Some Simple Reflections on the Body by Paul Valery
The first time I ready "Some Simple Reflections on the Body" I honestly was not quite sure what I had read, or what it all meant. The reading carried a lot of depth and detail; especially for it being such a short passage. However, after going back, and dissecting the thoughts of Valery I felt enlightened.
On the first take of reading about the four bodies, I was not sure how this passage could relate to our wearable technology class. At a second glance, I became intrigued and thought a lot about movements and gestures, and how conscious we are each time our body makes a physical change.
How do we know things? And what is the process that leads us to education and enlightenment? Our "second body" is aware that we all have a brain, heart, liver, etc. but how? And on the flip side, what physical changes occur that we are not aware of. And could we be aware of them if we were under surveillance?
For my final project I would like to explore unconscious movements, and how they can invoke some type of reaction. For the next week or so I am going to observe: myself, friends, stranger, etc. and think about the relation between conscious and unconscious notions.