"Perhaps the emotions aroused by
wabi sabi expressions are reactions to the chords resonating deep
within our souls, a resonance of the freedom of early childhood and
the call of the eternity surrounding us.

"within
any design the eye is naturally drawn to a feeling of sincerity."

"evokes feelings of an intangible yearn-
ing"

"The "aesthetic aura" or "metaphysical frame of mind" that connects Florida's eras is Liminality—the state of existing on a threshold."

Identity does not require permanence of objects.
It requires permanence of orientation.

"artifact-based identity (styles, buildings, aesthetics), but they can sustain process-based identity."

to be present in impermanence... liminality as condition

Presence as remaining with what is already vanishing

"What it means to remain present
when presence itself has no stable ground."

Hey man great thread for sharing your thoughts 👍🏾

"Safron argues that "embodied self-models" form the core of the self. These are action-oriented body maps that provide a scaffolding for all higher mental processes. To maintain the integrity of the lowest layer, the high-level narrative self must remain grounded in these somatic (body-based) maps. The "feeling of willing" is actually a synesthetic percept where interoceptive (internal body) states are mapped onto effector systems"

Varela’s Paradox

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