In a holistic system, every reference is internal. Nothing outside the system provides direction or meaning. Order emerges because each component must stabilise itself through relations that close back into the whole. The universe maintains coherence by reorganising its own activity; consciousness constructs a world by interpreting the patterns it generates. Both are self-contained structures […]
Peace begins where the self dissolves, not as annihilation but as return. The mind’s reflex to grasp at identity falters, and what remains is the stillness that underlies all becoming. In the portrait, serenity is not performed—it emanates from absence. Light and shadow no longer compete; they coexist, sustained by the same field. The face […]
Emil Cioran (1911–1995) Born in Rășinari, Romania, Cioran studied philosophy in Bucharest before relocating to Paris, where he lived in self-imposed exile. His early years were marked by a grave mistake: an entanglement with fascism. He later rejected it, not with apologies or explanations, but with distance—cutting himself loose from homeland, language, and any remaining […]
Exploring the intersection of psychoanalysis, negative theology, and the distributed nature of semantics presents a fascinating and complex intellectual challenge. Here’s how these fields might intersect and provide deep insights: The intersection of these disciplines invites us to consider the profound complexity of existence, where understanding is not just about what is present and known, […]
Ontology is the baseline. [All definitions are made in terms of other definitions in what only ever arrives at circularly tautological uncertainty. An arbitrary starting point must be chosen from inside the hyper-inflating self-referential systems of language and logic.] What does a “whole” or “complete” (if feeling adventurous, add “consistent” or “decidable”) system look like? […]
…and in trying, aspiring, in reaching out and making a purpose – or a difference – where there is (demonstrably) none we find ourselves reweaving a semantic tapestry from the bare mechanism and engineered fact of brute (-forced) realism. (Shannon excluded meaning from Information Theory because the complexity is exponential, not because it wasn’t there […]
The dancing rhythm and flow of colour and form, the interdependent harmonies of narrative and depth: the presence of Christ (here) is that third perspectival point that inflates, shapes and guides another extra-dimensional space and geometry of psychology, perception and projection. Rubens cultivates a representational gravitational node that here manifests in a recursively self-propagating representational […]
On writing for one’s self…
Daedelus Kite 