Robert Jackson has an excellent post up on lessons he picked up at Eco-Tone. Personally I'm finding it impossible to filter the experience since I was exposed to an entire range of worlds that had previously been hidden from me. I'm glad Robert Jackson was there as one could not ask for a better bridge between theory and art. Not surprisingly the event made it clear to me that I need to buck up on my aesthetics asap albeit I am glad to know that those interested in aesthetics are not interested in showing you how much they know so much as how to get into the experience. This makes for a much more amenable experience than I am used to at workshops or conferences. So a few points:
1. I need to add some colour (audio and visual) to my papers such that I can free myself from relying on rhetoric. If you can make a few points and back them up with some experiental examples then the job is done. Plus it seems fairer on the audience. In other words I need to change how I practise philosophy.
2. I need to tone down how I speak about analytic philosophy. I did not mean to give such a harsh impression of it so much as point out that the non-combative nature of the event was in stark constrast to some analytic events I have seen. I think they do good work, but I remain eternally baffled by how harsh they can get with each other. Post-Ecotone that is more apparent to me than ever.
3. It is not fun to be woken up by a smoke alarm at 4am in the Premier Inn a few hours before you are due to give a paper...(!)
There is much more but my brain has been fried for a few days now (too many flights and not enough sleep) so I'll post up some more thoughts as things settle.
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