A Questionable Assemblage

Concerning a Postnatural
Ecological Interface

So, nature

is

not a physical place to which one can go, nor a treasure to fence in or bank,

nor as essence to be saved or violated. Nature is not hidden and so does not need to be
unveiled. Nature
It is

is

not a

not the "other"

text to

who

nurse, nor slave, nature

is

be read in the codes of mathematics and biomedicine.

offers origin, replenishment,

and sendee. Neither mother,

not matrix, resource, or tool for the reproduction of man.

Remember You

are of Mortal Nature

rat

Questioning the Postnatural Ecological Interface

meat machines

The animal process

of survival

a procedure of unremitting adaptation informed by a per-

is

petual dialogue between the animal organism

This discourse pertains

and

environment and the necessary balance required

cannot survive devoid of the

the physical environment in

necessities

such

as,

for

and

such as ours.

To

cultivation

clarify,

it

exists.

mutual endurance. The animal organism

water, food,

and oxygen provided by its environ-

ment, likewise the environment requires the stewardship of animal

tion, fertilization,

which

needs of the animal organism as well as the needs of our

to the essential

for tasks such as, pollina-

life

of which lead to the rich biodiversity of an evolved planet,

all

the survival of the

of rich biodiversity; correspondingly a

human organism requires an

richly

adapting environment

evoked environment requires an adapting steward,

such as the animal organism, to bring forth environmental cultivation. This delicate ecological
interface requires symbiosis for the
other.

growth of either

side,

both of which are dependant on the

To foster symbiosis in this particular ecological interface we shall be

active participants in

maintaining the relationship through questioning the essence of the interface, deconstructing its

meaning, and cultivating new ecologies to promote the evolution of both animal organism and
environment. This system of maintenance will encourage a more developed and mutually beneficial ecological interface.

As Martin Heidegger would

or

why something exists,

explain, "Questioning builds a way." Questioning of existence,

the foundation to revealing essence. Revealing essence brings forth

is

meaning without defining purpose by revealing enduring qualities (meaning), rather than

defin-

ing reason (purpose).

Questioning is the

mode

logical interface involving

of interrogation we will

humans and

make use of

nature. This

allow an understanding of the essential characteristics of

sive

purpose. So, what

is

to reveal the essence of the eco-

form of revealing meaning, or

the essence of our ecological interface?

truth, will

without defining conclu-

this interface

What is

the

meaning of such

a relationship, the relationship between animal and environment? Martin Heidegger's questioning of technology, in
ecological system.

end, or as a

way

The Question Concerning Technology, will

Heidegger explains two

of revealing.

The

different readings

guide the enframing of our

of technology: as a means to an

instrumental reading of technology as a

refers to:

The manufacture and

utilization

of equipment,

tools,

and

machines, the manufactured and used things themselves, and

the needs

and ends

ogy

Technology

is.

...

instrumentum.

that they serve, all belong to

The

cording to which

itself

is

a contrivance,

what technol-

or,

in Latin,

an

current conception of technology, ac-

it is

a means and a

therefore be called the instrumental

human

activity,

can

and anthropological defi-

nition of technology. (Heidegger 4-5)

means

to

an end

This reading of technology does not speak

is

What

technology?

ask:

What

What

6).

to

its

Technology's purpose?

the instrumental itself? Within

is

(Heidegger

is

essence.

To

It

what do such

things as

means and end belong?"

does technology bring forth? Technology brings forth not only objects,

but also the effects of the objects and the effects of the concept.

Technology brings forth unrevealed concepts,

vealing.

What
"We must

only answers the questions:

find the essence of technology,

The essence of technology is re-

objects,

and meaning,

rather than an

end. This brings us back to the essence of our ecological system. Technology is the interface of

our ecosystem;

ogy

our ecological interface in as

reveals the essence of technology.

How can

ecosystem?

this interaction

human organism and environment. This

much as an instrumental reading of technol-

the point of interaction between

it is

reveals the essence of

it

be used

How does this technological interface

to reveal the essence

then enframe our

of our ecosystem? Technology enframes

human organism and the environment; enframhuman and environment to form an assemblage in order to
transformation, and symbiosis. This assemblage of human and

by mediating the needs of the

ing this interaction challenges both

reveal potential in adaptation,

nature

is

a system of interaction.

Technology
logue

is

is

the dialogue

between the

human organism and

ogy has integrated human and nature through deconstructing

Is this

This dia-

the natural world.

the interface of a post-natural ecosystem; post-natural in the sense that current technoldualistic barriers

of naturalism.

post-natural ecological interface fully realized? Technology has brought

humanity and

nature together by increasing their need for one another. As the technological interface of our

ecosystem advances,

humans

it

increases

for maintaining

its

tionship can currently be read as

sense that they

human's need for nature's resources, the environment's need of

resources, as well as the affects they have

on each

other.

This

dependent but not quite symbiotic. They are integrated

rela-

in the

grow more and more dependent of each other, but the current relationship is not
How can dependency lead to integration in such a system, or rather how

mutually beneficial.

can

this

dependent relationship transform into a

Integration promotes symbiosis.

nology, that

is,

the

advanced discourse among the individual parts of our ecosystem.

speak of an advanced technological system,

human and

nature.

fully integrated

fully realized post-natural ecological interface?

