// Conceptual Positions
Existential Perspective
5 topics
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Does Making Dispel Loneliness?
Loneliness is a fundamental human condition, yet making is an act of 'bringing something from nothing,' affirming existence. The completed work becomes 'proof that I was here,' reinterpreting loneliness not as mere lack but as the womb of creation.
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Does Onsen Memory Remain in the Body?
That onsen memory remains in the body means that the proof of existence 'I was there' is engraved at the bodily level. The body is not merely a container but the very subject that lives the history of the place.
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How the 'Face' of a Stone Changes Depending on How Light Hits It
The stone 'lives' through light. The paradox that its existence is completed by being observed. Heideggerian dynamics of 'presencing' and 'concealing'.
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The Meaning of Preparing Tools Without Ever Using Them
The position that the very existence of the tools embodies a 'posture' toward crisis. Even if unused, their 'being there' becomes an opportunity to re-examine human finitude and dependence.
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Where does the longing for living simply come from?
Awareness of the fictional nature of identity provided by consumer society, and a quest to reclaim the essential self. Value is placed on 'being' rather than possessing.