reality~fiction, digital painting, by DOC Metastabilian, 2009

reality~fiction

TSS: “Only reality, only fiction, either reality or fiction, both reality and fiction, reality changing to fiction, fiction changing to reality, between reality and fiction, neither reality nor fiction, beyond reality and fiction…”

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"painting~polishing", lacquered stone, 4x4cm, 2018, by DOC Metastabilian

painting~polishing

TSS: Only painting, only polishing, either painting or polishing, both painting and polishing, painting changing to polishing, polishing changing to painting, between painting and polishing, neither painting nor polishing, beyond painting and polishing…”

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DOC Metastabilian

(DOC) D. A. Engstrøm, Ph. D. - Metastabilian artist~scientist, musician, writer and muse. Co-founder with Dražen Pavlović and J. A. Scott Kelso of The Metastabilian Movement. Co-author with J. A. Scott Kelso of “The Complementary Nature” (MIT Press, 2006) and "The Squiggle Sense - The Complementary Nature of the Metastable Brain~Mind" (Springer Nature, 2024 - in press). Active Professional Entertainer, Doc is guitarist singer-songwriter, who has performed close to 3000 shows over the last three decades in 11 countries, predominantly in Scandinavia.

Doc Metastabilian

"symbol~icon", laquered wood sculpture, by Doc Metastabilian, 2017.

D. A. Engstrøm - Ph.D. Neuropharmacology. Metastabilian artist~scientist, professional musician, writer and muse. Co-founder with Dražen Pavlović of The Metastabilian Movement, an artistic~scientific exploration of the creative potential of ‘the squiggle sense’ of the complementary nature. Co-author with J. A. Scott Kelso of “The Complementary Nature” (MIT Press, 2006). Active Professional Entertainer, Doc is guitarist singer-songwriter, who has played over 2500 shows over the last three decades in 11 countries, predominantly in Scandinavia.

The Complementary Nature

(TCN) Why do we divide our world into contraries? Why do we perceive and interpret so many of life's contraries as mutually exclusive either/or dichotomies, such as individual vs. collective, liberal vs. conservative, body vs. mind, nature vs. nurture, and cooperation vs. competition? We contend that ubiquitous contrarieties of human experience are actually inextricable dynamic complementary aspects, whose existence and phenomenology are thoroughly grounded in the science of coordination called Coordination Dynamics (CD). In the book, "The Complementary Nature" by Kelso and Engstrøm (MIT Press, 2006) the squiggle sign "~" was nominated as a useful symbolic expression of complementary pairs or “squiggles” like individual~collective, brain~mind, and cooperation~competition. Each expresses the inextricable dynamic complementary nature of a given “squiggle" and its complementary aspects grounded in CD.

Co-founder of The Metastabilian Movement. Professional oil painter and performance artist. Co-founder along with David Engstrøm of The Metastabilian Movement. Owner~operator of Atelier Pavlovich in Varazdin, Croatia. Chairmen of the managing board of the LUV Art Association of Varaždin, and guide of the LUV Gallery. Member of HDLU Croatian Association of Artists, Zagreb, 1995-present. Founder of the famous painting colony Julijana E Draskowich (1989–1999), Trakošćan Croatia. Artistic Trajectory: 40 professional and critically acclaimed solo exhibitions; 150 appearances in local and international group exhibitions (Slovenia, Italy, Austria, Hungary, Germany, Macedonia, Bosnia and Hercegovina, USA). Organizes produces and participates in art-based humanitarian actions and performance art installations.

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Metastabilion

Isaac Newton

“The power of life and will by which animals move their bodies with great and lasting force demonstrate that there has to be other undiscovered laws of motion.”

Frank Wilczek

“The world is simple and complex, logical and weird, lawful and chaotic. Fundamental understanding does not resolve these dualities. Indeed, it highlights and deepens them. You can’t do justice to physical reality without taking complementarity to heart.”

Seamus Heaney

“Poetry is more a threshold than a path, one constantly approached and constantly departed from, at which reader and writer undergo in their different ways the experience of being at the same time summoned and released…”

Wolfgang Pauli

"To us, the only acceptable point of view appears to be the one that recognizes both sides of reality, the quantitative and the qualitative, the physical and the psychical, as compatible with each other, and can embrace them simultaneously."

The Squiggle Sense

(TSS) "Sixth Sense” of The Complementary Nature, the dynamic, complementary dance of inextricable complementary aspects. It’s a modality present in every human nervous system. Ironically, most remain unaware, are ‘blind’ to its existence and crucial role it plays in their daily lives. The ‘Metastabilians’ seek to awaken and engage their squiggle sense, to wield it in their life pursuits in any field, at any level of interest. The squiggle sense is a modality of ‘relative phase’, sensitive to the very coordination dynamics that produces it. A person that has awakened, appreciates, is inspired by and intentionally engages their squiggle sense, their ‘sixth sense’ of the complementary nature of themselves and their world is by definition, a “Metastabilian."

Benoit Mandelbtot

"Clouds are not spheres, mountains are not cones, coastlines are not circles, and bark is not smooth, nor does lightning travel in a straight line."

Coordination Dynamics

(CD) Coordination Dynamics, defined broadly as "the science of coordination", describes, explains and predicts how patterns of coordination form, adapt, persist and change in living things. In Coordination Dynamics the parts communicate via mutual information exchange and information is meaningful and specific to the forms coordination takes. Coordination Dynamics embraces both spontaneous self-organizing tendencies and the need to guide or direct them in specific ways in a single conceptual framework. Life, brain, mind and behavior are hypothesized to be linked by virtue of sharing a common underlying coordination dynamics. Coordination Dynamics has been proposed by Kelso and Engstrøm to be the science of the complementary nature. Metastability, a key phenomenon in CD, has been suggested to be the "complementarity of the 21st century".

Doc Metastabilian

(DOC) D. A. Engstrøm, Ph. D. - Metastabilian artist~scientist, musician, writer and muse. Co-founder with Dražen Pavlović and J. A. Scott Kelso of The Metastabilian Movement. Co-author with J. A. Scott Kelso of “The Complementary Nature” (MIT Press, 2006) and "The Squiggle Sense - The Complementary Nature of the Metastable Brain~Mind" (Springer Nature, 2024 - in press). Active Professional Entertainer, Doc is guitarist singer-songwriter, who has performed close to 3000 shows over the last three decades in 11 countries, predominantly in Scandinavia.

