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Finding place, shifting perception: From landscape as image to landscape as cosmology

Posted on June 22, 2022January 13, 2023 by flourishingcommons

While we cannot physically transform the world in 10 days, we can change the way we see the world in 10 days. Shifting the perception of landscapes is the first

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The poetry of things…according to Martin Heidegger

Posted on June 1, 2022January 13, 2023 by flourishingcommons

In part 1 of this 3 part blog post series, I used quotes from Martin Heidegger’s Poetry, Language, Thought to portray the idea of dwelling poetically. Part of dwelling poetically

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To dwell poetically…according to Martin Heidegger

Posted on May 25, 2022January 13, 2023 by flourishingcommons

I resonate a lot with Martin Heidegger’s philosophy because he recognized the connections between time, existence, and being human.  Therefore, he has been my go-to philosopher for existential phenomenology. Although

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Romanticism and nostalgia: The modern condition

Posted on March 30, 2022January 13, 2023 by flourishingcommons

I believe that to be passionate about landscapes, you must inevitably also be a romantic. Yet, being a romantic means being stuck in paradoxes: to desire authenticity in an illusive

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This blog consists of musings I have about the world, excerpts from my PhD dissertation, and re-postings of articles from a previous blog. I mainly write about spirituality, landscape, art, and philosophy.

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