Only opposition, only function, either opposition or function, both opposition and function, opposition changing to function, function changing to opposition, between opposition and function, neither opposition nor function, beyond opposition and function…
The Complementary Nature ~ A Review by Olaf Sporns “The division of our world (natural and social) into distinct contraries or opposites has become almost universal practice in most fields of human endeavor and inquiry, including science. Undeniably, imposing such divisions on space and time, wave and particle, order and chaos, action and perception, or organism and environment have enabled
Only contraria, only complementa, either contraria or complementa, both contraria and complementa, contraria changing to complementa, complementa changing to contraria, between contraria and complementa, neither contraria nor complementa, beyond contraria and complementa… ~;)
Only analysis, only synthesis, either analysis or synthesis, both analysis and synthesis, analysis changing to synthesis, synthesis changing to analysis, between analysis and synthesis, neither analysis nor synthesis, beyond analysis and synthesis…
Only always, only never, either always or never, both always and never, always changing to never, never changing to always, between always and never, beyond always and never…
Only discovery, only invention, either discovery or invention, both discovery and invention, discovery changing to invention, invention changing to discovery, between discovery and invention, neither discovery nor invention, beyond discovery and invention.
Essay by Lisa Kimball
Only attraction, only repulsion, either attraction or repulsion, both attraction and repulsion, attraction changing to repulsion, repulsion changing to attraction, between attraction and repulsion, neither attraction nor repulsion, beyon attraction and repulsion…
Only motion, only stillness, either motion or stillness, both motion and stillness, motion changing to stillness, stillness changing to motion, between motion and stillness, neither motion nor stillness, beyond motion and stillness…
Only mingling, only opposition, either mingling or opposition, both mingling and opposition, mingling changing to opposition, opposition changing to mingling, between mingling and opposition, neither mingling nor opposition, beyond mingling and opposition…
“In coordination dynamics, the real-life coordination of neurons in the brain and the real-life coordinated actions of animals are cut, fundamentally, from the same dynamic cloth. Integrity is in turn preserved because it is never threatened. Psychophysical unity is undergirded at all levels by coordination dynamics.” -Maxine Sheets-Johnstone (1930– )
Ph.D. Neuropharmacology. scientist~artist, 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, Engstrøm is Guitarist Singer-Songwriter, who has played over 2800 gigs over the last three decades in 11 countries, predominantly in Scandinavia.
