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The mind goes through a continuous process of filtering and reorganizing data due to consciousness’ incessant drive to bring balance and make sense of the world. The result of this process is the creation of a series of virtual representations, i.e. symbols, of this process for current and later reference. These symbolic interpretations are typically a virtual summation of the decisions and opinions formed by experience. They include physical sensations, mental and emotional perceptions, observation and participation.
The capacity to virtually formulate the most appropriate symbolic analogies to represent this “experiential process” is fundamental to cognition. Key to understanding design‘s relationship to cognition and consciousness clearly involves our emotions. In other words, the more emotional the situation the more meaningful it appears which leads towards a greater the demand for conceptual thought, i.e. design thinking.
Symbols are virtual representations, i.e. designs that have been created by, for and within consciousness for assorted purposes. Symbols incorporate all the sensations, perceptions and observations that consciousness is capable of recognizing. Symbols allow humans to think conceptually with design as the process that supports the application of conceptual thought.
Design has symbolic connotations that have both direct and indirect influences within consciousness. Designs are constantly being affected by both old and new interpretations in the form of images and feelings drawn from a relentless filtering and restructuring of the mind, emotions and physical sensations.
These more insightful levels of perception I prefer to call observations. Observation, unlike perception, takes into account a perspective separate from the perceiver. Within the conceptual network of consciousness, design appears as a process of the imagination, along with a capacity to create relationships towards even greater awareness.
Perception requires the objective ability to grasp relationship at a more physical level than does observation. Observation however demands recognition of the abstract relationships between experiences. While likewise being capable of interpreting sensations, observation offers a unique and more holistic perspective than perception alone.
Perception uses the senses to acquire information about a situation, whereas observation attentively reviews a circumstance in search for discovering relationships between elements. A participant is an active contributor who partakes in a situation as an involved accomplice if you will.
In the virtual world of design associations have the potential of creating even greater abstract associations as these symbolic relationships become more and more abstract, Likewise, the more abstract the symbolic representation and interpretation the more potentially creative the associations, equally the more aware the observer and/or participant in the experience becomes.
Observation seems to add more meaning to every situation, the more meaningful the circumstance, the greater the role design has within consciousness. Design has the capacity to tap into the knowledgeable constructs of the mind, where the addition of greater meaning opens the door to greater understanding.
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Edited: 11.29.2013, 01.11.2017, 06.24.2022, 03.28.2023, 04.16.2023
Edited: 11.29.2013, 01.11.2017, 06.24.2022, 03.28.2023, 04.16.2023
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