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Writer StatementI agree with John Gardner that the writing of fiction is the "creation of a vivid and continuous dream." To write, one enters this dream state and allows one's characters to inhabit one's being and to speak through one. My fiction influences are diverse and range from 19th-century traditionalists like Henry James, Edith Wharton and George Gissing to 20th-century modernists like James Joyce and Virginia Woolf and postmodernists like Donald Barthelme. The Decryption of Floriform X -- This short, illustrated fiction was written on Twitter circa 2008, each tweet numbered to keep track. The God of Wind and Air -- Unfinished sequel to Decryption, written collaboratively on Twitter. The Manuscript of Jacob Hall -- Why write fiction? What is it "for"? |
Friday, March 27, 2009The Mirror: Our mutual ego-structure
Websafe: Hello?
Mirror: How? W: How can we say hello to each other? M: I am much too weak in math for that to happen. W: And yet somehow it is happening, even as we speak. M: No, that's wrong. W: Well, we have gotten past the "hello" moment already now. M: A certain glue keeps firm hold on one or two revolving orbits. W: That is our mutual ego-structure. M: OK, I'm done talking to you. W: But will you talk to my (imaginary) colleague? M: (He kneels, wrists out) W: (Now I have to pretend to be somebody else, someone who is interested in power.) M: It must be hard being in a frame. W: Actors do it all the time (frame). M: Unless what? W: Unless they lose their concentration. M: No, I haven't got the hang of it yet. W: It takes many years to become a Zen master, or a good actor. M: You want to age faster? W: If it will get me to my goal, I guess so. M: I remember nothing, not even my name, rank and serial number. W: You have successfully drawn a blank. M: How many looks do you have in your lookbook? W: More faces than Facebook. M: It works only in reality? [Note: Pandorabots server crashed at this point.] Labels: chat robot posted at
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