Out of Our H3ads

I was reading Alva Noe's "Out of Our Heads"  when I was reminded of a thread I have dropped -- what explains my style of writing in my various blogs as relates to the  Vienna Expressionism in art. The reason I brought up Noe is that Eric Kandel's "The Age of Insight" brings in the concept of the beholders share in viewing art. This is an extended mind facet that I do not remember from Noe.

I am usually going for a stream of consciousness jag which approaches; bumps up against, nudges some nugget of goodness that would resist a direct frontal assault.

Specifically, playing on subconscious cognition with emotionally charged, direct, terse verbiage -- I can manipulate minds or send them screaming from the room. If it seems that I cannot put together a coherent narrative -- it is because I am deconstructing narrative not presenting sub-atomic thoughts as thoughts that rise to consiousness. As Dan Dennett explains, consciousness is 'fame in the brain'. I am presenting not-quite-yet-famous cognition which plies limbic response without rising to fame and notoriety.

The Beholder's Share
Visual art depends on the artist's artifact (a product of experience and talent) and the viewer's experience (a product of experience and knowledge). We encounter art as an experience which depends on our own experience in the past with similar artifacts. This intentional stance of presenting ourselves as critical observers of the artist's work is called the beholder's share.

In a similar fashion, language arts place the speaker's verbal production along with any physical manifestation of emotional state on view for the audience. In turn, the audience contributes the beholder's share, filling in gaps and continuously participating in a stream of consciousness of a Joycean mind.

now some 575*,
set up a loop count
if we remove output pulse
as earlier work

*culled from "Test Generation for VLSI Chips"