A fully integrated ecosystem will arise out of advanced tech-

How can

this

am

referring to

advanced dialogue we

refer to as

is

it is

technology bring forth a

the beginning to a bringing forth

When technology is read as an instrument, it objectifies

tion of resources leading to pollution, extinction, climate change,

objectified

and symbiotic ecosystem? Understanding the essence of technology as a system

of revealing, rather than merely an objectified instrument,

of symbiosis.

When

an advanced dialogue between

reduced

to a resource rather

view humanity separates

itself

and

than an integral part of

from nature thus alienating itself from

nature through exploitaetcetera.

human
its

When nature is
survival.

In this

physical environment.

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new relationship

is

the

first

step to a

new

ecology, a

or rather integration with nature. This interface placed upon our ecosystem

is

a system of revealing rather than technological.

Because the essence of technology

is

nothing technological,

upon technology and decisive confrontamust happen in a realm diat is, on the one hand,
essence of technology and, on the other, funda-

essential reflection

tion with

it

akin to the

mentally different from

it.

(Heidegger 35)

Heidegger suggests a new realm for advancing

ment.

this

dialogue between human and his environ-

May this realm be a new ecology, a new interface consisting of the integrated human or-

ganism and natural world revealing and questioning truth by enframing this instrument we

now

How do we cultivate new ecologies through challenging the current instrumentalized technological interface of our categorically separated ecosystem? We must conrefer to as technology?

tinually question

symbiosis.

To

and deconstruct our

ecological systems

question and deconstruct

is

to

and

interfaces in order to bring forth

adapt and evolve by perpetually enframing

ecologies.

langer, the

tioning we become.

(Heidegger 35)

more

brightly

new

A Study of Solid Matter Specifically in the Form of an Organism

Evidence

Question
Is it

More specifically, is an organism a concrete singuhow does solid matter disappear? If otherwise, what happens when the organ-

possible anything in nature can stand revealed as solid matter?

lar entity that

can be destroyed? If

ism decomposes and

it's

image

so,

lost?

Observations
-

Organisms are created

The image of an organism lingers around after the death of the organism in

of organisms rather than

out.

out.

of nothing.

the

form of its body

for

some time de-

pending on circumstances.

Hypothesis
In
is

my observations

have determined that solid matter cannot be created out of nothing and in turn an organism

created by the form of

its

creator.

From solid matter conies

solid matter. I

have also noted in

Space and vacuity permit the motion of matter

my observations that
matter and motion

matter needs space in which

to operate.

permit the vacuity of space.

therefore hypothesize solid matter as a singular element just as space

ment.

is

a singular ele-

hold these two suppositions as the ingredients for the universe: matter or movement and space or motionless

vacuity. I then
tilings,

as

suppose that

all

a singular element that

now hypothesize

discourse,

that

matter
is all

is

of a singular form that

matter,

and

is its

vacuity There are then only two

stage.

an organism is not a concrete singular entity, but a fluctuation of

an organism is neither created nor destroyed,

exists in the

exists in singular

the singular space that

vacuity of space.

it is,

singular form.

To clarify my

on the contrary, a part of all matter, a singular form that

An organism is a mere image or flucmation of a singular form.

Procedure
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Collect several organisms of various orders.

Inject the organisms with dye to

Attempt

to destroy, that

is,

document

rid the

the

body from

motion of

body,

this universe,

organism's image?

its

Scan, enlarge, and print each attempt for analysis.

by

its

solid matter.

flattening the organisms.

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In the attempt of destroying the organism's body, the organism only rearranged

The

itself. It

did not disappear.

enlargements of the experiments show that in parts of the body where the original image of the organism

fades, or loses visibility,

it is left

as a mark;

marks of the original image that seems

to

be mere transformations, rather

than destructions, of the image.

The dye injected into each organism helps

to illustrate the transformation, or

movement, of the organism's image.

(see enlargements.)

Each mark

image,

The

image,

The

(see

left

by the organisms share an organic symmetry

that abstractedly reflects the organism's original

enlargements.)

space in which the organisms were flattened was direcdy affected by the transformation of the organisms'
(see

enlargements.)

enlargements themselves are pure data in contrary to these written observations.

should be used as a guide for the enlargements, the pure data.

Conclusion
"Etsi difficiile esse videtur credere

quicquam

in rebus solido reperiri corpore posse.

transit

enim fulmen

caeli

per saepta domorum,

clamor ut ad voces; flamen candescit in

igni

dissiliuntque ferre ferventi saxa vapore.

turn labefactatus rigor auri solvitur aestu;

flamma devicta liquescit;

turn glacies aeris

permanat

calor

argentum penetraleque

quando utrumque manu

sensimus infuso

'And yet

it is

lympharum

hard

frigus

retinentes pocula rite

rare superne."

to believe that anything

in nature could stand revealed as solid matter.

The

lightning of heaven goes through the walls of houses,

like

shouts

and speech; iron glows white

in

fire;

red-hot rocks are shattered by savage steam;

hard gold

is

softened

and melted down by heat;

chilly brass, defeated

heat seeps through

by custom
as

water

by

silver,

heat, turns liquid;

so does piercing cold;

raising the cup,

poured

is

in,

we

feel

them both

drop by drop, above."

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Cams

On the Nature of Things

Book I,

lines

487-496

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