The Matter of Vision. Peter Wyeth

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      Or to Emotion.

      Emotion can exist without Reason

      Reason cannot exist without Emotion

      Yet the Ideology of Reason

      Deems it superior to Emotion.

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      LCR ideologies

      In each case

      ideology

      sets out to conceal

      reality

      Each of the trinity

      has a lesser role

      in the mind of man

      than they would have you believe.

      Language believes itself the medium of thought

      Consciousness believes it runs the brain

      Reason believes it is objective.

      None are true.

      Language is not the medium of thought, but Vision

      Consciousness is a millionth of brain activity, the rest is Automatic

      Reason is (and should always be) at the behest of Emotion

(David Hume⁷⁴)

      Language is inferior to the Visual

      Culture protests the opposite.

      Consciousness is a tiny part of brain activity.

      Man’s ego cannot believe that to be the case.

      Reason needs Emotion.

      Emotion does not need Reason.

      Reason is unthroned.

      Language, Consciousness and Reason

      as we presently conceive of them

      conceal rather than reveal

      the truth.

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      Vision

      Knowledge is Vision

      Show not tell

      Knowledge is Vision

      All true knowledge resides in Vision

      and in Vision alone.

      What we cannot see we cannot fully know

      Vision can exist without Consciousness

      The eye sees more than Consciousness knows

      We see more than we know

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      Thought

      Vision is the medium of thought

      Thought is produced in images

      Thought is not produced in Language

      Thought does not originate in Language

      Thought is translated into Language

      Thought exceeds Language

      as

      Vision exceeds Language

      Poetry aspires to the condition of Vision

      Language is specific to man

      But man existed without Language

      (And perhaps will so again)

      Vision is not specific to man

      But man cannot exist without Vision

      Vision sees everything

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      Emotion

      Man’s attention is captured only by Emotion.

      Man grants significance only to what arouses Emotion.

      Emotion is the dimension of survival.

      The survival instinct is a continuum

      from life or death, love or hate, to like or dislike . . .

      The raw material of the brain is Emotion.

      Emotion ignites the brain, sets it in motion.

      Motion/Emotion.

      The brain and the body are set in motion only by Emotion.

      The brain and the body respond to threats to survival, near or far, with Emotion.

      Without Emotion man’s interest quickly wanes.

      Emotion is the motor of fascination, the engine of interest.

      For Spinoza, mind and body are one.

      Against Descartes, who has them (mainly) distinct.

      Man is a system that integrates mind and body

      through the fuel of Emotion.

      Their common element is survival.

      Survival is Emotion.

      The narratives of meaning in the mind are wordless.

      They are images, visual mainly, but not solely.

      Sound comes next, and some distance beyond

      taste and feel.

      Wordless storytelling is natural

Language is not necessary for the self⁷⁵.

      The self is pre-language, composed

      of images,

      memory, reason.

      Language is not required.

      Objects of attention become subjects through the magnet of Emotion.

      Without Emotion man does not pause but passes on.

      From all possible object of attention

      Man selects only those with affect (with Emotion)

      Objects without Emotion are without meaning.

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