Hi,
I'd like to respond to a couple of points so far:
We have a long standing convention of using art to express the otherwise
ineffable truths of being-emotions, pain, daily living, spirituality--it is the
way to communicate what our souls en(s)(d)ure.
The act of writing/creating,
Hi Deena,
It seems to me this is a delicate balancing act. My mother before she died
was in such agony, she couldn't speak, much less express anything. There
is also clinical depression, which is chemistry and often unresponsive to
anything. One has to have the capacity to express, and
The third week of October's -empyre- discussion will start tomorrow, continuing
with the topic of Pain, Suffering, and Death in the Virtual. The guests will be
Johannes Birringer and Deena Larsen. Their biographical information is below.
The discussion so far has been intriguing and
of the victim, the internet is not really
real, don't like it then leave
Here the idea of the virtual does seem to function as an excuse and distancer.
http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/tv-and-radio/confessions-of-a-troll-trolling-is-an-art-20121015-27n3f.html
Confessions of a troll: 'Trolling
