Turns out the Existentialism & Phenomenology class is really Existentialist Phenomenology. We will be reading Martin Heidegger and Maurice Merleau-Ponty. No Nietzsche or Kierkegaard.
Exactly the types of names and words a person wants to discuss at 8am on a Monday. Melissa, Deanna, and Leo are in the class, as well as Tuna and some of the MFAs. The majority of the people in class are new to me. Sort of rare at this point, normally I know a good bunch of the people in my classes.
The teacher, Adam Arolla, looks a bit like a more hip Jason Statham. Apparently he DJs at Holocene. We talked about how all science is entirely hypothetical, just some things have not been proven false yet. But what makes science science is that it is falsifiable. And we talked about perception of the world and stuff like that. It was a heavy introduction that went fast, but I am excited for it.
1) all experience is intentional. Perception is a conversation.
2) all experience is interpretive.
3) beginners mind. sedimented manners of encountering an interpreting perception.
After class I printed some of the required reading. Not a big pile of stuff...yet. Swung by Trader Joe's. Apples, pasta, sauce, salami, mayo. The staples.
It is amazing when you wake up early and run some errands and still get back to the house before the usual time you are even our of bed (11:56am).
Put away the dishes. Finally got around to making the spiced apple loaf mix I got about a month ago. Read some of the required reading. Watched Dexter. Wrote up my proposals for printmaking. Looked over syllabus. Loaded and ran new dishwasher load. Watched Katie play Zelda: Twilight Princess. Generally puttered around and consumed food.
Screenprinting! Figure Drawing! Tuesday!
I checked out Magnolia and Bicycle Thieves from the library. Will watch them some time soon.
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The application of hypothetical applied science seems to make hypothetical money to pay for a hypothetical art school.
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