living body, n.All

The Living body (n.) swings ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠between taking in, where passivity limits it, and reacting, where it tends to lose itself in the object.

The Living body (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠no mere relay of movement or information: it eats, ages and mates, integrating and differentiating as it goes.

Living body (n.) can ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠only be understood by enacting it: I grasp what it does the way my hand circles an object, already tracing the shape it is about to feel.