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Oju Inu: Penetration of Being in Classical Yoruba Epistemology
Oju Inu: Penetration of Being in Classical Yoruba Epistemology
Oju Inu: Penetration of Being in Classical Yoruba Epistemology
Inu
Penetration
of
Being
in
Classical
Yoruba
Epistemology
Oluwatoyin
Vincent
Adepoju
Compcros
Comparative
Cognitive
Processes
and
Systems
Exploring
Every
Corner
of
the
Cosmos
in
Search
of
Knowledge
Igba
Iwa,
the
Calabash
of
Existence.
It
is
constituted
by
a
relationship
between
an
unseen
interior
and
a
dazzling
surface.
The
surface
is
visually
compelling
in
its
inscription
with
a
variety
of
figural
and
abstract
forms
as
the
interior
remains
hidden.
The
figural
forms
suggest
the
specific
character
of
existent
entities,
represented
here
by
their
material
appearance.
The
abstract
forms
evoke
methods
of
developing,
organizing
and
depicting
knowledge.
The
unseen
interior
suggests
the
compelling
force
of
the
drive
to
see
beyond
the
obvious
character
of
reality
to
its
hidden
depths.
The
golden
radiance
of
its
surface
dramatizes
the
beauty,
delight,
the
priceless
character
and
timeless
power
represented
by
existence
and
the
understanding
of
its
nature.
The
relationship
between
the
unseen
interior
and
complexly
beautiful
surface
evokes
the
relationship
between
exteriority
and
interiority
of
being
in
constituting
the
totality
of
existence
and
the
aspiration
to
encompass
this
totality
in
terms
of
the
integrative
perception
suggested
by
the
sphericality
of
the
calabash
and
the
motif
of
intersecting,
holistically
configured
bands
and
triangles
prominent
on
its
surface.
Oju
inu
The
inner
eye
Oju
inu
The
inward
eye
Oju
inu
Inward
perception
Oju
inu
Penetrative
visuality
Oju
inu
Penetrative
perception
Oju
inu
Perceptual
penetration
Oju
inu
Perception
beyond
the
corporeal
Oju
inu
Perceptual
penetralia
Oju
inu
Perception
beyond
the
surface
Oju
inu
Seeing
beyond
the
surface
Oju
inu
The
interiority
that
sees
beyond
what
the
eyes
can
see
Oju
inu
The
perceptual
movement
beyond
the
platform
of
the
basic
Oju
inu
Perceptual
continuum
Oju
inu
Perceptual
continuum
beyond
corporeality
Oju
inu
Perceptual
penetration
of
being
Oju
inu
The
eye
looking
inward
to
the
self
and
inward
into
the
depths
of
that
which
is
outward,
beyond
the
self
Oju
inu
The
eye
of
being
Inspirational
Text
Babatunde
Lawal,
Representing
the
Self
and
its
Metaphysical
Other
in
Yoruba
Art,
The
Art
Bulletin,
Vol.83,
No.
3
(Sept.,
2001),
pp.
498-526.
516-517.