xmca@weber.ucsd.edu writes:
>In trying to construct a design for representing the difference between
>abstract and concrete I though about how our memory works and how it
>relates
>to time. While our physical senses are maneuvering the environment in
>'real
>time' (i.e opening the door before walking through it) we can use our
>memory
>to recall the time when Aunt Edna didn't see a patio door was close and
>slammed her noggin' into it. Furthermore we could imagine ourselves
>doing
>just that in 'real time' subsequently making time irrelevant within our
>memory. From this design it would it then be fair to say that we exist
>both
>in 'real time' (4th dimension) and 'memory time'(5th dimension). "Real
>time"
>would represent our experiences at the concrete, one in which finite
>possibilities exist. "Memory time" is infinite in its possibilities and
>allow people to represent their experiences in a manner that provides
>spontaneity and growth beyond that which exists in reality.
i guess i'm stuck at the idea of constructing a design for something that
exceeds our understanding.
i'm not entirely certain there's any grasp of the difference between
abstract and concrete concepts or thoughts or activities or
what-have-yous,
let alone any significant grasp of "time" in terms of abstractions,
concretizations, or otherwise. there is naught but human arrogance to
guide the design. the trick is to imagine the incomprehensible, the
impossible, and move from there.
i don't actually believe in such a thing as "memory-time" but for the
linguistic need -
however, the event you offer, of opening the door before moving through
the doorway is valuable: to me, the door is already open as soon as i move
to open it,
my moving through the doorway occurs the moment i open the door to move
through the doorway, there is no "time" lap between the actions, they
occur in a simultaneous activity of "being" wherever it is i am going. and
at the same time, literally, i AM already there, ... the illusion of
cause-effect is empirically powerful, but i'm not entirely seduced by
empiricism either. ;)
diane
diane
"I want you to put the crayon back in my brain."
Homer Simpson
diane celia hodges
university of british columbia, centre for the study of curriculum and
instruction
vancouver, bc
mailing address: 46 broadview avenue, montreal, qc, H9R 3Z2
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