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Closure and Unfolding: Part 1 - A Dramatic Life Pattern

I developed the theme of Closure and Unfolding from this trip and began planning a new possible book. This is the first section of that book, A Dramatic Life Pattern, which tells the story of how the theme of this book was born.

Closure and Unfolding: Part 4 - Zheng Xin Cheng Yi

This is the fourth section of that book, "Zheng Xin Cheng Yi" (正心诚意 — Rectifying the Mind and Cultivating Sincerity), which recounts my visit to Kaoting Academy and my connection with Zhu Xi (朱熹).

Closure and Unfolding: Chapter 4.1 - A Jianyang Boy

In July 2026, I traveled to China to visit family. I returned to my hometown, Jianyang, and went to Kaoting Academy to pay my respects to Zhu Xi.

Joint Center: Revisiting the van Gogh brothers' Creative Life

This article has introduced Joint Center as a concept that extends the World of Activity framework's understanding of what a Center can be.

GO Square: Mapping the "Thematic Trip" Constellation

Now we have a complete mapping case of the "Thematic Trip" constellation — seven concepts, each anchored at its own GO Coordinate, woven together through Attachance into a dynamic network, and finally curated into a coherent whole: "The Lifecycle of a Theme."

GO Square: A Thematic Mapping of a Trip to China

While working on the Closure and Unfolding book manuscript, I began to see that this theme was not alone. The trip had generated a whole network of themes — cultural themes ...

GO Square: Mapping ACS, SDP, and Other Theoretical Enterprises

This article shifts focus from the map to the territory. Specifically, it applies the GO Square framework to map the five theoretical enterprises that currently operate on the GO Theory platform.

Spatial Heuristics: A Thematic Trip and a Possible Book

the development of a creative theme called "Closure and Unfolding" – a pattern captured in 2025 and recently developed into a plan for possible book.

[活动分析与干预] 第一讲：安身立命

活动世界论 (World of Activity) 延续了宋明儒学的跨学科问题意识，但以“活动”取代“心性”作为连接 Self 和 Life 的枢纽——不是通过道德（先秦儒学），不是通过觉悟（佛家），不是通过心性（宋明儒学），而是通过一个人在活动世界中持续的、专注的展开。

Activity Analysis Network #21 — One Half-Year, Eight Possible Books

The next regular issue is scheduled for July 15, following the usual biweekly rhythm. But today I want to send an off-cycle note — not organized around the usual Flow–Focus–Center–Circle schema, just four things.