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thesis on knots: in a world where things are continually coming into being through processes of growth and movement (life) knotting is the fundamental principle of coherence.

not building blocks, chains, or containers -- knots
the first three are modes of being, the latter a mode of becoming

ingold thesis on knots
Donna Haraway - SF: String Figures, Multispecies Muddles, Staying with the Trouble
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knotting (vb.) how contrary forces generate new forms
this is about force and materials rather than form and content

examples of knotting: flows and growth patterns of materials (air, water, cordage, wood), bodily movement and gesture (weaving, sewing), sensory perception (touch and hearing as well as vision), and human relationships (considering the sentiments that infuse them)

these four (materials, gesture, sense, sentiment) are ontological

for ontology, the project is to translate from domain to domain, not treating something as literal vs metaphorical

knotting (a verb)
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