Divisible Action
Determine variables
Predict future
In full detail
Each morning is a gift from the universe.
“In ancient times, there was only a vague qualitative notion of order in nature.” – David Bohm
Intrinsic Holism
New light
Old relativism
Local interactions
Circling the morning, operatives are quintessentially subjective and tentative regarding the future.
“The result is an ever more complex “system of systems” where a change in any component may affect virtually any other component, and that in a mostly unpredictable manner.” – Francis Heylighen
Over the Sound
Thin haze
Gauzy dusk
Warm sunlight
Seagulls living in the present fly by the sunset.
“Hear the silent signals from outer space, dream by making and make by dreaming.” – Dejan Stojanovic
Higher Order
Ontologically subtle
Habitual antecedent
Witness to whenever
On certain days ambient conditions seem to stimulate more avian activity.
“Perception is never a mere contact of the mind with the object present; it is impregnated with memory-images which complete it as they interpret it.” – Henri Bergson
Thenceforward
Nascent acts
Homogeneous changes
Qualitative heterogeneity
A seagull soars above the oceanic sunrise, as perceptional actuality depends on engagement.
“We have said that the material world is made up of objects, or, if you prefer it, of images, of which all the parts act and react upon each other by movements.” – Henri Bergson
Wheeling Dealing
Going around
Incessant wing
Changeful flight
Seagull aerobatics over the shoreline punctuate a cloudy day.
“Gray spirit of the sea and of the shore!” – Lloyd Mifflin
Element Matrix
Across the water
Form of response
Aesthetic species
Seeking the essence of experience, the ocean offers a spiritual encounter of deep significance.
“An artwork is something produced with the intention of giving it the capacity to satisfy the aesthetic interest.” – Monroe Beardsley
Equipotential Systems
Open-ended process
Manifest functioning
Constant transformation
The more attention directed toward seagulls, the more interesting their behavior becomes.
“In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous.” – Aristotle
Coming and Going
Cast wishes
Gentle relations
Live off the land
The ocean experience becomes deeply therapeutic, with relaxation found in the awareness.
“My dreams with the seagulls fly, out of reach out of cry.” – Joni Mitchell
Relationship Between
Multiple objects
Observed regular events
Physical entity correlation
You can always expect to encounter seagulls in various incarnations when exploring the shore.
“In the process of change a quality disappears and another quality comes into existence. The source of these is causes.” – Ufuk Özen