Phenomenology

Braiding is produced by crossing three or more strands in various zig zag ways so that the warp becomes the weft and vice versa. 

Weaving uses warp and weft as distinct and separate elements.  

Braiding can also be referred to as inter-lacing or inter-twining. 

Maurice Merleau Ponty believes that the body-subject is really two-fold.  The seer can be seen, the touché can be touched and therefore, crossing and reversing takes place al the time.  

At the same time, we are seeing and sensing. 

Merleau Ponty braids self/others/world into one thick texture. 

‘ the flesh of the world ‘

 

Variations on prayers

 When an artist is making a work, I’m not sure how much they can actually think about the audience.  The degree of communication is always a dubious question.  I try to pay attention to the integrity of the work and worry about translation later.  The most successful work I’ve done is where it is completely open to interpretation.  It doesn’t dictate one way of making.  Sherin Neshat 

how do we know when we are ourselves?

 Emily Dickenson hid herself away.  It was the only way she could create the condition she needed to write. (journal entry)