http://www.deepcraft.org/deep/archives/274 Ethos of Making Thu, 02 Feb 2012 15:06:35 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 http://www.deepcraft.org/deep/archives/274/comment-page-1#comment-3288 whelky Tue, 13 Jan 2009 20:56:47 +0000 http://www.deepcraft.org/deep/archives/274#comment-3288 Aimless wandering is my favorite way to get to know a place. I've been reading a book by Stephen Buhner(The Secret Teachings of Plants) on what he calls "heart perception" which, from what I gather, is similar to Gregory Bateson's idea that the aesthetic sense is sort of an organ of perception itself. The book has a few exercises for getting more familiar with that sort of perception, and you start out by going on a sort of dérive through your surroundings and paying attention to atmospheres and subtle moods that strike yer fancy. Not sure if I buy his idea that by using that sense you can divine the medicinal uses of plants, but there's a lot in there that's pretty interesting(tie-ins with Goethean science, etc.). Aimless wandering is my favorite way to get to know a place. I’ve been reading a book by Stephen Buhner(The Secret Teachings of Plants) on what he calls “heart perception” which, from what I gather, is similar to Gregory Bateson’s idea that the aesthetic sense is sort of an organ of perception itself. The book has a few exercises for getting more familiar with that sort of perception, and you start out by going on a sort of dérive through your surroundings and paying attention to atmospheres and subtle moods that strike yer fancy. Not sure if I buy his idea that by using that sense you can divine the medicinal uses of plants, but there’s a lot in there that’s pretty interesting(tie-ins with Goethean science, etc.).

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