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feeling as mode of perception of the whole

Grasping wholeness not analytically but through a visceral feeling that arises when paying attention to the whole.

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  • The experiential correlate of deep wholeness; the personal, emotional recognition of life in a structure.
  • Feeling
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    The experiential measure of life; a living process is congruent with and governed by feeling, and the feeling a place presents is the measure of its life.
  • Alexander distinguishes 'feeling' — the sense of being part of the ocean, sky, world — from emotions like happiness, sadness, or anger
  • 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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  • The 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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