Meaning and Pointing
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Meaning and Pointing
It’s paradox all the way down (or, “nested opponent processes”).
Consider the basic Yin/Yang duality.
Now imagine 2 overlapping axes in a plus sign:
SEEING: literal<>abstract vision; up-down.
DOING: literal<>abstract action; right-left.
It doesn’t stop here. Consider the pairings. There’s:
BEING (literal vision & literal action), and;
KNOW
Maps are based on observations from the past, and we are living in the present. So, we are the only true experts on our journey to enlightenment. We may find that the road traveled by our predecessors is now closed. We may feel called to change direction entirely so that the maps we have been carrying really no longer apply. These are the moments w... See more
Roadmaps of Life
The second thing to note with a map is it is context specific i.e. the battle at hand. You learn from that context and how pieces move in it, in much the same way you learn from games in chess. However, in order to do this you need to know the position of pieces on the map and where they can move to. But position is relative to something. In the ca... See more
Simon Wardley • Highlights From medium.com
The Practice of Everyday Life. Taking New York as his subject, de Certeau provides a useful distinction between the street-level gaze of the walker and the panoptical perspective of the voyeur,