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101 Experiments in the Philosophy of Everyday Life

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wobblyknicks · 16/09/2004 13:30

Has anyone read this book by Roger-Pol Droit?

I know a lot of people on this board are getting into the Celestine Prophecy at the moment but thought a discussion about this might be good to pass a bit of time.

For anyone that hasn't - its a book about little things to do by yourself to experiment with philosophy. Not sure how to describe it so I'll just copy part of the blurb;

"The idea is to provoke tiny moments of awareness. Invent things to do, to say, that produce astonishment or the unease generated by certain questions. It's about fabricating microscopic starter devices, minimal impulses. Playing on the level of objects"

Would recommend the book to anyone interested in philosophy but I can copy out one experiment at a time if anyone wants to try it without getting hold of the book??

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glitterfairy · 20/09/2004 14:05

WK really odd got to the office today to have big row and my partner had seen the 101 and was jumpin up and doWn as it was his book anD is in my office! It is one of melsys coincidences. he thought I hd read it at last when he has been asking me to for ages. Bless you wk you guru you!

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wobblyknicks · 20/09/2004 14:07

LOL!!! What a fantastic coincidence!! You HAVE to read the book now!!!

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Papillon · 20/09/2004 14:12

I am doing 101 experiments on getting your child to sleep... all she wants to do is 102 experiments at staying awake so currently she has me beat

glitterfairy · 20/09/2004 19:59

I have read it on the train down ehre adn am now raving about it! After all it has saved my life today LOL. Paps you would love this book too.

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wobblyknicks · 20/09/2004 20:02

Wahey - I finally have someone who doesn't need me to explain it!!! Glitter - you've got to tell me if you do any of the experiments and the rest of you should read it too!!!

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glitterfairy · 20/09/2004 20:08

Have played with a child tonight for real and not my own and actually sent him off to bed giggling! Felt really good and fun and may get my students in Dublin to do some of them as well. Oh and I smiled at a stranger and had a great train journey being chatted up by a really gorgeous bloke!

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wobblyknicks · 21/09/2004 08:35

WOW - see what a fantastic book it is!!! Half the experiments sound really silly but they do have really profound effects. So what was the bloke's name and have you got his number??

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Papillon · 21/09/2004 09:04

I like to chat to people on the train and lucky you glitter to get a looker

i am not sure about the peeling experiment it keeps feeling like i am feeling the inside of my head will keep at it and see wot happens

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wobblyknicks · 21/09/2004 09:09

Are you getting too much of a feeling of unease paps?

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Papillon · 21/09/2004 09:10

Yes

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wobblyknicks · 21/09/2004 09:13

I'd just chill out in the Yurt if I were you until dd stops doing experiments on you!!!

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Papillon · 21/09/2004 09:16

it is getting abit better now though...it is starting to feel like an apple and not my brain
baby paps went to sleep very well this morning

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wobblyknicks · 21/09/2004 09:17

Awww, that's good - she's such a sweetie.

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Papillon · 21/09/2004 09:42

i can't stop kissing her beautiful bald head

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wobblyknicks · 21/09/2004 11:23

Awww paps!! Just wait till the hair starts coming through with a vengeance - dd's is now and I can't stop stroking it!!!

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glitterfairy · 21/09/2004 20:24

Ah ha play with a child not kiss her head! Have been keeping my sense of unease at bay all day by smiling at strangers and trying to engage in conversation. Wk you would be proud of me talked at a conference in London today and suggested they all try some of the exercises to release their creativity

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wobblyknicks · 22/09/2004 08:32

Wow, defo glitter - very proud of you!!!! Tis good to do the exercises and expand your mind but even better to get other people doing them as well!!!

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glitterfairy · 22/09/2004 10:43

Part of that spooky understanding of the connectedness of things and the nature of coincidence wk!

codswallop · 26/09/2004 20:01

how did oyur experiments go cd?

Forestfly · 26/09/2004 20:10

Could someone explain to me the actual point of peeling an apple in your head. I mean yes ok i'll do it but for what purpose? Does it have to be an apple or could i grate a carrot or maybe bake a cake.
How long does it take of this practice before you get sectioned, i will nedd to get child care.

Angeliz · 26/09/2004 20:11

I can't do the apple peeling thing.
For some strange reason i feel like Hannibal Lector when he cuts up that guys brain

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wobblyknicks · 26/09/2004 21:46

ff - the peeling an apple thing is supposed to get your imagination working hard as you need to picture it really well so grating a carrot or baking a cake should work. And if you get sectioned, social services should provide child care

sorry angeliz - imagine an apple in front of you then?? Instead of in your brain?

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Papillon · 27/09/2004 07:19

Angeliz I initially had the same problem with the peeling - felt like my head but with persistence that feeling did subside and I managed it without feeling gross!

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wobblyknicks · 27/09/2004 07:21

How did you feel afterwards paps?

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Papillon · 27/09/2004 07:24

glad the feeling had gone away but apart from that no change

I tried visualisation/mediation sort of experiment while drinking a glass of water instead of the toilet one... it was quite amazing and I felt very mellow afterwards like I had gone to a quiet place for a moment and was still

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