Re: [-empyre-] a new meta-narrative to guide us

2014-05-14 Thread Alexander R. Galloway
--empyre- soft-skinned space-- Christina, yes you read my mind. the via negativa is one of the things that I picked up from reading Eugene Thacker's book After Life -- and it's a method that has influenced me greatly in recent years (and incidentally syncs well with

Re: [-empyre-] a new meta-narrative to guide us

2014-05-14 Thread Christina McPhee
--empyre- soft-skinned space-- What a thoughtful response. I'm honored. Sent from my iPhone On May 14, 2014, at 7:59 AM, Alexander R. Galloway gallo...@nyu.edu wrote: --empyre- soft-skinned space-- Christina, yes you read my mind.

[-empyre-] a new meta-narrative to guide us

2014-05-11 Thread christ...@christinamcphee.net
--empyre- soft-skinned space--Alexander et al, To insist on focussing our ethics on a strategy of infinite (as in, non-relational) withdrawal has antecedents in the Orthodox spiritual tradition of the via negativa. Your (AG’s) discussion of James Turrell’s light