The Metastabilian Movement

(TMM) The Metastabilian Movement is creative exploration~discovery of The Squiggle Sense of The Complementary Nature”—As an Art Movement it was co-founded in 2011 by Doc David Engstrøm, Dražen Pavlović Its vision, concepts, methods and criticism celebrate and are grounded in the “metastable mode” of brain~mind Coordination Dynamics (CD), the science of coordination pioneered by eminent neuroscientist J. A. Scott Kelso. The squiggle character ‘~’ symbolizes the complementary nature of complementary aspects as first stated in Kelso and Engstrøm's book, "The Complementary Nature" (MIT Press 2006). Metastabilians of any field explore, employ and express their works based in compelling, valuable new information about the human brain~mind.

J. A. Scott Kelso, PhD

(JASK) Pioneer of Coordination Dynamics (CD). Glenwood and Martha Creech Chair in Science. Prof. of Complex Systems and Brain Sciences, Psychology, Biological Sciences and Biomedical Science. Founder and Team Leader of the Human Brain and Behavior Laboratory. Author of “Dynamic Patterns” (1995). Co-author with D. A. Engstrøm of “The Complementary Nature” (2006) and "The Squiggle Sense - The Complementary Nature of the Metastable Brain~mind" (2024). Editor of Springer Series: "Understanding Complex Systems." Research interests: coordination in living things; connecting levels of brain and behavior through theory and experiment; principles and mechanisms of CD (sensorimotor integration, learning, perception, language, and development); Using brain imaging (EEG, MEG, fMRI) and behavioral measures.

Samuel Beckett

“The search for the means to put an end to things, an end to speech, is what enables discourse to continue. The danger is in the neatness of identifications.”

Howard Pattee

“I do not see any way to avoid the problem of coordination and still understand the physical basis of life.”

Seamus Heaney

"Strange how things in the offing, once they’re sensed,
 convert to things foreknown; and how what’s come upon is manifest only in light of what has been gone through. Seventh heaven may be the whole truth of a sixth sense come to pass.

F. Scott Fitzgerald

“The test of a first rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function.”

Niels Bohr

“if you hold opposites together in your mind you will suspend your normal thinking and allow intelligence beyond rational thought to create a new form.”

The DOC Muso Gallery

The Squiggle List

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A

A

acclaim~criticism
acclaimed~acclamation
acclamation~acclaimed
accommodating~disobliging
accommodation~assimilation
accompanied~alone
accomplishment~failure
accord~discord
accordingly~conversely
accretion~loss
accrue~dwindle
accumulate~scatter
accumulation~distribution
accuracy~error
accuracy~inaccuracy
accuracy~precision
accusation~breach
accusation~confession
accuse~confess
accustomed~unfamiliar
acid~base
acme~depth
acquaintance~stranger
acquiesce~resist
acquire~lose
acquire~purchase
acquisition~retention
acquisitive~abstemious
acquit~indict
action~actor
action~consequence
action~inaction
action~perception
action~reaction
action potential~graded potential
activation~inactivation
active~dormant
active~passive
activity~inactivity
activity~quiescence
actor~action
actor~play
actual~possible
actual~potential
actual~theoretical
actual~virtual
actuality~model
actuality~percept
acute~obtuse
adamant~flexible
adamant~yielding
adaptable~flexible
adaptable~inflexible
adaptation~extinction
adaptation~mutation
adaptation~survival
addict~addiction
addict~withdraw
addiction~addict
addiction~withdrawal
addition~subtraction
adenine~thymine
adept~inept
adequacy~inadequacy
adequate~inadequate
adhere~bond
adhere~repel
adherent~opponent
adhesive~solvent
adjacency~separation
adjourn~convene
adjust~leave alone
adjust~parameter
ad-lib~scripted
admire~abhor
admissible~inadmissible
admit~deny
admit~exclude
admonish~commend
ado~calm
adorn~strip
adorning~stripping
adrift~moored
adult~child
advance~retreat
advantage~disadvantage
advent~end
adventurous~unadventurous
adversary~ally
adverse~favorable
advertise~disclaim
advertise~product
advisable~inadvisable
advocacy~opposition
affect~mood
affected~unaffected
affection~loathing
affectionate~unaffectionate
afferent~efferent
affiliate~disassociate
affinity~aversion
affinity~strength
affirm~refute
affirmation~negation
affirmative~negative
affix~detach
afflict~relieve
affliction~relief
affluence~poverty
affordance~effectivity
afraid~unafraid
after~before
age~youth
ageless~transient
agency~self-organization
agent~control
agent~counteragent
aggravate~alleviate
aggravate~improve
aggravation~amelioration
aggregation~dispersion
aggressive~passive
agility~clumsiness
aging~presence
agitate~calm
agitation~pacification
agonist~antagonist
agonist~receptor
agony~ecstasy
agony~pain
agree~disagree
agreeable~disagreeable
agreement~disagreement
agricultural~industrial
ahead~behind
aid~obstruct
ailing~healthy
aim~target
aiming~target
akin~unrelated
alertness~lethargy
alien~aboriginal
alien~citizen
aligned~opposed
alike~different
alive~dead
all~none
allegiance~disloyalty
alleviate~aggravate
alliance~separation
allocate~withhold
allow~forbid
ally~adversary
alone~accompanied
altercation~amends
altering~retaining
altitude~depth
altruism~selfishness
always~never
amateur~professional
ambiguity~clarity
ambiguous~clear
ambition~apathy
ambivalent~definite
amelioration~aggravation
amends~altercation
ample~meager
amplify~reduce
amplitude~frequency
anabolism~catabolism
analog~digital
analysis~synthesis
analytic~holistic
analytical~geometrical
anatomical~physiological
anatomy~physiology
ancient~modern
angel~devil
animal~machine
animals~plants
animate~deaden
animate~inanimate
annihilation~creation
annihilation~recruitment
anode~cathode
answer~question
antagonist~agonist
antibody~antigen
anticipation~reaction
anticipatory~reactive
antidote~poison
antigen~antibody
antiparticle~particle
antiphase~inphase
antithesis~thesis
antonym~synonym
apart~together
apartness~togetherness
apathy~ambition
a posteriori~a priori
appetite~satiation
applied~basic
a priori~a posteriori
arousal~awareness
arrive~leave
arrhymthic~rhythmic
arriving~leaving
arrow~target
art~science
artist~artwork
artist~medium
artwork~artist
ascend~descend
ask~tell
asleep~awake
aspirant~mentor
assimilation~accommodation
associate~remember
association~cognition
association~disassociation
assumption~condition
assurance~doubt
asymmetry~symmetry
atheist~deist
atman~brahman
atom~void
attend~ignore
attention~inattention
attentive~distracted
attentive learning~orienting search
attraction~repulsion
attractor~repeller
audience~performance
audience~performer
audience~storyteller
augmenting~diminishing
authority~freedom
authority~novelty
automatic~controlled
autopoiesis~program
autumn~spring
avocation~occupation
avoid~meet
awake~asleep
aware~unaware
awareness~arousal
awareness~viability

