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................................................................................- Mythical Thought

................................................................................- Mythical Thought

“Myths can be interpreted as the narrative manifestation of abstract codes,
fundamental patterns of thought”

Matthew Clark, on Greek myth

i. Copyleft practices and the mythic condition

“In the process of telling and retelling, the original author loses control of the story, as elements are added or changed or deleted. It is almost possible to say that a myth is a story that has escaped from its author.”
Matthew Clark, on Greek myth

*Participatory multi-narrative, collective consciousness, that reinforces anonymous improvisational re-creation

ii. Experience and liminality: Knowledge discovery in art systems

“This drive was a revealing experience. The road and much of the landscape was artificial, and yet it couldn't be called a work of art. On the other hand, it did something for me that art had never done. At first I didn't know what it was, but its effect was to liberate me from many of the views I had had about art. It seemed that there was a reality there which had not had any expression in art.”
Tony Smith, the initiation of minimal art



iii. A contemporary ceremonial economy: Neuroaesthetics, myths and the ritual

“There’s a long, long history of narratives that are capable of dealing with uncertainty, and doubt, and complexity.”
James Bridle ................................................. *