scholarly journals The Visual and the Self in Contemporary Poetry

2008 ◽  
pp. 0
Author(s):  
Andrew Michael Roberts
Keyword(s):  
Visual Perception ◽  
Natural World ◽  
Contemporary Poetry ◽  
The Self ◽  
Contemporary Culture ◽  
Digital Poetry ◽  
Romantic Poetry ◽  
Reflective Thought ◽  
Reflection And Refraction ◽  
The Relationship

Abstract The dominance of the visual is often seen as a new and defining feature of contemporary culture. Yet it is Romantic poetry which most powerfully associates the act of seeing with understanding, self-shaping and the visionary. This article draws on the ideas of the Idealist philosopher J.G. Fichte and the German Romantic writers Novalis and F.W. Schlegel, as well as some of Walter Benjamin’s reading of their work, to explore the ways in which contemporary poetry engages with this Romantic legacy. Making connections with the metaphors of reflection and refraction used by Wordsworth and Coleridge, the article interprets examples of 21st-century post-Romantic text poetry (which revisits Romantic models with an ecological inflection), and digital poetry (which uses technology to reconfigure the relationship between text, self and the visual). More specifically, it proposes a set of relations between visual perception of the natural world, reflective thought and awareness of self in the work of three contemporary poets: Thomas A.Clark (born Greenock, Scotland, 1944), John Burnside (born Dunfermline, Scotland, 1955) and John Cayley (born Ottawa, Canada).

scholarly journals Idyllic Self in Africa (2000), by Ken Taylor and in Boy (2010), by Taika Waititi: a literary-cinematographic dialogue

2019 ◽  
Vol 41 (2) ◽  
pp. e45306
Author(s):  
Marcele Aires Franceschini
Keyword(s):  
Creative Process ◽  
Amorphous State ◽  
Natural World ◽  
The Self ◽  
The Relationship

The idyllic approach of this article deals with the dialogue between two distinct artworks: poems from the book Africa (Taylor, 2000), emphasizing the poem ‘Waikiki’, by the Australian poet, journalist and filmmaker Ken Taylor; and the movie Boy (Curtis, Gardiner, & Michael, 2010), directed by the New Zealander film-director, actor and writer Taika Waititi. The poems and the movie are connected by synesthetic perceptions, mostly related to painting, colorizing and shaping that are displayed in the described scenarios. Hereby, these aspects were theoretically reviewed by the following authors: Rimbaud (1966), Kandinsky (1977), Ostrower (1977), Bachelard (1986, 2011), Cytowic (1993), Berger (2008), Lambert (2010), among others. The method of analysis includes the concepts in which the art producers uncovers the relationship between nature and the self, considering the fact that beyond poet and director, respectively Taylor and Waititi are also painters. Nature is widely open before their meditative eyes, therefore rather than outreaching the natural world with motionless expectations; both portray idyllic wonders related to individual/cultural scopes. As a result, from its amorphous state, words transmute themselves into landscapes, sensations, and forms. The aim was to follow the paths that image evocates in the description of each author, since they share contemplativeness, surrounded by consciousness, perceptions and freedom, all demanded during the creative process.

Marvels of the system. Art, perception and engagement with the environment in Minoan Crete

2006 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 221-240 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vesa-Pekka Herva
Keyword(s):  
Visual Perception ◽  
Natural World ◽  
Ecological Perspective ◽  
Ecological Approach ◽  
Archaeological Record ◽  
Human Environment ◽  
Minoan Crete ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Nature Scenes

This paper discusses the relationship between art, perception and human engagement with the environment in Minoan Crete through the depiction of landscapes and the ‘natural world’ in art. It is argued that the conventional approaches to Minoan ‘nature scenes’, based on the representation and expression theories of art, are overshadowed by modernist assumptions about art and human–environment relations. The paper then proceeds to discuss the workings of visual perception and the dynamics of human–environment systems. On that basis, the nature of human–environment relations in Minoan Crete is reconsidered and an ‘ecological’ approach to ancient art explored. A tentative suggestion is made that Minoan nature scenes might be understood as instruments for perceiving and knowing the environment, and some broader implications of the ecological perspective for the interpretation of the archaeological record of Minoan Crete are indicated.

Visual Perception and Self-Concept: New Directions in Reading

1971 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 17-20 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. T. Fillmer ◽  
Walter A. Busby ◽  
Patricia Smittle
Keyword(s):  
Visual Perception ◽  
Junior High School ◽  
Significant Relationship ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
The Self ◽  
Self Concept ◽  
Significant Relationships ◽  
New Directions ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Level 2

This study investigated the relationship between reading achievement, self-concept and visual perception of 100 randomly selected junior high school pupils. Findings indicatd that: (1) both two- and three-dimensional perception had significant relationships with reading at the .001 level; (2) a significant relationship existed between reading and two of the self-concept components; and (3) there was a significant relationship between two-dimensional perception and eight of the self-concept components. Investigators concluded that there is a significant relationship between self-concept and reading and hypothesized that in some instances reading disability might well be a conditioned attitude. It was recommended that further investigations be designed to explore the causal relationship between self-concept, perception and reading.

scholarly journals THE MANIFESTATION OF THE SUBJECTIVE ATTITUDE TO NATURE IN THE SELF-CONCEPT OF PERSONALITY: AN EXAMPLE OF THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLES OF YAKUTIA