B

back~front
background~foreground
backward~forward
bad~good
barbaric~civilized
barren~reproductive
base~acid
basic~applied
beautiful~ugly
beauty~ugliness
because~why
becoming~being
before~after
begin~end
beginning~ending
behavior~mind
behind~ahead
being~becoming
being~nothingness
belief~fact
belief~faith
belief~proof
believer~nonbeliever
believer~skeptic
best~worst
between~within
between subjects~within subjects
bifurcation~bistability
bifurcation~path
big~small
bind~release
binding~releasing
biology~physics
birth~abortion
birth~death
bistability~bifurcation
bistability~monostability
bit~computer
bit~it
black~white
blame~absolution
blame~forgiveness
bland~spicy
blue~orange
blue~red
blunt~sharp
body~mind
boil~freeze
bond~adhere
bond~connection
bonding~separating
book~writer
bore~excite
boring~entertaining
both/and~either/or
bottom~top
bottom up~top down
bound~free
boundary~domain
boundary motion~boundary surface
boundary surface~boundary motion
bourgeoisie~proletariat
boy~girl
brahman~atman
brain~mind
breach~accusation
break~fix
breaking~bonding
breaking~making
Buddha~mana
build~destroy
buy~sell
buying~selling

C

calculus~geometry
calm~ado
calm~agitate
camera~photography
campaign~candidate
candidate~campaign
care~abuse
carry through~abort
casual~disciplined
catabolism~anabolism
catch~throw
catching~throwing
cathode~anode
causality~synchronicity
cause~effect
caution~confidence
CD~CP
ceiling~floor
celestial mechanics~terrestrial mechanics
cell~organ
center~surround
central~peripheral
certainty~uncertainty
certitude~lie
CEVA~COT
challenge~retreat
challenge~risk
chance~choice
change~form
change~persistence
chaos~order
chase~pulse
child~adult
child~parent
choice~chance
citizen~alien
city~country
civilized~barbaric
civilized~primitive
claim~abandon
claim~disclaim
clarity~ambiguity
clarity~nebulosity
classical~modern
clean~dirty
clear~ambiguous
clear~fuzzy
clear~nebulous
client~lawyer
climbing down~climbing up
climbing up~climbing down
clone~original
close~far
close~open
closing~opening
closure~openness
clothing~dressing
clumsiness~agility
cluster~disperse (randomize)
code~junk
cognition~association
cold~hot
collect~distribute
collecting~dispersing
collective~individual
collective inference~individual inference
collective variable~control parameter
collision~precession
color~luminance
color~wavelength
combination~permutation
come~go
comedy~tragedy
coming~going
commend~admonish
communication~isolation
competence~incompetence
competence~performance
competition~cooperation
complain~compliment
complementarity~unity
complete~incomplete
completeness~consistency
complex~simple
complexity~simplicity
complicate~simplify
compliment~complain
composition~improvisation
composition~material
compositional~propositional
compression~tension
computer~bit
concave~convex
concentrate~relax
concentration~relaxation
concept~conception
conception~concept
concrete~abstract
concrete~ephemeral
condemn~absolve
condemned~executioner
condensing~sectioning
condition~assumption
conduction~insulation
conductor~insulator
confess~accuse
confession~accusation
confidence~caution
conflict~resolution
connected~disconnected
connection~bond
conscious~unconscious
consciousness~unconsciousness
consequence~action
conservative~liberal
consistency~completeness
constant~intermittent
constant~variable
constraint~freedom
construction~reduction
constructionist~instructionist
consume~eliminate
consumption~production
container~contents
content~form
content~frame
context~scenario
context~text
context-dependent ~ context-independent
context-independent ~ context-dependent
contextual~universal
contingency~necessity
continuous~discrete
contract~expand
contraries~dialectic
contraries~progression
contrast~compare
contrast~edge
contrast~haze
control~agent
control~laws
controlled~automatic
controlled~wild
control parameter~coordination variable
control parameter~order parameter
convene~adjourn
conventional~unconventional
convergence~divergence
conversely~accordingly
convex~concave
cooking~ingredient
cool~warm
cooling~warming
cooperate~oppose
cooperation~competition
cooperativity~freedom
coordinate~dimension
coordinated~uncoordinated
coordination~coupling
copy~innovation
corner~edge
corporation~university
correct~incorrect
cortical~subcortical
COT~CEVA
counteragent~agent
country~city
couple~uncouple
coupling~coordination
coupling~element
covert~overt
CP~CD
CPU~peripheral
create~destroy
creation~annihilation
creation~destruction
creation~discovery
creation~evolution
creativity~technique
crisp~vague
criticism~acclaim
cruelty~kindness
cry~laugh
cues~optic flow
culture~nature
culture~population
curative~palliative
cure~heal
cure~prevention
curiosity~question
current~resistance
curved~straight
cycle~rest
cytosine~guanine

