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Meaning and Affordance: Between Alexander and Gibson

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Meaning and Affordance: Between Alexander and Gibson Assessing our ability to navigate the world in a meaningful way requires rethinking the subject-object stance. Benjamin Parry Photo by Burgess Milner Author: Benjamin Parry Twitter: @via_benjamin Substack: benparry.substack.com Date: January 11, 2022 It's a hot day; sweat is beading on your brow, you're half-walking, half-running down a busy sidewalk, weaving in between pedestrians to try and catch the next bus. Pulling up to the stop you see the bus turn the corner at the end of the street, fading out of sight. You stop in the cool shade of a tree, a bird

It's a hot day; sweat is beading on your brow, you're half-walking, half-running down a busy sidewalk, weaving in between pedestrians to try and catch the next bus. Pulling up to the stop you see the bus turn the corner at the end of the street, fading out of sight. You stop in the cool shade of a tree, a bird chirps, you take a breath, a breeze cools your forehead and you think about when you played with a sprinkler as a child. Clear repose. *** We often live as if we are in complete control of the world around us. Yet, when we stop for a moment and take a chance to observe the situation prop

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