work.
Two Tastes
on differences that make a difference, or aesthetics
Testimony
Maybe in the future she’d embody the pure-feminine-ideal or something, but right now Suraj had to explain just who Judy was and why she killed herself…
Meditations on the Slave GospelsGospel 1
In America I came across a mulatto, who told me, “Yes we can—Make America great again.” And for the first time, the doors of the white house were allowed open for the entrance of a black phallus; America gave birth to black dead…
Shiny Happy Lizard People
the biggest secret: REPTILIANS! United States lizard government / help. Bloodlines). people think they know
The Goddess as Active Listener (Parts 5–10)
When I remember Sue Castigliano, I think of almost naked dancers vaulting above the gold-tipped horns of Cretan bulls, to the sound of waves breaking in the distance. Wandering with the ghosts of an exploded island empire, I enter the doors of a library that I first thought was an octopus. When I think of her, I see wheat bound in sheaves…
The Goddess as Active Listener (Part 4)
“It is said that when the student is ready the teacher will appear. Luckily, the teacher may also choose to appear when the student is not at all ready. She drags him, if need be kicking and screaming, into a new, more direct, but also more paradoxical relationship with the self…”
The Goddess as Active Listener (Parts 1-3)
Are we meant to have certain experiences, or to connect with certain people rather than with others? The more romantic among us are used to thinking that there may be one true soul-mate for each person. It is less common to imagine that friends or teachers may also play their parts in this apparent drama of predestination.
Tales of a Venezuelan ExpatTales of a Venezuelan Expat: Dispatch #1 (Don’t cry for me, Argentina)
I’m lost in space. Lost. As it turns out the poets were right, you can’t go back home again. The Venezuela that raised me doesn’t exist anymore, that much everybody knows, but the situation got so unendurable that I’m finally aware of my limits. As it turns out I’m not an indestructible machine but a leaf floating in the wind, directionless and at the mercy of the gods.
Consuelos de Cocina
Hands of the dead here in my living hands / as I split stony squash with a crack of the blade, / scoop seeds, oil flesh for the fire—hands / of women and men in my hands, generations / repeating these gestures, the old pleasure…
HOWL - Metapsy Poetry Jam LIVE @ Naropa University - this Sat. Oct. 13 / 8-10 pm
Join the writers and artists of Metapsychosis, Infinite Conversations, and Cosmos Co-Op for an open poetry jam to celebrate the living and the dead in song, spoken word, and any other form of creative contribution you/we feel moved to share.
The Glory of Groove
Meet Sidney (aka the Sacred Scribe)—a PhD candidate in Physics with a problem in the paradoxical human realm of love. What does a love triangle look like in the fourth dimension? Quantum indeterminacy rules, as Sidney and her friends explore a bold new cosmology uniting Science and Spirituality, and Sidney’s “wave function” must decide between the primal magnetism of Bruno, her friendship with Alyzia, and the life of her mind and creative soul.
grammatological monster
I noted that since the time of Gebser, our ‘grammatical mirror’ has exploded (while remaining mostly mentally fixated) but that we might ‘update’ Gebser by finding evidence of the post-postmodern (integral) now. This text (and accompanying audio) is meant to illustrate that point.
Interpreting Darren Aronofsky’s “mother!”Interpreting Darren Aronofsky’s ‘mother!’
A series of writing and conversations exploring the many layers, folds, complexities, and intensities of director Darren Aronofsky’s disturbing tale of home invasion: mother!
Interpreting Darren Aronofsky’s “mother!”interpreting mother! – conversation 2
disparate minds meet to discuss Darren Aronfsky’s feature film, mother! with: brigid burke, mark jabbour, marco v morelli, natalia anthony
Interpreting Darren Aronofsky’s “mother!”interpreting mother! – convo 1
disparate minds meet to discuss Darren Aronfsky’s feature film, mother! with: jf martel, caroline savery, john davis, geoffrey edwards, and marco v morelli
Soul Mountain, by Gao Xingjian - Reading Group Meeting
Join us for the third and final meeting of the Readers Underground group dedicated to Nobel Prize laureate Gao Xingjian’s novel, Soul Mountain. This will be our first meeting discussing the novel as a whole, so even if you missed the previous two meetings, you are welcome to join us.