D

damned~saved
dark~light
dated~modern
daughter~son
dawn~dusk
day~night
dead~alive
deaden~animate
death~birth
death~life
debate~issue
decelerate~accelerate
decipher~encrypt
decisive~indecisive
declarative~nondeclarative
declarative~procedural memory
decrease~increase
decreasing~increasing
deduction~induction
deep~shallow
defense~offense
deficiency~surplus
deficit~spending
definite~ambivalent
definite~indefinite
diffusion~reaction
deist~atheist
déja vu~premonition
demand~supply
democracy~dictatorship
deny~admit
dependent~independent
depth~acme
depth~altitude
depth~shallowness
descending~ascending
design~implementation
desire~need
desire~purpose
destabilization~stabilization
destroy~build
destroy~create
destruction~creation
detach~affix
determined~free
determined~random
determinism~free will
deterministic~stochastic
dharma~makyo
diachronic~synchronic
dialectic~contraries
dialogue~lecture
diastole~systole
dictatorship~democracy
die~live
different~alike
different~similar
differential~existential
differentiate~integrate
differentiation~integration
difficult~easy
diffusion~reaction
digital~analog
dimension~coordinate
diminishing~augmenting
diminishing~growing
diminishing returns~increasing returns
direct~indirect
directedness~self-organization
dirty~clean
disadvantage~advantage
disagree~agree
disagreeable~agreeable
disagreement~agreement
disassociate~associate
disassociation~association
discipline~disobedience
discipline~talent
disciplined~casual
disciplined~nondisciplined
disclaim~advertise
disclaim~claim
disconnected~connected
discord~accord
discounted~valued
discover~explore
discover~invent
discovering~inventing
discovery~exploration
discovery~implication
discovery~invention
discrete~continuous
disdain~recognize
disease~health
disinhibit~inhibit
disinterested~interested
disobedience~discipline
disobliging~accommodating
disorder~order
disperse~cluster
dispersed~massed
disregard~notice
disrespect~respect
dissimilar~similar
dissimilarity~similarity
dissipate~gather
dissipate~recycle
dissipating~recycling
dissipation~feedback
dissipation~oscillation
distension~pressure
distracted~attentive
distraction~vigilance
distribute~collect
distributed~focal
distributed~massed
distribution~accumulation
divergence~convergence
diversity~unity
divide~link
divide~unite
dividing~uniting
divination~mensuration
division~multiplication
DNA~enzyme
do~don’t
do~prepare
do~say
doctor~patient
doing~saying
domain~boundary
dominate~yield
dominating~yielding
don’t~do
dormant~active
dorsal~ventral
dose~response
doubt~assurance
doubt~trust
down~up
down-going~up-going
downgrade~upgrade
downturn~upturn
downward~upward
drain~fill
dream~myth
dreaming~awake
dressing~clothing
dressing~undressing
driving~vehicle
drown~swim
drunk~sober
dry~wet
dualism~monism
dull~sharp
dumb~smart
dusk~dawn
duty~honor
dwell~escape
dwell~roam
dwindle~accrue
dying~living
dynamic~static
dynamic~symbol
dynamical~informational
dynamical~intentional
dynamic patterns~pattern dynamics
dynamics~geometry
dynamics~information
dynamics~symmetry
dysfunction~function

E

early~late
earth~Gaia
east~west
easy~difficult
easy~hard
eating~food
ebullience~malaise
ecstasy~agony
edge~contrast
edge~corner
effect~cause
effectivity~affordance
efferent~afferent
efficacy~potency
efficacy~toxicity
efficiency~style
either~neither
either/or~both/and
electric~magnetic
electricity~magnetism
electron~positron
element~coupling
element~set
element~system
elevate~abase
eliminate~consume
embryo~womb
emergentism~reductionism
emotion~intellect
emotion~reason
empirical~formal
empirical~theoretical
empiricism~rationalism
employee~employer
employer~employee
employment~unemployment
emptiness~fullness
empty~full
encrypt~decipher
end~advent
end~begin
ending~beginning
endogenous~exogenous
enemy~friend
energy~dynamics
energy~matter
energy~time
enforcement~law
enlightenment~ignorance
enlightenment~mokyo
enquiry~findings
en-soi~pour-soi
entertain~entertainer
entertainer~entertain
entertaining~boring
enthusiasm~trepidation
environment~heredity
environment~organism
enzyme~DNA
ephemeral~concrete
epistemology~ethics
equilibrium~nonequilibrium
error~accuracy
error~trial
escape~dwell
esse~posse
essence~name
essence~possibility
essentialism~progressivism
establish~abrogate
established~new
estimate~measure
estimation~measurement
estimation~mensuration
eternal~transient
ethics~epistemology
Euclidean~non-Euclidean
even~odd
even~uneven
event~law
evoked~spontaneous
evolution~Intelligent Design
exam~examinee
examinee~exam
examinee~examiner
examiner~examinee
exception~rule
excess~moderation
excitation~inhibition
excitatory~inhibitory
excite~bore
exclude~admit
execute~abort
execution~planning
execution~program
executioner~condemned
exhalation~inhalation
existence~nonexistence
existential~differential
exogenous~endogenous
expand~abridge
expand~contract
expected~unexpected
experience~novelty
experienced~inexperienced
experiment~theory
explicate~implicate
explicit~implicit
explode~implode
exploration~discovery
exploration~preferences
explore~discover
explosion~implosion
extension~flexion
extensor~flexor
external~internal
extinction~adaptation
extinction~survival
extracellular~intracellular
extravagance~frugality
extrinsic~intrinsic
extroversion~introversion
extrovert~introvert
exude~absorb

F

fabricate~harvest
facilitation~inhibition
fact~belief
fact~fiction
failure~accomplishment
failure~success
faith~belief
faith~reason
fake~genuine
fall~rise
fall~spring
false~true
falsify~verify
familiar~strange
family~kin
family~society
famous~infamous
famous~unknown
fantasy~reality
far~close
far~near
fast~slow
faster~slower
father~mother
favorable~adverse
fear~hope
fear~threat
fearful~fearless
fearless~fearful
feedback~dissipation
feedback~feedforward
feedforward~feedback
feeling~thinking
feeling~touch
female~male
fertile~impotent
few~many
fiction~fact
fiction~reality
field~particle
figure~ground
fill~drain
finding~searching
findings~enquiry
finish~start
finite~infinite
fire~water
first~last
fix~break
fixed~moving
flexible~adamant
flexible~adaptable
flexible~inflexible
flexible~rigid
flexion~extension
flexor~extensor
floor~ceiling
flow~map
flow~resist
flow~stasis
fluctuations~states
fluidity~viscosity
focal~distributed
focus~wander
folding~stretching
follower~leader
food~chef
food~eating
food~shelter
forbid~allow
foreground~background
forget~remember
forgiveness~blame
form~change
form~content
form~ideal
form~substance
formal~empirical
forward~backward
forward~reverse
forward modeling~inverse modeling
found~lost
fractal~integral
fragile~robust
frame~content
frame of reference~observer
free~bound
free~determined
freedom~authority
freedom~constraint
freedom~cooperativity
free will~determinism
freeze~boil
frequency~amplitude
friend~enemy
friend~foe
friend~lover
from~to
front~back
front~rear
frugality~extravagance
full~empty
fullness~emptiness
function~dysfunction
function~structure
functional info~self-organization
future~past
fuzzy~clear

