What do I mean by linguistics and semiotics?
linguistics: (noun) – the branch of knowledge that deals with all facets of language.
semiotics: (adjective) – symbolic, serving to convey meaning, (noun) – the branch of knowledge that deals with the production and interpretation of meaning of symbols and language.
What do I mean by radical embodiment, honesty, love, and sex?
radical: (adjective) – forming the basis, foundation, or root; original, primary. Also, characterized by departure from tradition; progressive; unorthodox.
embodiment: (noun) – a material/actual thing, or person in which a concept or abstract principle, etc., is realized or visibly expressed. Phenomenologically, (branch of knowledge and/or science that deals with phenomena that generally can be described and classified) it is an effect whereby your body with its motor and sensory functions, its forms and structures, or its mental representation (the mental imagery of things that are not actually present to the senses) play an influential role in the processing of knowledge.
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What this blog will be looking at are my experiences as a researcher. writer, social worker, clinical therapist, and middle aged woman who is disabled, femme, trans, lesbian, as well as sex positive. It will also include some of my experiences of just trying to stay mindful and present in the moment in search of bliss, or at least a reasonably happy state.
This is the purpose, or raison d'être of this space and what I intend to do with it. To that end I will share the humor, the wisdom gained the hard way as well as the occasionally messy details of my life in an effort to better illuminate the stories I want to share. Because in the end, that is really what this is, my story...