At first, “Anatomy of Formlessness” is contradictory. But as it lingers, it evolves from a linguistic curiosity to an all too human conundrum. It names the tension between the impulse to impose structure and meaning and nature’s resistance to such boundaries. Like this phrase, existence and consciousness themselves, are a paradox. A delicate balance between order and chaos, form and dissolution.
We default to the dissection, categorization, and delineation of an unknowable universe into one that we can approximate with language and science. Yet, we are continuously bombarded with the intangible, the abstract, the ineffable. We’re contained within blurred edges, at the limitations of our capacity to impose order. Undeniable features of being — the universe, consciousness, synchronicities, qualia — are in equal parts undeniable and enigmatic.
We when truth surpasses form, we arrive at the liminal. A landscape of possibility, where the tangible and intangible converge. The discontinuity where certainty gives way to ambiguity and where the familiar meets the unknown.
“The Anatomy of Formlessness” is my unstructured human attempt to explore form within a shapeless reality. A wandering safari into ambiguity, embracing the inherent uncertainty of existence to confront the limits of our structured being.
What lies beyond the confines of our perception? How do we make sense of the ineffable? And ultimately, what does it mean to exist within the paradoxical tapestry of form and formlessness?
Allie Hutchison, PhD 