G

Gaia~earth
gain~lose
gaining~losing
gamble~risk
game~players
gate~portal
gather~dissipate
gather~distribute
gathering~distributing
general~particular
general~specific
genotype~phenotype
genuine~fake
geometrical~analytical
geometry~calculus
geometry~dynamics
girl~boy
give~receive
give~take
global~local
go~come
go~stop
goal~task
going~coming
going~stopping
good~bad
government~politicians
graded potential~action potential
gradual~abrupt
gradualism~saltationism
grail~seeker
grasp~release
gravity~mass
gravity~radiation
green~red
ground~figure
growing~diminishing
gu~ru
guanine~cytosine
guest~host
guilt~innocence

H

habit~instinct
happiness~sadness
happiness~suffering
happy~sad
hard~difficult
hard~soft
hardware~software
harvest~fabricate
has~hasn’t
hasn’t~has
haze~contrast
heads~tails
heal~cure
health~disease
health~illness
healthy~ailing
healthy~sick
hearing~sound
hearing~speech
heaven~hell
heavy~light
hell~heaven
help~hinder
heredity~environment
hero~villain
hers~his
heterogeneous~homogeneous
hide~show
high~low
hill~valley
hinder~help
his~hers
history~future
holism~reductionism
holistic~analytic
homogeneity~inhomogeneity
homogeneous~heterogeneous
honor~duty
hope~fear
horizontal~vertical
host~guest
host~vector
hot~cold
housing~support
how~what
humble~proud
hunger~satiety
hunted~hunter
hunter~hunted
hurry~linger
husband~wife
hypothesis~observation

I

I~thou
ice~steam
idea~percept
ideal~form
idealism~materialism
ignorance~knowledge
ignore~attend
ignored~respected
illness~health
illness~wellness
illogical~logical
immanence~transcendence
immature~mature
immortal~mortal
immortality~mortality
impermeability~permeability
implementation~design
implementation~strategy
implication~discovery
implicit~explicit
implode~explode
implosion~explosion
impossibility~possibility
impossible~possible
impotent~fertile
impotent~potent
improve~aggravate
improvisation~composition
impulse~threshold
in~out
inaccessible~accessible
inaccuracy~accuracy
inaction~action
inactivate~activate
inactive~active
inactivity~activity
inadequacy~adequacy
inadequate~adequate
inadmissible~admissible
inadvisable~advisable
inanimate~animate
inattention~attention
incarceration~jail
incident~reflection
incidental~intentional
incomplete~complete
incorrect~correct
increase~decrease
increasing~decreasing
increasing returns~diminishing returns
indecisive~decisive
indefinite~definite
independent~dependent
indict~acquit
indirect~direct
individual~collective
individual inference~collective inference
induction~deduction
indulgence~abstinence
industrial~agricultural
inept~adept
inexperienced~experienced
infamous~famous
infection~vector
inferior~superior
infinite~finite
inflexible~adaptable
inflexible~flexible
information~dynamics
information~energy
information~intrinsic dynamics
information~meaning
informational~dynamical
information creation~metastability
ingredients~cooking
inhalation~exhalation
inhibit~disinhibit
inhibit~facilitate
inhibited~uninhibited
inhibition~excitation
inhibition~facilitation
inhibitory~excitatory
inhomogeneity~homogeneity
injustice~justice
innate~learned
innocence~guilt
innovation~copy
innovation~stagnation
inorganic~organic
inphase~antiphase
input~output
inside~outside
inside out~outside in
insider~outsider
instability~stability
instinct~habit
instruction~selection
instructionist~constructionist
instrument~musician
insufficiency~sufficiency
insulation~conduction
insulator~conductor
integer~real
integral~fractal
integrate~differentiate
integration~differentiation
integration~segregation
intellect~emotion
intellect~wisdom
Intelligent Design~evolution
intelligent design~physical law
intensify~abate
intentional~dynamical
intentional~incidental
intentional~serendipitous
intentional~unintentional
interested~disinterested
intermittent~constant
internal~external
interpretation~prediction
intracellular~extracellular
intrinsic~extrinsic
intrinsic dynamics~information
introversion~extroversion
introvert~extrovert
intuition~logic
invent~discovery
inventing~discovering
invention~discovery
invincibility~vulnerability
invisibility~visibility
invisible~visible
inward~outward
ions~salt
irrational~rational
irregular~periodic
irrelevance~relevance
isolation~communication
issue~debate
it~bit
it~me

J

jail~incarceration
jittery~smooth
join~quit
judge~disregard
junk~code
justice~injustice

K

kensho~koan
key~lock
kin~family
kind~mean
kindness~cruelty
kinetic energy~potential energy
knotted~untied
knowledge~ignorance
known~unknown
koan~kensho

L

labor~leisure
labor~rest
lack~abound
lack~plenitude
lamination~layer
landing~take-off
language~grammar
large~small
last~first
late~early
laugh~cry
law~enforcement
law~event
law~order
laws~control
laws~measurement
laws~rule
lawyer~client
layer~lamination
leader~follower
learned~innate
learning~memory
leave~arrive
leaving~arriving
leave~stay
leave alone~adjust
leaving~staying
lecture~dialogue
left~right
leisure~labor
lengthen~abbreviate
lessee~lessor
lessor~lessee
lethargy~alertness
liberal~conservative
liberty~obligation
lie~certitude
lie~truth
life~death
ligand~receptor
light~dark
light~heavy
light~shadow
light~translucent
limited~absolute
linear~nonlinear
linger~hurry
link~divide
link~Web page
linked~unrelated
liquid~vessel
liquefy~solidify
listener~storyteller
live~die
living~dying
livingry~weaponry
loathing~affection
local~global
lock~key
logic~intuition
logical~illogical
long~short
long-term memory~short-term memory
loosen~tighten
lose~acquire
lose~gain
lose~win
losing~winning
loss~accretion
loss~profit
lost~found
loud~quiet
love~hate
lover~friend
low~high
LTD~LTP
LTP~LTD
luminance~color
lyrics~melody

