Vital to my research topic is the link between the physical, the mental and the emotional; the link between physical sensations, feelings and emotions. Hearing Timothy Morton talking about the importance of feelings and the need to be guided by them, was therefore valid and interesting to me. Around 14 mins in, he even took this a bit further, and I resonate with the metaphor he used:
“I am very into feelings, especially right now. Feelings are from the future – ideas are from the past. Feelings are thoughts that you don’t quite have words for – not yet. That’s why you do therapy, isn’t it? The idea in a way is just like a receipt out of a cash register at the end of the feeling process.”
Reference:
- Morton, T. (2020) Visiting Artist lecture at UF School of Art + Art History. Available at:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4oNrE1zPZY (Accessed: 24 January 2021)