DAVID A. ENGSTRØM - part of the whole, whole of the part, beginning~ending, together~apart. sentient being~becomings, progress~regress, more~less, accidentally~on purpose. metastable state~tendencies, create~annihilate functional information, enfolding~exfolding flight~pearchings, integrating~segregating boundary~domains, it’s self-organizing~informational dynamics, the coordination dynamics of its...

DAVID A. ENGSTRØM – “If I, for instance, speak the two words ‘body’ ‘mind’ together as written here, it is ambiguous what I mean, since I could be saying body, mind, or body/mind, or body-mind or bodymind. And depending on who you are talking to, each of these variations can convey quite different meanings. Contrariwise, If I say ‘body squiggle mind’ or ‘the squiggle body~mind’, in ...

DAVID A. ENGSTRØM - In Squigglespeak posts, we talk about the squiggle sign (~), and give examples of its use by ourselves and others… The Squiggle (~) Symbol: “The squiggle (~) is our symbol connecting contraries and other mutually and inextricably connected events, processes, etc. … The squiggle symbol is dynamic. It’s symbolism is includes both timeless and of time qualities. It expresses the...

INNA SEMETSKY – “I cite Kelso and Engstrøm who use the sign “~” to pinpoint the relation: “In the case of human beings, complex nonlinear self-organizing systems of energy~matter have managed to evolve to the point of organizing a sense of self~other” (Kelso and Engstrøm 2006: 253). Deleuze’s transformational pragmatics of self-becoming-other (a self~other relation) takes place at the limit, and the...