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(2/8) I’m a Buddhist practitioner, so familiarity with #Buddhism’s nondual #ontology of continuous change and flux was my starting point. My #philosophy research basically investigates the question- what are the #epistemology implications for knowledge and inquiry if you take a nondual ontology of motion as axiomatic? In short, I study the philosophy of change itself- its nature & fundamental patterns & processes, given a universe woven of unceasing interconnected flows of #complexity.

(3/8) As part of this inquiry, my attention is also focused on the oppressions and marginalisations that come along with what we think ‘knowledge’ even is. The hegemonic ‘Western’ object/subject split is not the only way to look at the world, as Indian and Chinese thinkers have known for millennia. So many indigenous cultures around the world also share this view but yet these knowledges have been delegitimised. #Decoloniality & #feminism are high on my priority list.

(4/8) My #philosophy research focuses on how we might complement our usual reductionist worldview with wisdom from marginalised & oppressed non-dualistic ways of knowing in order to re-connect what we call #science with what we call #art- to help create a bridge that helps them talk to each other in a meaningful way. To that end I’ve started to wade into #mathematics...

(5/8) With its ability to both quantify and rigorously abstract in a given context, #mathematics seems to me the most likely way we can get art and science to talk to each other. But to be honest, my level of mathematical knowledge is definitely not up to the task. So I’m teaching myself pure mathematics too- specifically interested in #categorytheory!

(6/8) On the #humanities side, I’m extremely interested in #analogy and #metaphor and how we might be able to use metaphor more rigorously as a research tool in order to incorporate the view of wholeness in context that the reductive scientific paradigm lacks (and get it to talk to science using maths…somehow!) The link between #music and #mathematics is also a key area of interest as music is a key non-linguistic way of expressing wholeness that I'm not sure we fully understand

(7/8) So that’s what I do all day! Before you ask- YES, I have thought about doing a #PhD. Many times. (BTW, I have an undergraduate degree in English & Music (double major), a masters degree in Library & Information Management, and a second undergraduate degree in Nursing.) But I’m pretty sure my disability due to chronic illness plus my lack of formal philosophy study has put that out of my reach for now. But never say never…