this is a new entry in an ongoing Open exploration of the cultural commons.
So true: At its best, partial knowledge is the starting point from which more large scale patterns are initially hypothesized. It elicts curiosity and mobilizes interpretive effort.
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John Ruskin as a child, before the aesthetic, geographical, and architectural theories that come later, grew [...]
by Neil Balan
I am always-already guilty: when I communicate, I tend toward communicating – often unapologetically – with myself.
I have a tendency to be the one most impressed with my own words; I use words that I are pleasurable to my ear, that are bundled up with my desires, words that I want to deploy. [...]
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by Risa Dickens
In my new job I call up Montreal business owners and interview them so that I can write a profile about their place. Some are highly successful, some are high-end hoping for high success, and some are struggling. All are eventually excited to be describing their baby to someone who is not trying [...]
Or: Gimme your Gestalt
by Risa Dickens.
this is a response to, and extension of, Part1 by Yohei, just so you know.
There is a certain way we have of blocking out new information, and I agree that it has something to do with that gestalt moment of comprehension/assumption. I think it’s a natural, and probably defensive, [...]