2020 ◽  
pp. 115-121
Author(s):  
Natal’ya D. Yeliseyeva
Keyword(s):  
Professional Identity ◽  
Indigenous Peoples ◽  
Research Method ◽  
Natural World ◽  
The Self ◽  
Self Concept ◽  
Modern World ◽  
Additional Parameter ◽  
The Republic ◽  
The Relationship

Topicality of the study is due to the increasing importance of the ecological consciousness of people in the modern world. In this perspective, the traditional experience of peoples who have preserved a dialogical attitude to the natural world today deserves special attention of researchers. Research conducted in this direction is not enough to get a complete picture. The mentality of the indigenous peoples of Yakutia reflects a subjective attitude to nature. Nature is perceived as active, aware, and feeling. The purpose of the research is to analyse the self-concept of the personality of the indigenous peoples of Yakutia from the perspective of the relationship «human-nature». The study was conducted in the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) in 2018-2019, in which representatives of indigenous peoples took part. The research method used was «Who Am I?» Taking into account the purpose of the study, additional parameter were introduced when interpreting the methodology: identity with the natural world. In addition, the most frequently encountered characteristics of the self-concept were analysed. It is revealed that the leading categories of the self-concept are personal, family and professional identity. These results confirm the results of many researchers who used this technique. Additional parameters used in the interpretation of the method allowed us to obtain the following results. According to the results of the study, the identity with the natural world was revealed.

From Container to Claustrum: Projective Identification in Couples

2014 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Tamara Feldman
Keyword(s):  
Psychological Health ◽  
Projective Identification ◽  
The Self ◽  
The Other ◽  
Intimate Partners ◽  
And Control ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
As If

This paper is a contribution to the growing literature on the role of projective identification in understanding couples' dynamics. Projective identification as a defence is well suited to couples, as intimate partners provide an ideal location to deposit unwanted parts of the self. This paper illustrates how projective identification functions differently depending on the psychological health of the couple. It elucidates how healthier couples use projective identification more as a form of communication, whereas disturbed couples are inclined to employ it to invade and control the other, as captured by Meltzer's concept of "intrusive identification". These different uses of projective identification affect couples' capacities to provide what Bion called "containment". In disturbed couples, partners serve as what Meltzer termed "claustrums" whereby projections are not contained, but imprisoned or entombed in the other. Applying the concept of claustrum helps illuminate common feelings these couples express, such as feeling suffocated, stifled, trapped, held hostage, or feeling as if the relationship is killing them. Finally, this paper presents treatment challenges in working with more disturbed couples.

A Māori Girl Watches, Listens, and Learns – Coming of Age from an Indigenous Viewpoint: Mauri (Merata Mita, 1988)

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alistair Fox
Keyword(s):  
Indigenous People ◽  
Coming Of Age ◽  
Natural World ◽  
Feature Film ◽  
Indigenous Woman ◽  
Spiritual Dimension ◽  
The World ◽  
Life Force ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

This chapter examines Merata Mita’s Mauri, the first fiction feature film in the world to be solely written and directed by an indigenous woman, as an example of “Fourth Cinema” – that is, a form of filmmaking that aims to create, produce, and transmit the stories of indigenous people, and in their own image – showing how Mita presents the coming-of-age story of a Māori girl who grows into an understanding of the spiritual dimension of the relationship of her people to the natural world, and to the ancestors who have preceded them. The discussion demonstrates how the film adopts storytelling procedures that reflect a distinctively Māori view of time and are designed to signify the presence of the mauri (or life force) in the Māori world.

The Relationship between Seeker and Spiritual Guide as portrayed in contemporary Western Sufi Autobiographies

2011 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 297-332
Author(s):  
Kate Zebiri
Keyword(s):  
Life Writing ◽  
New Age ◽  
The Self ◽  
Individual Autonomy ◽  
Religious Authority ◽  
The Face ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Insight Into ◽  
Continuity And Discontinuity

This article aims to explore the Shaykh-mur?d (disciple) or teacher-pupil relationship as portrayed in Western Sufi life writing in recent decades, observing elements of continuity and discontinuity with classical Sufism. Additionally, it traces the influence on the texts of certain developments in religiosity in contemporary Western societies, especially New Age understandings of religious authority. Studying these works will provide an insight into the diversity of expressions of contemporary Sufism, while shedding light on a phenomenon which seems to fly in the face of contemporary social and religious trends which deemphasize external authority and promote the authority of the self or individual autonomy.

Effect of Parental Modernity on Rejection Sensitivity and Self-Esteem of Adolescents

2016 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ritu ◽  
Madhu Anand
Keyword(s):  
Social Development ◽  
Rejection Sensitivity ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
The Self ◽  
Negatively Associated ◽  
Individual Modernity ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship

Parental Modernity is an important aspect for the psycho-social development of the child. The present study aims to study the effect of parental modernity on rejection sensitivity and self-esteem of adolescents and the relationship between rejection sensitivity and self-esteem. The research is carried out on a sample of 240 parents (including 120 fathers and 120 mothers) and their 120 children. For observing the impact of modernity of parents on their children, Individual Modernity Scale was used and administered on father and mother. Rejection Sensitivity Questionnaire and Self-Esteem Inventory were used to measure the rejection sensitivity and self-esteem of children (age ranges from 14 to 19 years). The results suggest that parental modernity has an effect on the rejection sensitivity and personally perceived self of the self – esteem of adolescents. Furthermore, the rejection sensitivity has been found negatively associated with self-esteem.

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