Introduction
1. Concentricity
2. Aura
3. Atmosphere
4. Ambiance
5. Space
6. Envelopment
7. Attunement
8. Sculpted Ambiances
9. Topology
10. Staging
11. Structure of the Book
Chapter One: Aurality
1. Aura
2. Atmosphere
3. Transcendence
4. Qualia
5. Audire
6. Sprit
Chapter Two: Mirageness
1. Freedom
2. History
3. Staging
4. Elemental
5. Materiality
6. Nature
7. Ambient Light
8. Memory
Chapter Three: Earthiness
1. Poetic Ambiance
2. Allure
3. Shadow
4. Assemblage
5. Cityscapes
6. “Sense”
7. Milieu
8. Storm
9. Openness
Chapter Four: Tactility
1. Something
2. Monument
3. Decoration
4. Domination
5. Moment
6. Design
Chapter Five: Vitality
1. Projection
2. Allure
3. Peace
4. Care
5. Anxiety
6. Embodiment
Chapter Six: Sacredness
1. Spiritual
2. Origins
3. Masks
4. Ambiance
5. Syncretism
Conclusion
Biography
George Joshua Orwel, a philosopher and writer, is on the adjunct faculty of Hunter College and City Tech, City University of New York. He is writing a book on David Driskell as a Sylvia and Eddie Brown research fellow at the David C. Driskell Center for the Study of Visual Arts & Culture of African Americans & the African Diaspora, University of Maryland, College Park, MD.
