Neil Harbisson was born with a severe form of colour blindness meaning that he could only see grey-scale. He has developed an antenna that allows him to perceive visible and invisible colours such as infrared and ultraviolet via sound waves. He can also receive images, videos, music or phone calls directly into his head via … Continue reading Changing embodiment
Rupi Kaur is a writer and artist who creates beautiful poetry and images. Her work engages with love, loss, trauma and healing based on the experiences she gathers through her life. he will taste like the poetry i wish i could write -Rupi Kaur I chose to mention Rupi Kaur because her poems blur the … Continue reading Thoughts on sound and vision
After watching me eat various "questionable" foods, my friends came up with a list of edible items considered to be controversial to most people. Apparently pickles make the cut... pickles/cornichons/gherkins/onions (anything pickled basically). blue cheese Marmite licorice anchovies coriander marzipan (really?) Basically anything with a strong (usually bitter) taste. I love all of these foods, … Continue reading Eating pickles with everything.
How can I possibly express what my conscious experience is like? Will we ever understand each others' embodied experiences of the world? Like me, you may be of the opinion that no one can ever truly know what it is to be you. We've discussed the logistics of swapping bodies but keeping our minds, and … Continue reading Expression!
If you have ever watched the film Freaky Friday you will have seen an example of Cartesian dualism. For those who haven't, here is the trailer! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZ8KJ4MzzOw So, Ana and her mum swap bodies... but not minds. They are exactly the same person, but they are 'inside' each others' bodies. I'm sure this fantasy is … Continue reading Freaky Friday
I've always thought that a good way to understand a new concept is to draw a big spindly spider diagram about it. And this is especially needed for a concept like embodiemnt...So here's my spider diagram... The lived experience is made up of so many different contributing parts, that they are impossible to conceptualize or … Continue reading What do you think?
For Christmas my mum bought me a thin paperback book titled "The Sweetness of Life" by Françoise Héritier (a French Anthropologist). I suppose it was just meant to be a stocking filler, but I read in an hour or so and it really got me thinking... The terms Embodiment and Phenomenology will feature as an underlying … Continue reading Françoise Héritier inspired me…
Eating Pickles with Everything 