Wednesday, February 20, 2013

H.D. on Jellyfish Consciousness


In her Notes on Thought and Vision, Hilda Doolittle describes a higher level of consciousness and erotic creativity through the figure of a jellyfish. The image she gives is of a jellyfish sitting on her head with feelers extending into the world and connecting with the world. Jellyfish consciousness was a way of perceiving through gendered, embodied experiences.


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