Tasks / Qualia Feast
Document, using text and media, the existence of "raw feels" or qualia, instances of the 'what it is like' character of mental states (i.e. pain, seeing red, smelling a rose), that cannot be communicated, or apprehended by any other means than direct experience.
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Level 2
In the zone of: The University of Aesthematics
Created by susy derkins
9 completed :: 9 in progress
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this feels like a task for the Synaesthetics.
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With this task I set out to show (or do my best to show) qualia which is unique to me and different from all others. The most obvious of which is the feeling of never having shoes on. Of what it really feels like to be truly connected to the earth ...
Okay so I dont know if this counts because the description says 'use text and media' but I cant really think of any media I can use for this, but I think I know of something i can use. Anyway here is my experience, and here is what I'm trying to de...
1. On May 26 I spent an hour or two outside with a gallon bag, filling it with dandelions. For the dandelion wine I was preparing to make only the flowers themselves are useful, not the stems, so before putting them into the bag I carefully remov...
I like the surrealist strawberries, so I'm taking on this task. To begin this praxis, a general statement on my own interpretation of qualia: I agree with John Searle, who is quoted in the Wikipedia article on qualia (linked in the task description)...
Qualia of the day today, April 27, 2008: Exhaustion Words cannot explain the day to day feeling of exhaustion: = Dragging metal beams Dry eyes falling Heavy weight Warm lids Sinking Sweating Heat. Throat burning heart beating Head holding Victim o...
Now that I've seen some praxii for this task, I may finally understand it. So here it goes. DeathNote I read this manga and was totally hooked. I was completely drawn into the story and experienced many dark sensations. I prefer not to remember Dea...
(This is your captain speaking; before we begin our flight, please open a new browser window in which to listen to the sound file attached. I wish I could do this more smoothly, but...uh...I really can't. Bear with me, please.) Sounds, especially ...
In choosing a quale to document, I really wanted to find a fundamental sort of experience. A song, a location, a relationship all seemed so complex to me, compounds of dozens of simpler sensations. Of course, each time I tried to reduce these ex...
Although I highly enjoy smell, taste, vision, and touch, I decided to attempt to document how hearing something makes me feel. Not my first thought of what to show, but definitely my best choice, was the song Last Caravan by Last Caravan. This song h...
Just like Rocky Dennis.