The Mother Side of the Wake

"I can only regard the movie as the mechanization and distortion of this cognitive miracle by which we recreate within ourselves the exterior world. But whereas cognition provides that dance of the intellect which is the analogical sense of Being, the mechanical medium has tended to provide merely a dream world which is a substitute for reality rather than a means of proving reality." - McLuhan "The drama of cognition itself. For it is in the drama of cognition, the stages of apprehension, that Joyce found the archetype of poetic imitation. He seems to have been the first to see that the dance of being, the nature imitated by the arts, has its primary analogue in the activity of the exterior and interior senses." - McLuhan MoSide questions: 0 - Does the brain, mind and soul more detect consciousness or more create consciousness? 1- When you recall your mother, how do you feel? What do you think of first? 2- What about you, most reflects your mother? What did you mainly get from your mom? 3- BB King sang "Nobody loves me, but my mother, And she could be jivin' me too." Discuss a time when your mother jived you. (meaning "lie or white lie-ish") 4- Are you happy? Do you more pursue happiness or more pursue meaning? 5 - Why are women more concerned about turning into their moms than men are? Oscar Wilde said, "All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does - that is his." 6- In general, do we become our parents? Frank Zappa said "Don't do speed, it will turn you into your parents." 7- What caused matriachy? 8- There is a theory. The word "mafia" begins with "ma." Women run the world, but they let men think that men run the world. Any comment. I am not saying I agree or disagree. 9- What is the most significant difference between women and men, physical aside? Why do women live longer than men? 10- What is the most important question in life? What question remains unresolved for you? 11- What is the most important activity in life? 12- What is an important question that you asked your mom? What was her response? 13- What is a memorable fairy tale, lullaby, and/or song that your mom shared with you? 14- As a mother (or you in the role of a mother), tell me what happened to you raising your child (or children), that made an impact on you, and is memorable. This applies to stepmothers, house dads, etc. 15- Comment on: "Yes Mother - I can see you are flawed. You have not hidden it. That is your greatest gift to me." - Alice Walker 16- Comment on: "For each thing manifests its mother, which thus gives the essence and the will to the form."- The Signature of All Things by Jacob Boehme 17- Comment on: Question authority, But not your mother - bumper sticker.