The following sentence in this piece made me think of two things.
"In this case, Welch wonders, even if there is physical distance between audience and performer, if there can be a measurable relational process between the body of the spectator and the body of the performer that plays a role in determining what matters to each."
One thing is that I believe that French theater goers don't say they are going to the theater, or a concert, or other public art event -- but that they are assisting at that event: They use the verb assister to express how they are an audience member! (So intention is involved, right?)
And the other thing that Welsh's wonderings made me think of is Rupert Sheldrake's idea of the existence of a morphogenetic field. He posits that there is an unseen dimension that contains everything (read him he says it much better) and that this field accounts for things like how someone will discover something somewhere at some time and others far away will discover the same thing right then, too.
I guess this is like saying that the flapping of a butterfly's wing in half way across your world will affect you (somehow.) Something like that.
Becket...
I loved this... your writing excites me.
The following sentence in this piece made me think of two things.
"In this case, Welch wonders, even if there is physical distance between audience and performer, if there can be a measurable relational process between the body of the spectator and the body of the performer that plays a role in determining what matters to each."
One thing is that I believe that French theater goers don't say they are going to the theater, or a concert, or other public art event -- but that they are assisting at that event: They use the verb assister to express how they are an audience member! (So intention is involved, right?)
And the other thing that Welsh's wonderings made me think of is Rupert Sheldrake's idea of the existence of a morphogenetic field. He posits that there is an unseen dimension that contains everything (read him he says it much better) and that this field accounts for things like how someone will discover something somewhere at some time and others far away will discover the same thing right then, too.
I guess this is like saying that the flapping of a butterfly's wing in half way across your world will affect you (somehow.) Something like that.
(I guess tho you're wanting to know if these interactions help each other find new meaning)
Thank you Joan! I didn't know that about the verb "assister" and I love that! I will also check out Sheldrake on the morphogenic field.
This was a beautiful and fascinating read. Thank you
Wow Becket, your work is beyond intriguing. Mind boggling actually. So many angles of thought. I love how it exercises my brain!