21C Superpowers, episode 6: Sacred Vessel

In a network, 8bn sacred vessels, experiencing pictures at an exhibition.

POODLE
A generative sequence, a superset of OODA, Observe, Orient, Decide, Act.

perceive, observe, orient, design, learn, enact

Perceive
“Each voice, each side of the duet, mimes a bit of the other’s melody while adding its own inflection and style, and then is echoed by the other in turn — the two singing bodies thus tuning and attuning to one another, rediscovering a common register, remembering each other.
It requires only a slight shift in focus to realize that this melodic singing is carrying the bulk of communication in this encounter, and that the explicit meanings of the actual words ride on the surface of this depth like waves on the surface of the sea.”
— David Abram

Observe and Orient
“In this paper, I aim to show how a phenomenological naturalism might be seen as a necessary step towards the development of a non-reductionist and non-scientistic approach to scientific inquiry.
A key to this is a reconceptualization of nature as inclusive of meanings and of mind. It is a conception developed by Merleau-Ponty, especially in his later ontology of nature, and one that is shared by American pragmatist philosopher of science, C.S. Peirce (1839–1914).
For both philosophers, meaning must be understood in terms of an ontology which is relational rather than atomistic, and dynamic or processual rather than static and substance-based. For Merleau-Ponty this is an experientially-derived ontology; for Peirce it is a more conceptually-based one. In this paper, I explore this connection between these two philosophers in two stages.
The first is by reference to Peirce’s theory of signs or semiotics. More specifically, I look at the application of this theory to the study of biological processes as developed in Peirce-inspired biosemiotics.
In the light of this, I suggest that Merleau-Ponty’s account of intentional relations in nature might be articulated as semiotic relations, and can serve as a philosophical basis for a non-reductive biological science.
I then turn to questions relating to the ontology of nature. I explore Merleau-Ponty’s experientially-based “ontology of flesh” and Peirce’s distinctive form of naturalism to show affinities at this ontological level.
These affinities consist in commitments to a reality that includes possibility, meaning, temporality, and final causation — that is, an ontology which is far more inclusive than that of conventional positivistic science.”
— Maurita Harney

Design and Learn
Producing a premise, place and scene for enacting, in a context of connectivity, generativity, play, mutuality, learning, dialogue and nature.

Enact
Enaction as a win^n superset of action, including inviting into shared understanding.

21C Superpowers, episode 6: Sacred Vessel