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concept:deep-feeling-unitary-feeling-of-the-wholedeep feeling (unitary feeling of the whole)
A singular, non-emotional feeling that arises from experiencing the wholeness; distinct from emotions. It is the experiential grasp of the whole.
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Thinkers (1)
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- Christopher Alexanderstudies
Concepts (5)
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- Alexander distinguishes 'feeling' — the sense of being part of the ocean, sky, world — from emotions like happiness, sadness, or anger
- feeling as mode of perception of the wholeassociated_withGrasping wholeness not analytically but through a visceral feeling that arises when paying attention to the whole.
- Personal (as objective quality)associated_withAlexander's central concept: 'personal' is not idiosyncratic but a universal, objective quality inhering in things with deep life
- Emotional Substanceassociated_withThe depth of feeling that gives a work its life, tied to the wholeness.
- Life in Thingsassociated_withThe quality Alexander attributes to structures with deep wholeness and field of centers; connected to personal feeling
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- Oil on wooden panel, 1987, created by following the inner feeling of a shining blue, executed with large yellow blossoms to realize the glow.
Chapters (1)
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- Chapter 14: Deep FeelingintroducesThe chapter presenting the argument that deep feeling is the core of living process, illustrated with examples from architecture, painting, and design.
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- The experiential correlate of deep wholeness; the personal, emotional recognition of life in a structure.
- The central thesis that all living process hinges on the production of deep feeling, and that feeling is the guide to wholeness.
- The central identity claim of the chapter linking objective structure to subjective experience