/SHēt/s
In many ways the search for consciousness remains one of the greatest questions set before man. It is a quest for identity and place as much as it is a set of questions about the melding of or classification of spirituality and physicality. Thoughts remain one of the constructs in the observable universe that is wholly outside of ability to observe because we have to use consciousness as the tool to observe consciousness. In effect, we are thinking creatures and have the ability to contemplate our own contemplation but lack the ability to adequately quantify and/or label it.
/SHēt/s is part of a connected project called in·ar·tic·u·lateˌ(inärˈtikyələt)/ knowl·edge .
In this project I have transferred the marginalia from my reading of two chapters on consciousness from Jaegon kim’s “philosophy of mind” into mercurous layers of mirror and glass. Traces and fragments of the moments of insight (or evidence of questions sparked during a read) appear suspended in ever changing fragmented reflections. These markings are occurrences of my mind being made visible as it reckons with understanding. The content from each chapter has been removed, leaving only marginalia as evidence of an investigation. Rhetorical questions, comments, underlines and asterisk are suspended in a reflexive loop of material that annotates both the viewer’s reflection and the environment as a whole.
In effect, all content has been removed from the pages of Kim’s writing and, in turn, has been replaced with reflections of the viewer in the act of viewing. The evidence of searching for knowledge, meaning, and understanding is thus suspended on the reflection of the viewer’s face and their surroundings.
In many ways the search for consciousness remains one of the greatest questions set before man. It is a quest for identity and place as much as it is a set of questions about the melding of or classification of spirituality and physicality. Thoughts remain one of the constructs in the observable universe that is wholly outside of ability to observe because we have to use consciousness as the tool to observe consciousness. In effect, we are thinking creatures and have the ability to contemplate our own contemplation but lack the ability to adequately quantify and/or label it.
/SHēt/s is part of a connected project called in·ar·tic·u·lateˌ(inärˈtikyələt)/ knowl·edge .
In this project I have transferred the marginalia from my reading of two chapters on consciousness from Jaegon kim’s “philosophy of mind” into mercurous layers of mirror and glass. Traces and fragments of the moments of insight (or evidence of questions sparked during a read) appear suspended in ever changing fragmented reflections. These markings are occurrences of my mind being made visible as it reckons with understanding. The content from each chapter has been removed, leaving only marginalia as evidence of an investigation. Rhetorical questions, comments, underlines and asterisk are suspended in a reflexive loop of material that annotates both the viewer’s reflection and the environment as a whole.
In effect, all content has been removed from the pages of Kim’s writing and, in turn, has been replaced with reflections of the viewer in the act of viewing. The evidence of searching for knowledge, meaning, and understanding is thus suspended on the reflection of the viewer’s face and their surroundings.