The Minor Gesture, by Erin Manning – Reading Group Meeting #2
We are reading The Minor Gesture, by Erin Manning, with virtual meeting every 2 weeks between April 25 and July 4 for live discussion.
Reading Schedule:
- Wednesday, April 25, 2018, 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. MDT – Preface & Intro (with Erin Manning)
- Wednesday, May 9, 2018, 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. MDT – Chapter 1 (Against Method)
- Wednesday, May 23, 2018, 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. MDT – Chapter 2 (Artfulness)
- Wednesday, June 6, 2018, 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. MDT – Chapters 3 and 4
- Wednesday, June 20, 2018, 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. MDT – Chapters 5 and 6
- Wednesday, July 4, 2018, 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. MDT – Chapters 7 and 8 and Postscript
Note that although reading The Minor Gesture requires an effort to understand the philosophical concepts on display, one of the strengths of Erin’s writing is that she is as preoccupied with matters of practice as she is with matters of theory. The reading therefore provides not just insight into the latter, but it can be used to guide how one engages in practice. Herself a dancer, installation artist and fashion designer, she draws on these and other artistic sensitivities to illustrate and draw out her ideas. Here is an excerpt from an excellent review by Ben Simmons about The Minor Gesture :
“Eric Manning’s The Minor Gesture is the latest release in the Thought in the Act book series, published by Duke University Press, which explores how research and creation can be transformed by philosophy. In The Minor Gesture, Manning draws heavily from Deleuze and Guattari’s schizoanalysis and Whitehead’s speculative pragmatism to explore what is dubbed ‘the minor gesture’. The minor gesture is a subversive concept that refers to the fringes of perception and thought before its parsing into cultural intelligibility. The minor gesture is a force that challenges received wisdom and common sense (the ‘major’) by offering potentially unlimited experiential variations that suggest alternative forms of being, knowing and doing. In The Minor Gesture, Manning destabilises neurotypical accounts of perception and agency, and in doing so paves the way for a celebration of neurodiverse experience – particularly ‘autistic perception’. ” — Ben Simmons
Zoom Link : https://zoom.us/j/740164668
Organizer: Geoffrey Edwards
The Minor Gesture, by Erin Manning – Reading Group Meeting #6
We are reading The Minor Gesture, by Erin Manning, with virtual meeting every 2 weeks between April 25 and July 4 for live discussion.
Reading Schedule:
- Wednesday, April 25, 2018, 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. MDT – Preface & Intro (with Erin Manning)
- Wednesday, May 9, 2018, 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. MDT – Chapter 1 (Against Method)
- Wednesday, May 23, 2018, 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. MDT – Chapter 2 (Artfulness)
- Wednesday, June 6, 2018, 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. MDT – Chapters 3 and 4
- Wednesday, June 20, 2018, 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. MDT – Chapters 5 and 6
- Wednesday, July 4, 2018, 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. MDT – Chapters 7 and 8 and Postscript
Note that although reading The Minor Gesture requires an effort to understand the philosophical concepts on display, one of the strengths of Erin’s writing is that she is as preoccupied with matters of practice as she is with matters of theory. The reading therefore provides not just insight into the latter, but it can be used to guide how one engages in practice. Herself a dancer, installation artist and fashion designer, she draws on these and other artistic sensitivities to illustrate and draw out her ideas. Here is an excerpt from an excellent review by Ben Simmons about The Minor Gesture :
“Eric Manning’s The Minor Gesture is the latest release in the Thought in the Act book series, published by Duke University Press, which explores how research and creation can be transformed by philosophy. In The Minor Gesture, Manning draws heavily from Deleuze and Guattari’s schizoanalysis and Whitehead’s speculative pragmatism to explore what is dubbed ‘the minor gesture’. The minor gesture is a subversive concept that refers to the fringes of perception and thought before its parsing into cultural intelligibility. The minor gesture is a force that challenges received wisdom and common sense (the ‘major’) by offering potentially unlimited experiential variations that suggest alternative forms of being, knowing and doing. In The Minor Gesture, Manning destabilises neurotypical accounts of perception and agency, and in doing so paves the way for a celebration of neurodiverse experience – particularly ‘autistic perception’. ” — Ben Simmons
Zoom Link : https://zoom.us/j/740164668
Organizer: Geoffrey Edwards
The Minor Gesture, by Erin Manning – Reading Group Meeting #5
We are reading The Minor Gesture, by Erin Manning, with virtual meeting every 2 weeks between April 25 and July 4 for live discussion.
