EXCERPT INTRODUCED BY KIKO: THE SPELL OF THE SENSUOUS BY DAVID ABRAMS
"I offer an excerpt from David Abram's book, The Spell of the Sensuous. The one sentence version just says that “…we are human only in contact, and conviviality, with what is not human.” For me, that includes the materials we work with (remember that “material” comes from the latin word “mater,” for mother).
Abram started out as a kid performing magic tricks. As an adult, he lived and studied with traditional medicine people in Sri Lanka, Indonesia, and Nepal before going on to study ecology, language, and philosophy. Welcome to the discussion! We’d love to hear your thoughts."
