The Inter-modal Pre-Construction Method (IMPreC): Exploring Hyper-Generalization

Abstract

In this article, we present the blueprint for a new class of methods—inter-modal pre-constructive methods—uniting the value of moving across modalities of understanding (poetry, drawing, music, etc.) in a scheme of microgenetic construction of affective fields. For this purpose, the historical roots of this class of methods were reviewed, and two empirical demonstrations are provided. In the demonstration, the possibility of exploring hyper-generalized feelings was opened up by repeatedly producing the feelings while transforming the modality step by step. In addition, it was suggested that the modality of music could be used as the next possibility. The inter-modal pre-constructive methods are ways of triggering and increasing the difficulty of expression of the original feelings. The difficulty of switching the modality is a new synthesis while keeping attention to the feeling once felt. Alternatively, we felt the feeling of “understanding” about others’ poetry. This implied that poetry, like painting, allowed for a new synthesis of the reader’s experiences. The multiplicity of the synthesis through a particular medium can be called “pluri-synthesis.” While such syntheses are unique to each person, we found that this diversity of meaning-making can be a catalyst for pleromatization through the communication of others’ feelings.