M

machine~animal
macro~micro
macrocosmic~microcosmic
macroscopic~microscopic
magic~magician
magician~magic
magnetic~electric
magnetism~electricity
making~breaking
makyo~dharma
malaise~ebullience
male~female
man~woman
mana~Buddha
manager~laborer
manifestation~source
many~few
many~one
map~flow
mass~gravity
massed~dispersed
massed~distributed
master~servant
mastering~slaving
material~composition
materialism~idealism
matter~energy
matter~mind
mature~immature
me~it
meager~ample
mean~kind
mean~nice
meaning~information
meaningful~meaningless
meaningless~meaningful
means~way
measure~estimate
measurement~estimation
measurement~laws
mechanicalism~organicism
mechanism~phenomenon
mechanism~vitalism
meditation~zazen
medium~artist
medium~style
meet~avoid
melody~lyrics
membrane~permeability
memory~learning
mensuration~divination
mensuration~estimation
mental~physical
mentor~aspirant
metabolism~replication
metamorphosis~transition
metastability~information creation
metastability~metastasis
metastability~multistability
metastasis~metastability
meter~rhythm
micro~macro
microcosmic~macrocosmic
microscopic~macroscopic
mild~severe
mind~behavior
mind~body
mind~brain
mind~matter
mingling~opposition
mirror~reflection
mission~objective
modality~relation
model~phenomenon
moderation~excess
modern~ancient
modern~classical
modern~dated
mokyo~enlightenment
momentum~position
monism~dualism
monitoring~qualification
monogenic~polygenic
monomer~polymer
monostability~bistability
mood~affect
moored~adrift
morphogenesis~morphogens
morphogens~morphogenesis
mortal~immortal
mortality~immortality
mother~father
motor~sensory
mountain~abyss
movement~stillness
moving~fixed
multifunctionality~equivalence
multiplication~division
multiplicity~singularity
multistability~metastability
muscle~tendon
musician~instrument
mutation~adaptation
myth~dream

N

nadir~zenith
naive~wise
name~essence
name~thing
narrow~wide
nation~people
nature~culture
navigator~pilot
near~far
nebulosity~clarity
necessity~contingency
need~desire
negation~affirmation
negation~reality
negative~affirmative
negative~positive
negativity~positivity
negotiation~value
neither~either
neither~nor
neuron~synapse
neurotransmitter~neuroreceptor
never~always
new~established
new~old
nice~mean
night~day
no~yes
nobody~somebody
noise~signal
noisy~quiet
nondisciplined~disciplined
none~all
nonequilibrium~equilibrium
non-Euclidean~Euclidean
nonexistence~existence
nonlinear~linear
nonspecific~specific
nor~neither
normal~parallel
normal~peculiar
normal~weird
north~south
nothing~something
nothingness~being
notice~disregard
noumenon~phenomenon
noun~verb
novel~traditional
novelty~authority
novelty~experience
novelty~repetition
now~then

O

object~subject
objective~mission
objective~subjective
objective~trajectory
objectivity~subjectivity
obligation~liberty
obscure~recognized
observation~hypothesis
observed~observer
observer~frame of reference
observer~observed
observer~observing
observing~observer
obstruct~aid
obtuse~acute
occupation~avocation
occupied~abandoned
odd~even
off~on
offense~defense
old~new
old~young
on~off
one~many
one~zero
onset~termination
opaqueness~transparency
open~close
opening~closing
opponent~adherent
oppose~cooperate
opposed~aligned
opposition~advocacy
opposition~mingling
optic flow~cues
optimistic~pessimistic
orange~blue
order~chaos
order~disorder
order~law
order parameter~control parameter
organ~cell
organic~inorganic
organicism~mechanicalism
organism~environment
organization~self-organization
organize~disorganize
orienting search~attentive learning
original~clone
original~replication
oscillation~dissipation
oscillation~rhythm
other~self
out~in
output~input
outside~inside
outside in~inside out
outsider~insider
outward~inward
over~under
overt~covert

P

pacification~agitation
pack~unpack
packing~unpacking
page~link
pain~agony
pain~pleasure
paint~painter
painter~paint
painter~painting
painting~painter
palliative~curative
panspermia~seed
parallel~normal
parallel~serial
parameter~adjust
parasympathetic~sympathetic
parent~child
part~whole
partake~abstain
particle~antiparticle
particle~field
particle~wave
particular~general
passion~reason
passive~active
passive~aggressive
past~future
path~bifurcation
patient~doctor
patient~provider
pattern~transience
pattern dynamics~dynamic patterns
peace~war
peculiar~normal
people~nation
percept~actuality
percept~idea
perception~action
performance~audience
performance~competence
performer~audience
periodic~irregular
periodic~quasiperiodic
peripheral~central
peripheral~CPU
perish~survive
permeability~impermeability
permeability~membrane
permeate~resist
permission~prohibition
permutation~combination
persistence~change
perspective~observer
pessimistic~optimistic
phase locking~phase scattering
phase scattering~phase locking
phasic~tonic
phasing~wrapping
phenomenon~model
phenomenon~noumenon
phenotype~genotype
philosophy~religion
philosophy~science
photographer~photography
photography~camera
photography~photographer
photon~ray
physical~biological
physical~mental
physical~spiritual
physical~virtual
physical law~intelligent design
physiological~anatomical
physiology~anatomy
pilot~vehicle
planned~accidental
planned~spontaneous
planning~execution
plant~seed
planter~seed
plants~animals
plasticity~stability
play~actor
play~work
pleasure~pain
pleiotropic~polymorphic
plenitude~lack
plot~story
plural~singular
plurality~unity
poison~antidote
polygenic~monogenic
polymer~monomer
polymorphic~pleiotropic
poor~rich
portal~gate
position~momentum
positive~negative
positivity~negativity
positron~electron
posse~esse
possibility~essence
possibility~impossibility
possible~actual
possible~impossible
postsynaptic~presynaptic
potassium~sodium
potency~efficacy
potent~impotent
potentiation~depression
pour-soi~en-soi
poverty~affluence
power~stamina
powerful~weak
pranayama~yoga
precession~collision
precision~accuracy
predator~prey
prediction~analysis
prediction~interpretation
preferences~exploration
premonition~déja vu
prepare~do
prerogative~responsibility
presence~absence
present~absent
pressure~distension
presynaptic~postsynaptic
prevention~cure
prey~predator
primary~secondary
primitive~civilized
privacy~publicity
private~public
procedural~declarative
process~function
process~product
process~structure
product~advertise
product~process
production~consumption
professional~amateur
profit~loss
prognostication~reflection
program~autopoiesis
program~execution
progress~contraries
progress~regress
progress~tradition
progressivism~essentialism
prohibition~permission
proletariat~bourgeoisie
promoter~repressor
propagation~signal
proof~belief
propositional~compositional
proud~humble
prove~refute
provider~patient
public~private
publicity~privacy
pull~push
pulling~pushing
pulse~chase
pulse~flow
punishment~reward
puppeteer~puppet
puraka~rechaka
purchase~acquire
purpose~desire
push~pull
pushing~pulling

