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 limit in the extreme case is a line of horizon, or vanishing line, which becomes nonetheless visible and accessible to one’s expanded perception.
And it is an expanded perception, that is, perceiving an imperceptible that makes one both wise and virtuous.
Quite possibly, what was practical mysticism for the ancients is the very “informationally meaningful, self-organizing coordination dynamics, a web~weaver” (Kelso and Engstrøm 2006: 253) analogous to a multileveled process-structure (or should I say, process~structure? The nuance is significant!) of a Deleuzean rhizome. This is subject matter for another paper.”
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