Presence, Passion and Possibilities in Unfinishedness: Towards Exploration of the Whole

Abstract

This thesis is a phenomenological and hermeneutic exploration of three educationally based lived experiences. Metaphorical and artistic references accompany and enhance these philosophical ways of being, incorporating lived experiences, visual images, literature and poetry. Hans Georg Gadamer, Maurice Merleau-Ponty, Robert Sokolowski and Leonardo da Vinci are major inspirers. The narratives are interrogated within a frame of spiralling questions that examine then re-examine, towards unfolding mysteries of lived experience.