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Hi Fiona, > I really like how you describe everything being in motion, although a bit unclear about what you mean about a 'right' concept of motion. Do you mean 'which' ( i.e. which kind/type) ? You're right, there are several concepts I've overseen because I was focused on a model to describe the experience of a creative work by motion. See the reply I've wrote to Terry. ... 'which' would be the right word. > My research has been concerned with haptic sensation and the experience of touch. In ' Phenomenology of Perception' (2012, p 376 ) the phenomenologist Merleau Ponty wrote (in relation to touch): "...the movement of one's own body is to touch what lighting is to vision." I find that a useful way to think about the body, movement and perception. 'Embodied cognition' holds that human cognitive processes are deeply rooted in the body's sensory and motor interactions with the world. Western ontology has tended to privilege the mind and cognition in the constitution of self; but embodied cognition argues that we should look instead for more complex and plural understandings of the nature of selfhood, that encompass embodiment. This shift of emphasis suggests that the nature of our bodies and how they move and function, affects the fundamental processes of our thinking. Thanks for the book tip. I'll have a look where I can get a copy of this book. (/already found it, second place on google. sometimes I ask myself whether it makes sense to produce IP). > You say "Although I know nothing about dancing that goes beyond the basics I think that motion is a primal constant of the human mind because we live in a world of motion and we perceive motion". > > Yes I agree- except for the bit about your knowledge of dancing, because we are always dancing- when using an umbrella, mobile phone, dodging through a crowd, using a pen, checking the time on our wristwatch, brushing our hair, flying a kite, tying a shoe lace, jogging through the city..... This is a nice picture! It enriches the world with joy and aesthetic :D Thanks! Best wishes Kai ----------------------------------------------------------------- PhD-Design mailing list <[log in to unmask]> Discussion of PhD studies and related research in Design Subscribe or Unsubscribe at https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/phd-design -----------------------------------------------------------------