reading:
watch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmc4wEL2aPQ
people think with their hands to remember directions:
writing:
ask: Listen to Barbara Tversky who studies “embodied cognition” and write a short reaction.
Barbara Tversky talks about thinking at that border of the abstract and the embodied. You are not a brain in a vat but instead use your body and the physical world to think. What practical ideas can you draw from her talk for making your interface?
She also talks about how the same cell architecture in your brain used for physical navigation is used for processing very abstract concepts. Examine your figures of speech to see how much of your most conceptual is based on physical metaphors.
making:
ask: Create an interface the challenges your perception beyond the mouse and keyboard. Ask for more from your body. As AI moves our conception of ourselves as minds, it might be helpful to redirect the craziness in a more real direction to remind ourselves that we are biological organisms with bodies. Consider both directions, your body reflecting your mind or your mind reflecting your body. Engage it in a flow rather than a sequence. Involve your buttocks. See if you can use 1) the webcam with p5Live Media to transmit real time video and audio or 2) ML5 to track motion or 3) a VR headset with ThreeJS,a to engage your neck.