Someone years and years ago wrote an article on my work for Artforum
titled "Beyond Reductionism." So this resonates.
What I wonder, naively - can the terms themselves be deconstructed? I'm
not sure what 'vitalism' means at this point since I'm not sure what
'life' means. These terms seem so strange to me. The same might be said
for reductionism. In light of quantum mechanics, all of this gets a bit
messed. Because of my own interest I tend to relate vitalism to the
analogic, reductionism to the digital. But this is operable so much on the
metaphoric.
I go back and forth btw on the relation of qt to memory and consciousness.
One question I've had - when I've had a catscan or MRI, both of which as
you know have enormous magnetic fields, I've done various memory tests -
and found no difference within and without the field. Which leads me to
wonder if a quantum model holds at all since I'd assume the fields would
have a quantum effect.
- Alan
