Student Choice #3
The class discussion on December 2, 2007 about double intentionality was a very difficult concept for me to grasp. I like to interpret things as they are, not what they can be. The ambiguity of the idea was more than what I was used to discussing in a class. Once I understood that you have to see the world in symbols I began to grasp the concept more. “We make sense of the world through this symbol making” is the key idea behind double intentionality. Like a mask which reveals and conceals, double intentionality is the aboutness of 2 things. Double intentionality is perhaps one of the most creative concepts that I have learned in my first semester of college. It is not just about a philosophy in Wilderness as a Sacred Place but a lifestyle view of interpreting things in multiple ways and not just what they appear to be.
Everything has the potential to have double intentionality such as a river. A river can be seen as a symbol of anything that is long and changing and evolving or a river can be seen as just that, a river. Double intentionality allows us to branch out of the typical boundaries of how to view things.
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