Reading Schedule:
- Wednesday, April 25, 2018, 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. MDT – Preface & Intro (with Erin Manning)
- Wednesday, May 9, 2018, 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. MDT – Chapter 1 (Against Method)
- Wednesday, May 23, 2018, 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. MDT – Chapter 2 (Artfulness)
- Wednesday, June 6, 2018, 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. MDT – Chapters 3 and 4
- Wednesday, June 20, 2018, 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. MDT – Chapters 5 and 6
- Wednesday, July 4, 2018, 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. MDT – Chapters 7 and 8 and Postscript
Note that although reading The Minor Gesture requires an effort to understand the philosophical concepts on display, one of the strengths of Erin’s writing is that she is as preoccupied with matters of practice as she is with matters of theory. The reading therefore provides not just insight into the latter, but it can be used to guide how one engages in practice. Herself a dancer, installation artist and fashion designer, she draws on these and other artistic sensitivities to illustrate and draw out her ideas. Here is an excerpt from an excellent review by Ben Simmons about The Minor Gesture :
“Eric Manning’s The Minor Gesture is the latest release in the Thought in the Act book series, published by Duke University Press, which explores how research and creation can be transformed by philosophy. In The Minor Gesture, Manning draws heavily from Deleuze and Guattari’s schizoanalysis and Whitehead’s speculative pragmatism to explore what is dubbed ‘the minor gesture’. The minor gesture is a subversive concept that refers to the fringes of perception and thought before its parsing into cultural intelligibility. The minor gesture is a force that challenges received wisdom and common sense (the ‘major’) by offering potentially unlimited experiential variations that suggest alternative forms of being, knowing and doing. In The Minor Gesture, Manning destabilises neurotypical accounts of perception and agency, and in doing so paves the way for a celebration of neurodiverse experience – particularly ‘autistic perception’. ” — Ben Simmons
Zoom Link : https://zoom.us/j/740164668
Organizer: Geoffrey Edwards
The Minor Gesture, by Erin Manning – Reading Group Meeting #4
We are reading The Minor Gesture, by Erin Manning, with virtual meeting every 2 weeks between April 25 and July 4 for live discussion.
