SCHEMATIZING (30)
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March 19, 2024
One in a series of posts via which HILOBROW’S Josh Glenn will attempt to depict the intellectual and emotional highs and lows of developing a semiotic schema.
“It’s an energy field created by all living things. It surrounds us, and penetrates us — it binds the galaxy together.”
Yes, this is the paradox of a semiosphere — it arises from us, but also constitutes us in certain respects. Is the semiotician, like a Jedi, someone able — through intuition, rigorous training, and intensive self-discipline — to “wield” this metaphysical and ubiquitous power? Does an ability to do so require one to be “Force-sensitive” (semiosphere-sensitive)?
Some Force-sensitive characters in the Star Wars franchise derive special, psychic abilities from it, such as telekinesis, mind control, and extrasensory perception. In our non-fantasy world, are there parallels?
Notice the spherical shape suggested by Obi-Wan’s hands, in this scene.
MORE FURSHLUGGINER THEORIES BY JOSH GLENN: SCHEMATIZING | IN CAHOOTS | JOSH’S MIDJOURNEY | POPSZTÁR SAMIZDAT | VIRUS VIGILANTE | TAKING THE MICKEY | WE ARE IRON MAN | AND WE LIVED BENEATH THE WAVES | IS IT A CHAMBER POT? | I’D LIKE TO FORCE THE WORLD TO SING | THE ARGONAUT FOLLY | THE PERFECT FLANEUR | THE TWENTIETH DAY OF JANUARY | THE REAL THING | THE YHWH VIRUS | THE SWEETEST HANGOVER | THE ORIGINAL STOOGE | BACK TO UTOPIA | FAKE AUTHENTICITY | CAMP, KITSCH & CHEESE | THE UNCLE HYPOTHESIS | MEET THE SEMIONAUTS | THE ABDUCTIVE METHOD | ORIGIN OF THE POGO | THE BLACK IRON PRISON | BLUE KRISHMA | BIG MAL LIVES | SCHMOOZITSU | YOU DOWN WITH VCP? | CALVIN PEEING MEME | DANIEL CLOWES: AGAINST GROOVY | DEBATING IN A VACUUM | PLUPERFECT PDA | SHOCKING BLOCKING.