Dominic as a lefthander you piqued my interest by the implications of this piece. I have always felt 'divorced' from the right side of my body. As for acting, it has never been in my thing.
Dominic—thank you for this. I'm reading through your work and seeing a lot of deep parallels with ideas I’ve been developing under the umbrella of mimetic theory, especially around how imitation forms the self at an ontological level. Your engagement with McGilchrist, metaphor, and the spiritual imagination hits close to home for me—particularly the way you draw out the formative power of theater, music, and the poetic. I’m currently working on a manuscript that brings together Girard, Oughourlian, and the idea of “composite models”—the layered internal structure of mimetic formation. Your reflection here fits beautifully into that conversation. Grateful for your voice and looking forward to reading more.
It is great to hear from you, Rico. Thank you for the comment and kind words. I look forward to when you put out the manuscript you mentioned. For myself, I have not read much of Girard yet, but I hope to eventually. In Fr. Anatolios's book, "Deification through the Cross," Girard is a major conversation partner in the concluding chapter. It seems to me the imitative and experiential power of something like music for moral formation might be what St. Augustine is alluding to in his sermon on Psalm 72,1: PL 36, 914 ; where we often see people point to for the "To sing is to pray twice" maxim.
Dominic as a lefthander you piqued my interest by the implications of this piece. I have always felt 'divorced' from the right side of my body. As for acting, it has never been in my thing.
Thank you.
Dominic—thank you for this. I'm reading through your work and seeing a lot of deep parallels with ideas I’ve been developing under the umbrella of mimetic theory, especially around how imitation forms the self at an ontological level. Your engagement with McGilchrist, metaphor, and the spiritual imagination hits close to home for me—particularly the way you draw out the formative power of theater, music, and the poetic. I’m currently working on a manuscript that brings together Girard, Oughourlian, and the idea of “composite models”—the layered internal structure of mimetic formation. Your reflection here fits beautifully into that conversation. Grateful for your voice and looking forward to reading more.
It is great to hear from you, Rico. Thank you for the comment and kind words. I look forward to when you put out the manuscript you mentioned. For myself, I have not read much of Girard yet, but I hope to eventually. In Fr. Anatolios's book, "Deification through the Cross," Girard is a major conversation partner in the concluding chapter. It seems to me the imitative and experiential power of something like music for moral formation might be what St. Augustine is alluding to in his sermon on Psalm 72,1: PL 36, 914 ; where we often see people point to for the "To sing is to pray twice" maxim.