Q

qualification~monitoring
qualitative~quantitative
quality~quantity
quantitative~qualitative
quantity~quality
quantum mechanics~relativity
quasiperiodic~periodic
question~answer
question~curiosity
quiet~loud
quiet~noisy

R

radiation~gravity
random~determined
rational~irrational
rationalism~empiricism
ray~photon
reaction~action
reaction~anticipation
reaction~diffusion
reactive~anticipatory
read~write
reading~writing
real~imaginary
real~integer
reality~fiction
reality~negation
rear~front
reason~emotion
reason~faith
reason~passion
reasonable~absurd
rebellion~tyranny
recall~recognition
receive~give
receiver~transmitter
receptor~agonist
receptor~ligand
receptor~transmitter
rechaka~puraka
recognition~disdain
recognition~recall
recognized~obscure
recruitment~annihilation
recycle~dissipate
recycle~synthesize
recycling~dissipating
red~blue
red~green
reduce~amplify
reduction~construction
reductionism~emergentism
reductionism~holism
reflect~absorb
reflection~absorption
reflection~incident
reflection~mirror
reflection~prognostication
reflex~synergy
refute~affirm
refute~prove
regress~progress
reign~abdicate
reject~accede
reject~accept
rejection~acceptance
relation~modality
relative~absolute
relativity~quantum mechanics
relax~concentrate
relaxation~concentration
relaxation~stress
relaxation~tension
release~bind
release~grasp
releasing~binding
release~uptake
relevance~irrelevance
relief~affliction
relief~stress
relieve~afflict
religion~philosophy
religion~science
religious~sacrilegious
remember~associate
remember~forget
repel~adhere
repeller~attractor
repetition~novelty
replication~metabolism
replication~original
repressor~promoter
reproductive~barren
repulsion~attraction
res cogitans~res extensa
research~teaching
res extensa~res cogitans
resist~acquiesce
resist~flow
resist~permeate
resist~submit
resistance~current
resolution~conflict
respected~ignored
response~dose
response~stimulus
responsibility~prerogative
responsibility~right
rest~cycle
rest~labor
retaining~altering
retention~acquisition
retreat~advance
retreat~challenge
reverence~ridicule
revolt~moderation
reward~punishment
rhythmic~arrhymthic
rhythm~meter
rhythm~oscillation
rhythm~timing
rich~poor
ridicule~reverence
right~left
right~responsibility
right~wrong
rigid~flexible
rise~fall
risk~challenge
risk~gamble
risk~security
roam~dwell
robust~fragile
rough~smooth
ru~gu
rule~exception
rule~laws
ruled~ruling
ruler~subject
ruling~ruled
rural~urban

S

sad~happy
sadness~happiness
saint~sinner
salt~ions
saltationism~gradualism
same~different
satiation~appetite
satiety~hunger
saved~damned
say~do
saying~doing
scale~size
scarcity~abundance
scatter~accumulate
scenario~context
scene~set
science~art
science~philosophy
science~religion
science~technology
script~actor
scripted~ad-lib
searching~finding
secondary~primary
sectioning~condensing
security~risk
seed~panspermia
seed~plant
seed~planter
seed~womb
seeker~grail
segregation~integration
selection~instruction
self~other
selfishness~altruism
self-organization~agency
self-organization~directedness
self-organization~functional info
self-organization~organization
selling~buying
semantics~syntax
sensing~sensor
sensitivity~habituation
sensor~sensing
sensory~motor
separating~bonding
separation~adjacency
separation~alliance
serendipitous~intentional
serial~parallel
servant~master
set~element
severe~mild
shade~sunlight
shadow~light
shallow~deep
shallowness~depth
sharp~dull
shelter~food
Shiva~Vishnu
short~long
short~tall
short-term memory~long-term memory
show~hide
sick~healthy
sickness~health
side-to-side~up-down
signal~noise
signal~propagation
silence~sound
similar~dissimilar
similarity~dissimilarity
simple~complex
simplicity~complexity
simplify~complicate
sin~virtue
singular~plural
singularity~multiplicity
sink~source
sinner~saint
size~scale
skeptic~believer
slow~fast
slower~faster
small~big
small~large
smart~dumb
smell~taste
smooth~jittery
smooth~rough
sober~drunk
society~family
sodium~potassium
soft~hard
software~hardware
solid~porous
solidarity~solitary
solidify~liquefy
solitary~solidarity
solvent~adhesive
somebody~nobody
something~nothing
son~daughter
song~musician
sound~silence
sound~vacuum
source~manifestation
source~sink
south~north
space~time
spatial~temporal
speaker~subject
specialized~versatile
specific~general
specific~nonspecific
speech~hearing
spending~deficit
spherical angle~vergence
spicy~bland
spiritual~physical
spontaneous~evoked
spontaneous~planned
spring~autumn
spring~fall
stability~instability
stability~plasticity
stabilization~destabilization
stagnation~innovation
stamina~power
start~finish
stasis~flow
state~transition
states~fluctuations
states~tendencies
static~dynamic
static~fluid
stay~leave
staying~leaving
steady~unsteady
steam~ice
stimulus~response
stochastic~deterministic
stop~go
stopping~going
story~plot
storyteller~audience
straight~curved
strange~familiar
stranger~acquaintance
strategy~implementation
strength~affinity
strength~weakness
stress~relief
stress~relaxation
stretching~folding
string~weaver
strip~adorn
stripping~adorning
strong~weak
structure~function
structure~process
student~teacher
style~efficiency
style~medium
style~technique
subcortical~cortical
subject~object
subject~ruler
subject~speaker
subjective~objective
subjectivity~objectivity
submit~resist
substance~accident
substance~form
subthreshold~threshold
subtraction~addition
success~failure
suffering~happiness
sufficiency~insufficiency
summer~winter
sunlight~shade
superior~inferior
supply~demand
support~housing
surplus~deficiency
surround~center
survival~adaptation
survival~extinction
survive~perish
swim~drown
symbionts~symbiosis
symbiosis~symbionts
symbol~dynamic
symmetry~asymmetry
symmetry~broken symmetry
symmetry~dynamics
symmetry breaking~symmetry making
symmetry making~symmetry breaking
sympathetic~parasympathetic
synapse~neuron
synchronic~diachronic
synchronicity~causality
synchrony~syncopy
syncopy~synchrony
synergy~reflex
synonym~antonym
syntax~semantics
synthesis~analysis
synthesis~recovery
synthesize~recycle
system~elements
systole~diastole

