My apologies for a long absence. Some medical procedures and a loss in the family slowed me down but I have a new article page which covers a philosophy of art -aesthetics. You'll find it on the articles page at www.dragonflyinflight.ws.


Contemporary studies in Neo Confucian philosophy illuminate the concepts of Li and Chi. In the west the same thing might be described as transcendent and immanent. By a short stretch of the imagination we can similarly move to the Jungian idea of archetypes and symbols then developed into cultural forms or to A.N. Whitehead who proposed we are immersed in a field of protoconsciousness. In other words there are two worlds at our disposal one embedded form the outset with ideals and principles which we can access if their is coherency in our social world, nurture, and education at our disposal which help uncover these perennial maxims. Contemporary psychology supports this and also points in stages to genius - our true self, our character and our calling, rooted in a broader field of consciousness which support our dreams and ideals perfectly. The German idealists spoke of this as the roots of aesthetics - nature at its deepest level in which we participate. The philosophy of Li-Chi explains it thus, “an ever-moving, ever-present set of patterns which flow through everything in nature and in all our perceptions of the world including our own consciousness.” These Principles, which Anton Ehrenzweig touched upon in his 'Hidden Order of Art,' permit access to ideas and therefore forms (art and culture) designed to satisfy, delight, and inform. The following study is what follows from this, not in a deterministic fashion but in processes of choice, freedom, education, and growth.