The Thinking Hand: Existential and Embodied Wisdom in Architecture

Introduction: Embodied Existence and Sensory Thought 010

Chapter One: The Mysterious Hand 024

The Multiple Essences of the Hand

What is the Hand?

Hand, Eye, Brain and Language

Hand as Symbol

Gestures of the Hand

Languages of the Hand

Chapter Two: The Working Hand 046

The Hand and the Tool

The Hand of the Craftsman

Collaborative Craftsmanship

Architecture as Workmanship

Chapter Three: Eye–Hand–Mind Fusion 070

Experimentation and the Art of Play

Skill and Boredom

Eye, Hand and Mind

Chapter Four: The Drawing Hand 088

Drawing and the Self

Tactility of Drawing

The Computerised Hand

Primacy of Touch: Hapticity of Self-image

Unconscious Touch in Artistic Experience

Chapter Five: Embodied Thinking 106

Creative Fusion

The Work of Thinking: The Value of Uncertainty

Resistance, Tradition and Freedom

Thinking Through the Senses

Embodied Memory and Thought

Existential Knowledge

Chapter Six: Body, Self and Mind 122

The Body as Site

The World and the Self

The World and the Mind

Existential Space in Art

Chapter Seven: Emotion and Imagination 130

Reality of Imagination

The Gift of Imagination

Reality of Art

Art and Emotion

Artistic Experience as Exchange

Chapter Eight: Theory and Life 140

Theory and Making

Opposition of Theory and Making

Architecture as Image of Life

The Task of Art

Index 153

Photo credits 159