T

tails~heads
take~give
take-off~landing
talent~discipline
tall~short
tame~wild
target~aim
target~aiming
target~arrow
target~trajectory
task~aim
taste~goal
teacher~student
teaching~research
technique~creativity
technique~style
technology~science
tell~ask
temporal~spatial
tendencies~states
tendon~muscle
tension~compression
tension~relaxation
termination~onset
terra~ocean
terrestrial mechanics~celestial mechanics
text~context
then~now
theoretical~actual
theoretical~empirical
theory~experiment
thesis~antithesis
thick~thin
thin~thick
thing~name
thinking~feeling
thou~I
threat~fear
threshold~impulse
threshold~subthreshold
threshold~transition
throw~catch
throwing~catching
thymine~adenine
tie~untie
tighten~loosen
time~energy
time~space
timing~rhythm
to~from
together~apart
togetherness~apartness
tolerance~intolerance
tolerant~intolerant
tonic~phasic
top~bottom
top down~bottom up
touch~feeling
toxicity~efficacy
traditional~novel
tragedy~comedy
trajectory~objective
trajectory~target
transcendence~immanence
transient~ageless
transient~eternal
transition~metamorphosis
transition~state
transition~threshold
translucent~light
transmitter~receiver
transmitter~receptor
transparency~opaqueness
trepidation~enthusiasm
trial~error
true~false
trust~doubt
truth~lie
truthful~untruthful
tying~untying
tyranny~rebellion

U

ugliness~beauty
ugly~beautiful
unacceptable~acceptable
unadventurous~adventurous
unaffected~affected
unaffectionate~affectionate
unafraid~afraid
unaware~aware
uncertainty~certainty
unconscious~conscious
unconsciousness~consciousness
unconventional~conventional
uncoordinated~coordinated
uncouple~couple
under~over
undressing~dressing
unemployment~employment
uneven~even
unexpected~expected
unfamiliar~accustomed
uninhibited~inhibited
unintentional~intentional
unite~divide
uniting~dividing
unity~complementarity
unity~diversity
unity~plurality
universal~contextual
universal~variable
university~corporation
unknown~famous
unknown~known
unpack~pack
unpacking~packing
unrelated~akin
unrelated~linked
unsteady~steady
untie~tie
untruthful~truthful
untying~tying
unusual~usual
unwilling~willing
unwinding~winding
unzip~zip
up~down
up-down~side-to-side
up-going~down-going
upgrade~downgrade
uptake~release
upturn~downturn
urban~rural
usual~unusual

V

vacuum~sound
vague~crisp
valley~hill
value~negotiation
valued~discounted
vanquished~victor
variable~constant
variable~universal
vector~host
vector~infection
vehicle~driving
vehicle~pilot
ventral~dorsal
verb~noun
vergence~spherical angle
verify~falsify
versatile~specialized
vertical~horizontal
vessel~liquid
viability~awareness
victor~vanquished
vigilance~distraction
villain~hero
violet~yellow
virtual~actual
virtual~physical
virtue~sin
viscosity~fluidity
viscous~dilute
Vishnu~Shiva
visibility~invisibility
visible~invisible
vitalism~mechanism
void~atom
vulnerability~invincibility

W

wander~focus
wane~wax
war~peace
warm~cool
warming~cooling
water~fire
waterproof~absorbent
wave~particle
wax~wane
way~means
weak~powerful
weak~strong
weakness~strength
weaponry~livingry
weaver~string
weaver~weaving
weaving~weaver
Web page~link
website~WWW
weird~normal
wellness~illness
west~east
wet~dry
what~how
what~where
where~what
white~black
whole~part
why~because
wide~narrow
wife~husband
wild~tame
willing~unwilling
win~lose
winding~unwinding
winter~summer
wisdom~intellect
wise~naive
withdrawal~addiction
within~between
within subjects~between subjects
woman~man
womb~embryo
womb~seed
work~play
worst~best
wrapping~phasing
write~read
writer~book
writing~reading
wrong~right
WWW~website

Y

yang~yin
yellow~violet
yes~no
yield~dominate
yielding~adamant
yielding~dominating
yin~yang
yoga~pranayama
young~old
youth~age

Z

zazen~meditation
zenith~nadir
zero~one
zip~unzip

Dražen Pavlović

(DP) Professional oil painter and performance artist. Co-founder along with David Engstrøm of The Metastabilian Movement. Owner~operator of Atelier Pavlovich in Varazdin, Croatia. Chairmen of the managing board of the LUV Art Association of Varaždin, and guide of the LUV Gallery. Member of HDLU Croatian Association of Artists, Zagreb, 1995-present. Founder of the famous painting colony Julijana E Draskowich (1989–1999), Trakošćan Croatia. Artistic Trajectory: 40 professional and critically acclaimed solo exhibitions; 150 appearances in local and international group exhibitions (Slovenia, Italy, Austria, Hungary, Germany, Macedonia, Bosnia and Hercegovina, USA). Organizes produces and participates in art-based humanitarian actions and performance art installations.