Restoration of Breath: Consciousness and PerformanceRodopi, 2007 - Počet stran: 198 Breath is the flow of air between life and death. Breathing is an involuntary action that functions as the basis of all human activities, intellectual, artistic, emotional and physical. Breathing is the first autonomous individual action that brings life into being and the end of breathing is the definitive sign of disappearance. Starting from the question how breathing affects the body, levels of consciousness, perception and meaning, this book, for the first time, investigates through a variety of philosophical, critical and practical models, directly and indirectly related to breath, aiming to establish breath as a category in the production and reception of meaning within the context of theatre. It also explores the epistemological, psycho-physical and consciousness-related implications of breath. Aristotle dedicated a volume to breath exploring and enquiring in to its presocratic roots. For Heidegger, breath is "the temporal extension" of Being. Artaud's theatricality is not representational but rather rooted in the actor's breathing. Jacques Derrida and Luce Irigaray investigate the phenomenon of breath in order to explain the nature of human consciousness. Breath as a philosophical concept and as a system of practice is central to Indian thoughts, performance, medicine, martial arts and spirituality. As the book argues, individual consciousness is a temporal experience and breath is the material presence of time in the body. Cessation of breath, on the contrary, creates pause in this flow of the endless identification of signifiers. When breath stops time stops. When time stops there is a 'gap' in the chain of the presence of signifiers and this 'gap' is a different perceptual modality, which is neutral in Zero velocity. Restoration of Breath is a practical approach to this psychophysical experience of consciousness in which time exists only in eternity and void beyond memory and meaning. |
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Abhinavagupta According acting actions activities actor training Agastiya argues Aristotle Artaud Ayurveda Brahman breath and consciousness breath-related practice Cakra Ch'i Ch'i Kung Chapter cognition concept context cosmic Deleuze Derrida différance discussed dynamics of breath element emotions event existence experience flow following sections forms of breath further explains Heidegger human body Ibid idea individual consciousness internalisation Irigaray Kalarippayattu Kathakali Kerala knowledge Kodungalloor Kudiyattam left nostril level of consciousness links between breath Madhava Chakyar Malekin Mandukya Upanishad Marma Marmasastra meaning meditation method Meyer-Dinkgräfe mimesis moon movement of breath Nadi nature Natyasastra nostril modes nostril operations patterns of breathing perception performance physical prana present psycho-physical pure consciousness rasa repetition representation respiration restoration of breath right nostril role of breath Sāmkhya Sangitaratnakara Sanskrit santarasa Sarangadeva sense Shivaism Siddha Yoga Siva Svarodaya Shastra space spiritual suggests Sushumna svara-vayu Tantraloka techniques temporal theatre theatrical Thirumoolar Turiya understanding Yarrow Yogi yogic