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V. A practical approach to the process
- A. Diagram
- B. Knowing where you are In the process
- C. A constant seeking of balance through change (motion)
- 1. Dyadic nature of poetry vs cumulative nature of philosophy
- 2. In poetry, invite enjoyment (a) show, don't tell (b) unconcealedness: let viewer/listener/reader be witness to process
- 3. In philosophy, invite employment (a) tell and demonstrate (b) correctness: let viewer/user participate in the process (replication)
- D. The completed gift (the inevitable outcome of the process)
- 1. completed gift 'does not equal' completed or finished process (a) made public (given away again) (b) Barry Corbin's notion of abandonment (c) T. S. Eliot's notion of the still point
- 2. once we achieve some, though not the, truth (a) in philosophy (science), truth as an answer (correctness) (b) in poetry (art), truth as beauty (unconcealedness)
VI. Examples
VII. Exercises
- A. The abstract gift
- B. The concrete gift
- C. Group work
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