Article 06: Descriptive Expression, Analytical Expression

In the name of God, I am at your service to present the sixth article, under the title "Descriptive Expression, Analytical Expression". Before the text of the article, it is necessary to have an initial explanation regarding two words: in the text of the article, "Object" is used in the sense of a thing, the same word which in English is called "Object"; and "Subject" I have considered as "Subject" (meaning the internal experience/feeling of the mind).

Text of the Article

Descriptive Expression, Analytical Expression: After the mind encounters an object and receives a sensation or subject, the stage of expression arrives. Expression is of two types: descriptive and analytical. In descriptive expression, after returning from the mind's abstract space, the obtained subject is attributed to the object. Subsequently, the object is praised or criticized based on the subject. For example, attributing beauty to a flower and praising it for its beauty. However, in the mind's abstract space, only the perception of the subject occurs, not its understanding. Therefore, any human feedback after encountering an object is not based on knowledge or awareness.

In analytical expression, the obtained subject is attributed to the human mind, and the object serves as a symbol and representation of the subject's expression. Now, in order to honor the obtained subject and with a renewed focus on the objects in the Shaped Space, attention is given again to them. The result of this approach is the collection of findings and subjective experiences, the acquisition of concepts, and the expansion of the abstract mind. Now, let us review some analytical findings regarding beauty. Beauty is a perceptual experience of pleasure, desire, and satisfaction. Beauty is a perceptual reaction to organized shapes and structured compositions. Beauty is the appropriateness of the presence of an object in a specific time and place. The beauty of the blue sky is not for our own pleasure.

Now we say that the Shaped Space is the space of the presence of minds in the form of Imaginal Bodies. The subject created in our mind, although seemingly resulting from the encounter with Imaginal Bodies, creates a nuance in our mind through the body language of the object, which is a factor in recognizing mental identity. Our mind, upon seeing the Imaginal Body of the flower in relation to the proportion of shapes, colors, and lines, recalls and reminds beauty. This means that your identity is linked to beauty. Therefore, our Imaginal Body expression should evoke beauty in other minds.

Explanation of the Article

Suppose a human encounters an object, receives a feeling, and a subject is created in their mind. We considered the next stage to be the stage of expression. That is, now after receiving the feeling, what does the person want to do? In descriptive expression, the person attributes that feeling and subject they have received to the object, and seems to forget that what was important was their own reception; and begins to praise or criticize that object. For example, in the case of the flower, we saw that when they received the feeling of beauty, instead of thinking about beauty, they limit themselves to the flower and praise the flower, not beauty. For example, the person tries to be close to the flower, pick a sample of it and place it on their clothes, or even have a design of the flower on their clothes; these are examples of descriptive expression, meaning stopping in the object itself, and paying less attention to the feeling or subject itself, i.e., beauty.

In analytical expression, what happens is that the person attributes that feeling or subject to the human mind; in that case, the object itself is only a symbol and a schema (representation), nothing more. Since they have given importance to the subject, they want to research more around this topic; so they return and place themselves in the Shaped Space once again. In the same example of the flower, they return and look at the flower again, or other examples of objects around them; they might look at a river, stone, mountain, or the sky. The interesting thing is that something similar to that reception is created in their mind again; a feeling of elation and reception once more, but not in the same previous instance, but rather they are searching for it in other objects. Now they realize that beauty does not belong to the object, as a specialized topic; rather, it is a reception that the human makes, they are abstracting beauty. They do not consider beauty to be an object around them, and as a result, new findings and concepts are obtained.

In the text of the article, a sample of analytical findings about beauty that you see in books is mentioned. For example, "beauty is a perceptual experience of pleasure, desire, and satisfaction"; see, it is analyzing that what I perceive as beauty is actually a pleasure that has been created in me, and its root must be searched for in my own mind. So that feeling of satisfaction that I get after seeing a flower, river, and other objects has its root in my mind. Or this sentence that "beauty is a perceptual reaction to organized shapes and structured compositions"; again, it is an analysis. Why did I have such a perception? Because my mind has such a reaction to organized shapes. Or in another definition, you see it is said "beauty is the appropriateness of the presence of an object in a specific time and place"; here the analysis becomes deeper. That is, in what temporal and spatial conditions am I meeting the object? Is the light low or high? Is the object placed next to other objects? And that "the beauty of the blue sky is not for our pleasure," relates to the analysis of those who say one should not think everything outside is prepared to have news for us.

But the analysis we intend is this: we have the presence of minds in the form of Imaginal Bodies; the subject that arises in our mind is an encounter that my mind performs with Imaginal Bodies; the Imaginal Body of the flower, the Imaginal Body of the stone, the Imaginal Body of water. I am paying attention to the body language of the objects; as if that body language and gestures they make create a factor in our mind by which we obtain a recognition of our own mind and the identity of our mind. If I get close to the flower, the proportion of the Imaginal Body of the flower reminds me that my mental identity is linked to beauty and gives me this message. Now if I myself were an object for other people, I must be careful that my Imaginal Body has a language in every respect; what should that language evoke in other minds? I too must appear beautiful, I must evoke beauty in their minds. So this type of approach is defined in analytical expression in this article. It is hoped these definitions will direct us to have descriptive expressions but not stop in descriptive expressions and expect to pay more attention to analytical expressions.

Summary

In this article, the difference between descriptive expression and analytical expression was examined. In descriptive expression, human attributes the received subject to the object and stops at that object; but in analytical expression, the subject is returned to the human mind and the object is examined as its symbol and schema. Therefore, analytical expression provides the ground for extracting concepts, recognizing the mind, and expanding the abstract space. The ultimate goal is that human does not stop in descriptive expression and achieves the recognition and analysis of concepts from observing objects.