What is Rhizome?

 

What is Rhizome?

 

The Rhizome is the raw form of Life without the time concept.

We have to wake up the Rhizome awareness. We, humans, have forgotten it for a long time while of the recent five thousand years history after the Tree-like Hierarchy system as Nation-State appeared.

But, all human history of millions of years we human lived without Tree-like hierarchy. Also, Life has no hierarchy, it is real Rhizome. So, Rhizome is the Origin of Life, and at the same time the future image of the human. 

We are bound by both of the inner Tree-like hierarchy, and outer Tree-like hierarchy system which supports each other. 

Inner Tree-like hierarchy system is “I”, Ego, Self, Identity, Language thinking and dualistic judgment of good/bad, right/wrong, in/out, top/bottom, beautiful/ugly and so on.

Outer Tree-like hierarchy systems are ancient of human relationships; Nation-state, Law, Religion, Moral and so on.

Being bound by them, the modern human couldn’t open the hidden potentiality of infinite Creativity, Originality, and Resonativity (resonance ability) (= resonance ability) of Life. 

The rhizome is released from all of those binds of the Tree-like hierarchy system.

But, the important thing is not bound by any dualism. Rhizome and Tree are always swaying and transforming beyond the difference.

Sometimes, Tree will be born in the Rhizome, and some parts of Tree become Rhizome. I hope not to forget the Rhizome=Tree sway always.

 

 

The characteristics of Rhizome are the following;

 

1. The rhizome can open infinite Creativity, Originality, and Resonativity (resonance ability) (= resonance ability).

Rhizome has both the principle of Independence and Resonance.

 

2. The rhizome can connect freely, separate flexible without bound by any hierarchy.

 

3. The rhizome is not only bound by the Tree but also not bound by Rhizome. In case of necessity, Rhizome can take responsibility for everything in the world, initiate any activity, involve others and organize the best resonance pattern, and able to follow others and promote it as well.

 

4. The rhizome can segment the body infinitely into cell level and each part can transform into diverse Qualia.

 

5. Each part can deterritorialize from the original place and reterritorialize new space. The rhizome can become Nomad beyond any borders.

 

Deleuze and Guattari wrote;

 

 

“A rhizome has no beginning or end; it is always in the middle, between things, interbeing, intermezzo. The tree is filiation, but the rhizome is alliance, uniquely alliance. The tree imposes the verb "to be" but the fabric of the rhizome is the conjunction, "and ... and ... and..."

The middle is by no means an average; on the contrary, it is where things pick up speed. 

A stream without beginning or end that undermines its banks and picks up speed in the middle.”