Poesis is the art of making images. “Image” is different from “symbol.” A symbol stands for something else and points to something else. An image is something that stands for itself and may or may not be a symbol. The most powerful images are those that are embodied experiences. There is a revolution going on in our understanding of cognition (“grounded cognition”) that demonstrates the priority of bodily states, ritual motions, and situated actions to the very act of cognition itself.
