SOME FAMILIAR QUERIES REGARDING The ORDER of the THIRD BIRD

What is the origin of the Order?

In the broadest sense, the Order has always been. Where there are persons, where there are objects, there exists, in potential, a relation between them. The science of that relation is the Order, under whatever name or configuration. In a narrower sense, there is a positive history of the Order as a formal community of avowing practitioners, but much of this history remains contested and obscure.

What is the purpose of the Order?

The Order exists to collect, study, develop, and transmit practices of sustained attention, which practices members of the Order mobilize in the furtherance of their collective aim: to realize the relations of persons and objects in this world.

Why does the Order use works of art in their practice?

Works of art are objects made to be attended on, and so members of the Order devote attention to them.

Does the Order have a motto?

The Order has a number of mottos and sayings, one of which is “In practice, practice.”

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