Dear collaborator or supporter
The core of my project
In my art-work I am trying to grasp and inner experiences and states of consciousness. I want to make them accessible on a new level to myself and to the world. Some of them have the character of transcendent experiences. It is an attempt to express it and turn it into a functional cultural artifact.
From Lived Experience to a Functional Artifact
The deepest and most authentic communicative expression on a given topic that I am capable of. Each poem is such an attempt – I put into it the maximum of the given moment. I ask myself what is the essence of my project? What is my motivation? It is to give the best of myself in the present moment. Perhaps the act itself. Like when you go to lift your maximum weight in weightlifting. It does not matter how much it is. You have to concentrate, decide, and do it. https://youtu.be/pjmCX4osFhY The project is also a response to dissatisfaction and frustration from about twenty-five years ago, when during psychotherapeutic training I tried to write a text about who I am. I wanted to speak the language of psychologists, but it was terrible.
When Language Fails: Poetry as an Act of Maximum Presence
What remained was a strong feeling that I have a duty and an obligation to say something, but I do not know how. Poem, is an attempt to establish authentic contact with the one who takes part in this communication. I want to say more than I am able to articulate. Thehre is register a significant inner pressure, sometimes so strong that my primarily verbal communication is not enough. It is as if I wanted to scream or roar, but silence comes out.
Toward Interdisciplinary Dialogue and Paradigm Shift
I believe that what I write has multiple communicative dimensions with scientific overlap. I nee help to articulate it in new perspective – perhaps using numbers, formulas, diagrams, and sketches. Legitimate scientific discourse grounded in reality. The information and data are not, in the true sense of the word, mine. The experiences I speak about have the potential to cause a paradigmatic shift. This is not only a rational or intellectual understanding, but a deap realization that things are different.
Correct map onto the correct territory
My project is an attempt at deep interdisciplinary communication between me and whoever is on the other side. It is for scientists, psychologists, psychotherapists, people in helping professions, and anyone who wishes to explore and share profound personal experiences. Including those related to trauma.
It is an attempt to understand and communicate human experience. I am ready to speak and listen.
Arthur Rana
Contact & Support
✉️ arthurrana.poet@gmail.com
