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A “sprout” is here a new topical section of a developing Project page which has
not been elaborated yet. The topic is briefly discussed so far, so it may seem somewhat dense (if not hermetic); but it’s well-individuated offline. Eventually,
the topic header will link to a separate page for that topic.
A sprout is
a dear theme for my conceptual gardening (discursive landscaping) because it’s definitely capturing
a point (the topic) which is to be enhanced rela-
tive to later interest and usefulness for other discussions. The sprout expresses preliminary discussion of offline material (troping that) which is permanent for me, but too semantically compressed offline for readily accessible use online.
New blog postings
also may be indicated as sprouts of an untitled project. Those postings will eventually link to a specific project as sections of that project.
Every new page/posting is indicated for a while at the top of
the main “Project home” page (top left here); also at “new in sites” of gedavis.com; at
the “life world” blog; at Bluesky; and maybe also at X.
But the trope of natural growth is misleading because meaningful development is intelligent, self-formative. Persons individuate purposefully. (A child may be a “sprout,” but isn’t regarded as a plant.) Topics are person-al. Developmental fig-
uration is process modeling. A topic develops because it’s further individuated.
I don’t want here to be convoluted. It’s a matter of creative individuation which I’m sharing here.
Emergent sprouting is an appealing way into conceptual discov-
ery. Whether or not the emergence is aptly enhanced soon—whether or not its novelty leads to lasting importance—the text is anyway an exacting sketch,
a pro-
mise to appreciate. Though hundreds of topics/themes already exist (intended as paragraph-long parts of offline chapter sections), my near-term interest in specific themes is commonly nomadic.
I’m doing the sprouts routine to preserve freedom to develop sections of topics according to emergent interest, due to readings, directly-related new ideas, etc. So, I’m not working by sequence of eventual chapter sections, even though all material is part of developing chapter sections of a given (offline) structure (3-to-5 levels of topics/themes) whose offline parts may first appear as sprouts.
Thanks for your interest—or perhaps your indulgence.
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