BODY NOT WHOLE
Oh Shelley Jackson, if I only knew what you were talking about. So I am going to do what Dr. Lay told me to do, just BS because you usually get it right. Shelley is saying that the body is not whole and that it is made up of different parts. We don't have to remember to tell our heart to beat or to tell our cells to divide. Our mind thinks that we are whole. In life and in writing we have to change the way we think. We must see the whole picture instead of picking and choosing of what we want to see or hear in reality.
NO PLACE
Shelley is comparing writing or reading a book to writing or reading hypertext. She feels that if she writes a book the editor takes out parts that show her personality or her style.In hypertext she can express herself and fits Shelley's writing routine. With hypertext she could "invent a new game, make a novel shaped like her own thoughts" with no restrictions.
What an interesting way to approach Jackson's writing. You seem to co-opt or mimic her style.
ReplyDeleteInterestingly, in your first section, you echo Shelley Jackson’s advice about writing, but do not take it to heart. Did you try to “see the whole picture” when it came to Body Not Whole?
ReplyDeleteDo you agree with Shelley that hypertext is a better way to express what you have to say? I feel like hypertext can become something in the way of truly expressing yourself in writing. It's distracting and links to references that you did not write so you're no longer expressing yourself once your reader lingers to the hypertext links.
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