Research

Through research, the Lovefield Project seeks to understand the interactions encountered in practice and what they could reveal about life and the world around us. We investigate changes in people and their surroundings, looking for recurring relationships and asking what causes a response. Alongside the studies, we develop explanatory models that connect these practical questions with our inquiry into consciousness and the material world.

Reflection-Plane Hypothesis

The Reflection-Plane Hypothesis explores life as a way an underlying reality takes form, experiences itself and acts. It asks how the practitioner’s state, another person and the surroundings could shape an interaction together. We are also exploring how that idea could lead to measurable predictions.

Questions we are exploring

The experiences that prompt these larger questions also give us specific things to investigate. A person's account or a change noticed in the surroundings can lead to a question we can address through a study.

What changes within a person during practice, and what changes around them? How do inner state, attention, intention and movement relate to those changes? Which relationships recur, and which explanations account for them?

The Practice page introduces the approach, people's accounts and selected recordings.

Studies and preliminary work

Alongside the preliminary wind study already underway, we are preparing two studies: one about people's experiences during ordinary encounters with Denis, and one testing whether specified actions during practice are followed by repeatable changes in recorded local wind speed. We welcome collaborators who can help develop and carry out this work.

Preliminary wind study

The preliminary wind study is funded and in progress. It uses a small set of comparisons involving hand movement and an internal release of tension, with wind readings and recordings to examine the response. This early work includes checking the setup, evaluating the measurements and preparing a report to guide further research. Explore the preliminary wind study.

Natural encounter experience study

This proposed study would gather people's accounts of emotional and bodily experiences during everyday encounters with Denis, including at events and in public outdoor spaces. People would choose to share their own words and ratings, with optional clarifying questions during the same session.

The study would describe what people experience, how strongly they notice a change, and the surrounding context. We want to understand the full range of experiences in the participants’ own words. What we learn could guide practical work and help identify questions for further study.

Wind response study

Denis describes wind strengthening or weakening in connection with his posture, hand movements and internal release of tension. This small outdoor study would record wind speed at one fixed point. It would compare a visible movement with holding its starting position, and an internal release of muscle tension with maintaining that tension. Instructions would be chosen at random and revealed after he signals readiness. Physical controls would help assess whether ordinary causes can account for any measured difference.

An initial pilot would help settle the equipment, timing and comparison. Journal review of the study plan is intended before fresh measurements for the main test. We welcome help with measurement, experimental methods and analysis.

How we approach the work

We choose a method that fits the question and check that it can capture what matters. Descriptions and measurements help identify patterns and the conditions in which they appear. Where a study asks about cause and effect, controlled comparisons test what changes when a specified action is introduced. We also examine the ordinary processes that could account for the result.

Early work helps us check that a study is practical and refine its methods. The findings then help us decide what to do next: improve an explanation, refine a practical method, test a response independently or reconsider an expectation. We intend to share the procedure, findings and what they tell us. Supporting material would be made available under the agreed consent and data arrangements.

An open invitation to collaborate and fund studies

We welcome people who can help develop, carry out and fund these studies. Contributions can include scientific design, measurement, analysis, technical tools, independent review, equipment and financial support.

For the natural encounter experience study, useful experience includes questionnaires, people's written accounts, statistics and research involving participants. For the wind study, we are looking for help with the action comparisons, reliable wind readings, physical controls and statistical analysis. Access to a wind meter or a suitable place for recordings can also help.

A contribution can be a defined piece of work or a continuing role. We agree the responsibilities, resources and any compensation or project benefits for the contribution together. Ways to contribute explains these arrangements.

Contact us about research collaboration or funding. Please mention the study that interests you and what you would like to contribute. If you would like to fund a particular study, we can discuss its needs and agree how your support would be used.

To share an experience or observation, use the private feedback page. Each study will explain its participation process and ask for your consent when it opens.

Follow the research

Research continues through what people make of its findings. We intend to share explanations that participants, practitioners and other researchers can use to question, apply or develop the work. Project updates will follow study preparation, findings and collaboration opportunities; you can also subscribe by email.

The Project page explains how contributions support this work, with links to initiatives and current milestones.