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This blog is dedicated to the in-depth exploration of perceptual, cognitive, and affective experiences — such as attention, memory, visual perception, and emotions — through a phenomenological lens.


It also serves as a space to organize and share insights that emerge from my ongoing process of self-exploration.


More than simply presenting detailed descriptions of these experiences, the blog aims to encourage readers to attend closely to these experiential processes as they unfold in themselves.


Here, I hope to spark more than reflections — experiences. And more than experiences — awareness.


The posts are not intended to be long or exhaustive, but rather to offer a pause — an open space where readers can slow down and try to directly perceive the bodily, sensory, and motivational nuances of the experiences presented in each subject explored.


This blog is not only for phenomenologists or researchers, but for anyone with a genuine interest in exploring the richness and diversity of human experience from a first-person perspective.


Whether you're a curious observer, a meditator, an artist, or simply someone who wonders about the intricacies of your own mind and body, you'll likely find something here that resonates with you.


Welcome! Feel free to explore and join this investigation of experience — slowly, attentively, and with curiosity. I also invite you to share your own descriptions of experience in the comments.


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About the Author

My name is Rix, a nickname I use on this blog. I hold a degree in Philosophy and a PhD in Psychobiology. 


I am particularly drawn to the investigation of first-person experience and its interface with the cognitive sciences, especially within research programs focused on the naturalization of phenomenology.


This interest began long before I became familiar with phenomenology, neurophenomenology, or microphenomenology. Initially, this introspective attitude arose from my studies of Buddhism and from a personal need to better understand my emotions and to relate to them in a more conscious way.


Over time, I began to notice that emotional states were closely linked to the unfolding of bodily sensations — subtle changes that had previously remained in the background of my awareness, overshadowed by the more prominent stream of thoughts.


This realization led me to explore how emotions take shape in the body. I began mapping the bodily sensations of emotional experiences, first focusing on their central aspects — what I felt as most evident — and then trying to identify where and how these sensations seemed to emerge initially.


I also began to explore which traces of emotional experience remained even as the body was at rest, with no outward expression or movement. 


In this process, I found myself seeking to investigate the pre-conscious microgestures that precede and shape the arising of experience — the 'how' of experience, rather than its 'what'. 


I came to understand these micromovements as a way of assuming a subtle internal posture — a discreet bodily configuration, often sustained by muscular activity in areas such as the throat and the eyes.


Later, when I encountered phenomenological approaches to consciousness, I realized that what I had been doing resonated deeply with this tradition — especially with methods that aim to understand and precisely describe the bodily microgestures that underlie experience. 


This recognition further strengthened my commitment to the phenomenological exploration of lived experience, and continues to guide how I engage both with personal observation and with theoretical work.

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