Thank you for doing this series on Davy. It has helped me realize that the power of perceiving analogies isn't some rarefied phenomenon exclusive to a handful of geniuses, but a capacity that can be developed through patient work and concentrated attention. That said, is there a strategy you might recommend in the midst of living and reading that could help me expand my analogical mind?
Thanks for your interest Harry. My first advice would be to become aware of the analogical structures underlying your perceptions. Also paying attention to the narrative structures all around you and how you relate to them--those you like, those you dislike. Ask yourself why you like some and dislike others. When you read, watch films, consider art, ask what parallels you find in your own life.
That's just one approach. If one considers McGilchrist's observations regarding the right brain--its attention to peripheral vision, ability to read body language, metaphor, humour, lies--a whole bunch of possibilities open up for areas of development.
Various meditation exercises, especially mindfulness. Memory exercises. Look into Tesla's use of the imagination to test run potential improvements to motors and other devices.
Thanks so much, Asa. This is great. I see that I have a lot of work to do, but it's exciting to realize that there are many ways through which I can come to a deeper understanding of the interdependence between the world inside me and the one we all live in.
Believe it or not, we all live in the inner world too. There seem to be enough common points of reference to conclude that we share connections to and in that inner world.
Thank you for doing this series on Davy. It has helped me realize that the power of perceiving analogies isn't some rarefied phenomenon exclusive to a handful of geniuses, but a capacity that can be developed through patient work and concentrated attention. That said, is there a strategy you might recommend in the midst of living and reading that could help me expand my analogical mind?
Thanks for your interest Harry. My first advice would be to become aware of the analogical structures underlying your perceptions. Also paying attention to the narrative structures all around you and how you relate to them--those you like, those you dislike. Ask yourself why you like some and dislike others. When you read, watch films, consider art, ask what parallels you find in your own life.
That's just one approach. If one considers McGilchrist's observations regarding the right brain--its attention to peripheral vision, ability to read body language, metaphor, humour, lies--a whole bunch of possibilities open up for areas of development.
Various meditation exercises, especially mindfulness. Memory exercises. Look into Tesla's use of the imagination to test run potential improvements to motors and other devices.
Thanks so much, Asa. This is great. I see that I have a lot of work to do, but it's exciting to realize that there are many ways through which I can come to a deeper understanding of the interdependence between the world inside me and the one we all live in.
Believe it or not, we all live in the inner world too. There seem to be enough common points of reference to conclude that we share connections to and in that inner world.
I will certainly meditate on that!