Spirit

spir·it
  • 1The non-physical part of a person which is the seat of emotions and character; the soul.
  • 4The non-physical part of a person regarded as their true self and as capable of surviving physical death or separation.
  • 6The non-physical part of a person manifested as an apparition after their death; a ghost.
  • 9supernatural being.
  • Origin
    Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French, from Latin spiritus ‘breath, spirit’, from spirare ‘breathe’.

    Intellect

    in·tl·ekt
    • 1The faculty of reasoning and understanding objectively, especially with regard to abstract matters.
    • 2Count noun. A person's mental powers.
    • 3Count noun. A clever person
    • 4Filos Entendimento.
    • Origin
      Late Middle English: from Latin intellectus ‘understanding’, from intellegere ‘understand’.

      Body

      bod·ee
      • 1The physical structure, including the bones, flesh, and organs, of a person or an animal.
      • 2The trunk apart from the head and the limbs.
      • 5A corpse.
      • 7Informal A person's body regarded as an object of sexual desire.
      • Origin
        Old English bodig, of unknown origin.
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        About the Project

        WHAT ARE YOU?
        by Nástio Mosquito

        What are you? is the question that Nástio Mosquito suggests proposing us a reflection on our understanding of what we are as individuals.

        Any decision-making implies an efficient interpretation of reality. What underlies any decision-making is precisely an individual understanding of what each one is, how each one positions himself or herself, in his or her ecosystem.

        By positioning ourselves as individuals, by recognizing ourselves, we will, in principle, make better decisions, decisions that will allow us to have a more consequential life.

        How do we recognize ourselves, what is our sense of purpose, our sense of movement, of presence, what are we, is the question asked, to which a correspondence of individual recognition is proposed according to the three fundamental layers of human existence: body, intellect, spirit.

        As individuals, with a body, an intellect and a spirit, how do we position ourselves? Which of these three dimensions determines our understanding of our own selves and of what is around us, which of these three dimensions guides us?

        What are you?


        Joana Duarte
        Art Curatorship Postgraduate Program /FCSH-NOVA (Graça Rodrigues, Joana Duarte, Joana Jordão, Wilson Ledo)

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