poiesis

is a process of gathering together and fashioning natural materials in such a way that the human project in which they figure is in a deep harmony with, indeed reveals, or brings forth the essence of those materials and any natural environment in which they are set.

In this context poiesis is to be understood as a process of gathering together and fashioning natural materials in such a way that the human project in which they figure is in a deep harmony with, indeed reveals—or as Heidegger sometimes says when discussing poiesis, brings forth—the essence of those materials and any natural environment in which they are set.

is a process of revealing; and poetic events are acts of unconcealment (or truth-ing) in which entities are allowed to show themselves.

Poiesis, then, is a process of revealing. Poetic events are acts of unconcealment—one is tempted to coin the ugly neologism truth-ing—in which entities are allowed to show themselves.

poiesis, n.All

poiesis