Re: [-empyre-] week four: Pain, Suffering, and Death in the Virtual

2012-10-24 Thread Maria Damon
Dear all, Alan, Peter, thanks for your comments. I'm in a slightly awkward position of being in MLA-DAOC meetings through Friday, so my ability to really post with an appropriate fullness of attention is somewhat compromised right now. Peter, this is really powerful. Biting the hand that

Re: [-empyre-] week four: Pain, Suffering, and Death in the Virtual

2012-10-24 Thread Alan Sondheim
On Wed, 24 Oct 2012, Maria Damon wrote: Dear all, Alan, Peter, thanks for your comments. I'm in a slightly awkward position of being in MLA-DAOC meetings through Friday, so my ability to really post with an appropriate fullness of attention is somewhat compromised right now. Peter, this is

Re: [-empyre-] week four: Pain, Suffering, and Death in the Virtual

2012-10-23 Thread Maria Damon
Dear all, I've been very moved by the range, quality, and seriousness of the inquiries and revelations here in these past weeks. The intensity of the participants' commitment to exploring these questions posed by Sandy, Alan and us guests has left me wondering what I can add. I keep returning

Re: [-empyre-] week four: Pain, Suffering, and Death in the Virtual

2012-10-23 Thread Alan Sondheim
Thank you, Maria! I wonder, remembering Amanda Todd's video, if remose in the sense of biting might also be connected to cutting? I remember teaching a class at an artschool at one point; the course was about contemporary art, the body, etc. - and almost everyone in the class was a cutter.

[-empyre-] week four: Pain, Suffering, and Death in the Virtual

2012-10-22 Thread Alan Sondheim
The fourth week of October's -empyre- discussion will start tomorrow, continuing with the topic of Pain, Suffering, and Death in the Real and Virtual. The guest will be Maria Damon. Her biographical information is below. I've followed Maria's work for a long time, and it has always amazed