FURTHER ARTICULATING THE ILLUSORY PRESENT

CATEGORIES OF ONTO-THEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATION >A QUESTION OF BELIEF AS THE FUNDAMENT OF SUBJECTIVE TRUTH

THEMES - META-NARRATIVE

• ORIGINS: BEGINNINGS.

  • COULD BE ORIENTED TOWARDS WORLD CREATION OR PERSONAL NARRATIVE. A DESCRIPTION OF THE PAST THAT COMES TO INFORM/FOUND/ROOT THE FLICKERING PRESENT. ORIENTATION, TO THE FUTURE AND TO OTHERS.

• MEANING

  • JUST THE WORD "MEANING" HAS A VARIETY OF ASSOCIATIONS TO EVERY INDIVIDUAL.

  • CONVERSATION WITH DAD = A WORLD OF MEANINGLESS OBJECT VS EVERYTHING FILLED WITH CONTENT. SUBJECT: THE BACKYARD

  • CONVO WITH MOM = HOW SPIRIT FILLS ALL THINGS. ALSO, SYMBOLS AND GRAPHICS OF PERSONAL AESTHETIC.

  • SOMETHING-NESS OR NOTHING-NESS

• DYNAMISM

  • THE POSSIBILITY OF SUBJECTIVE CHANGE IN ONE'S OWN THOUGHTS/PATTERNS

  • OBJECTIVE UNDERSTANDING OF TIME IN GENERAL COMPARED TO THE PERSONAL EXPERIENCE OF TIME. "WHERE DID THE DAY GO?"

  • GENERATIONS/AGE. ISSUES OF TECHNOLOGY AS PRO OR CON TO THE SOCIALIZATION OF SOCIETY. HOW MY GENERATION DIFFERS FROM OTHERS. STUBBORNNESS.

QUESTIONS - INTERVIEWS?

• ORIGINS: WHERE DO YOU COME FROM?

• MEANING: WHERE DO YOU FIND MEANING?

• DYNAMISM: WHAT DOES TIME FEEL LIKE?

METHODS

• HOW TO USE THESE TECHNIQUES TO SUPPORT THE ABOVE INTENTIONS...

• NOT RECORDING EVERYTHING BUT SPECIFIC THINGS

• HOW TO APPROACH OTHERS WITH INTENTION, TO ASK QUESTIONS AND DIG FOR CONTENT WITHOUT IT FEELING CONTRIVED OR UNNATURAL

• IDEAS:

  • VISUAL FOCUS ON THE TABLE AS THE INTERSTICE BETWEEN THE SCENE AND THE WORLD OF OBJECTS. TABLE = CONTEXT FOR CONVERSATION

  • WAIT FOR THE THEMES TO ARISE NATURALLY IN THE CONVERSATION THEN INTERJECT SPECIFIC QUESTIONS TO SUBTLY LEAD THE FOCUS

MUSIC

• SIMPLY NEED TO ACCUMULATE MATERIAL. THE MOST INTERESTING FORM IS THAT WHICH CHALLENGES EXPECTATIONS. TECHNIQUE SEEMS TO BEGIN WITH THE KNOWN AND WORKS TOWARDS THE UNKNOWN WITH IMPROVISATION.

TAKE OUT THE KNOWN

AND BEGIN WITH THE UNKNOWN.

STAY AWAY FROM THE FAMILIAR.