@misc{Hiott, author = {Hiott, Andrea}, title = {Asymmetrical Reconciliation}, series = {Environmental \& Architectural Phenomenology}, volume = {35/2023}, journal = {Environmental \& Architectural Phenomenology}, number = {1}, issn = {1083-9194}, pages = {9 -- 11}, abstract = {This work discusses McGilchrist's The Matter with Things and its aim (or consequence) to portray a nested, fractal manner ofunderstanding closer to the natural world and closer to the right brain's aware-ness—a grasping that means to touch butalso to understand via reconciling what isasymmetrical. McGilchrist expresses thisexperience as a whirlpool of matter and consciousness (p. 1567). Holding opposites means under-stand-ing that what you hold are not really op-posites, just like music is not its notationor film a series of images. It is this dissonance that allows the nested, fractal positions that appear asymmetrical but are in fact inseparable and not to be judged as two.}, language = {en} }