by admin | Sep 7, 2023 | Drawing
Drawing: The words draw us in. In some sense the phenomenologist is like an artist and an author. Just as a painter draws the world so the phenomenologist tries to use words to evoke some aspect of human existence in a linguistic image. Perhaps it is for this reason...
by admin | Sep 7, 2023 | Entering
Entering: To write is to enter the space of the text. Often writing is best done in special places that we seek out. The physical environment has to be conducive to writing. The business office may not be the best place. Too many interruptions. Look at your present...
by admin | Aug 17, 2023 | Gazing
Gazing: Phenomenological inquiry aims to reach the perspective of the gaze. The researcher/writer is someone who studies and practices writing in the hope to make something clear. Of course, a reluctant writer may need encouragement. And pedagogical encouragement by a...
by admin | Aug 17, 2023 | Seeking
Seeking: A phenomenologist is a seeker of meaning. The phenomenologist seeks to be a writer, and as writer he or she seeks to enter the space of the text where one tries to gain a view of or to touch the subject one is trying to describe. Seeking to be a writer. But...
by admin | Aug 17, 2023 | Touching
Touching: The researcher-as-author is challenged to construct a phenomenological text that brings us in touch with the phenomenological gaze. The phenomenologist is a researcher, a seeker of meaning, someone who learns to “really” write in order to gain the experience...
by admin | Aug 17, 2023 | Traversing
Traversing: To write is to traverse the writerly space of the text. The phenomenologist-as-writer tries to bring things into presence through artistic evocation. But to see the being of things directly would require that one moves into that space where the...