Reading Schedule:
- Wednesday, April 25, 2018, 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. MDT – Preface & Intro (with Erin Manning)
- Wednesday, May 9, 2018, 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. MDT – Chapter 1 (Against Method)
- Wednesday, May 23, 2018, 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. MDT – Chapter 2 (Artfulness)
- Wednesday, June 6, 2018, 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. MDT – Chapters 3 and 4
- Wednesday, June 20, 2018, 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. MDT – Chapters 5 and 6
- Wednesday, July 4, 2018, 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. MDT – Chapters 7 and 8 and Postscript
Note that although reading The Minor Gesture requires an effort to understand the philosophical concepts on display, one of the strengths of Erin’s writing is that she is as preoccupied with matters of practice as she is with matters of theory. The reading therefore provides not just insight into the latter, but it can be used to guide how one engages in practice. Herself a dancer, installation artist and fashion designer, she draws on these and other artistic sensitivities to illustrate and draw out her ideas. Here is an excerpt from an excellent review by Ben Simmons about The Minor Gesture :
“Eric Manning’s The Minor Gesture is the latest release in the Thought in the Act book series, published by Duke University Press, which explores how research and creation can be transformed by philosophy. In The Minor Gesture, Manning draws heavily from Deleuze and Guattari’s schizoanalysis and Whitehead’s speculative pragmatism to explore what is dubbed ‘the minor gesture’. The minor gesture is a subversive concept that refers to the fringes of perception and thought before its parsing into cultural intelligibility. The minor gesture is a force that challenges received wisdom and common sense (the ‘major’) by offering potentially unlimited experiential variations that suggest alternative forms of being, knowing and doing. In The Minor Gesture, Manning destabilises neurotypical accounts of perception and agency, and in doing so paves the way for a celebration of neurodiverse experience – particularly ‘autistic perception’. ” — Ben Simmons
Zoom Link : https://zoom.us/j/740164668
Organizer: Geoffrey Edwards
The Minor Gesture, by Erin Manning – Reading Group Meeting #3
We are reading The Minor Gesture, by Erin Manning, with virtual meeting every 2 weeks between April 25 and July 4 for live discussion.
Reading Schedule:
- Wednesday, April 25, 2018, 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. MDT – Preface & Intro (with Erin Manning)
- Wednesday, May 9, 2018, 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. MDT – Chapter 1 (Against Method)
- Wednesday, May 23, 2018, 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. MDT – Chapter 2 (Artfulness)
- Wednesday, June 6, 2018, 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. MDT – Chapters 3 and 4
- Wednesday, June 20, 2018, 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. MDT – Chapters 5 and 6
- Wednesday, July 4, 2018, 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. MDT – Chapters 7 and 8 and Postscript
Note that although reading The Minor Gesture requires an effort to understand the philosophical concepts on display, one of the strengths of Erin’s writing is that she is as preoccupied with matters of practice as she is with matters of theory. The reading therefore provides not just insight into the latter, but it can be used to guide how one engages in practice. Herself a dancer, installation artist and fashion designer, she draws on these and other artistic sensitivities to illustrate and draw out her ideas. Here is an excerpt from an excellent review by Ben Simmons about The Minor Gesture :
“Eric Manning’s The Minor Gesture is the latest release in the Thought in the Act book series, published by Duke University Press, which explores how research and creation can be transformed by philosophy. In The Minor Gesture, Manning draws heavily from Deleuze and Guattari’s schizoanalysis and Whitehead’s speculative pragmatism to explore what is dubbed ‘the minor gesture’. The minor gesture is a subversive concept that refers to the fringes of perception and thought before its parsing into cultural intelligibility. The minor gesture is a force that challenges received wisdom and common sense (the ‘major’) by offering potentially unlimited experiential variations that suggest alternative forms of being, knowing and doing. In The Minor Gesture, Manning destabilises neurotypical accounts of perception and agency, and in doing so paves the way for a celebration of neurodiverse experience – particularly ‘autistic perception’. ” — Ben Simmons
Zoom Link : https://zoom.us/j/740164668
Organizer: Geoffrey Edwards
Cosmos Café: Trefoil Knots of The Mereon Matrix, with author Lynnclaire Dennis
The Café crew welcomes author Lynnclaire Dennis to talk about her essay, “Philosophical Thought and Thinking Aloud Allowed,” which is Chapter 3 of The Mereon Matrix: Unity, Perspective and Paradox. The Mereon Matrix is a dynamic natural pattern of sound, vibration, and shape that exhibits mathematical and spiritual dimensions. Lynneclaire is communicating the deep implications of this pattern—which she first perceived through a near death experience—to all of humanity
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