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I’ve been pondering transformations, the working title of my Study Statement. What territories therein might I explore. Historically I’ve looked at death, however this area is a little heavy handed, prone to cliche, it potentially lacks subtlety and therefore limits the capacity of my research…potentially.
In my feedback from the assessment I was encouraged to consider smaller transformations and what they might look like. One that has come into view is that of our ‘thoughts’. Changing our mind. Changing out thoughts - changes us, can transform us and can even manifest physically. Although ‘thought’ also covers such a huge discipline and field of enquiry. However the mind is very interesting, it’s still an uncharted territory, with neurological breakthroughs and discoveries regularly being made, the sphere of our thought also holds its own great mysteries.
I find it interesting as Dr Caroline Leaf talks about how thoughts turn into real estate, chemicals and proteins, in her book ‘Switch On Your Brain’. Which connects to the idea ‘from nothing comes something’. Belief into substance. Similarly in Derridas work touches on the formless space/non space of Khora and differance.
Earlier I asked the question where is the nursery of our beliefs, where do beliefs herald from? Now I begin to wonder if beliefs are born of a seed thought sustained. A choice. We choose our beliefs. Yet such a small essence that can have global implications
So how does this play into my practice based research? What am I trying to say or explore? What is the passage and place of a thought?
Maybe more neurological research? However the fills me with dread - more dense text…