Re: [-empyre-] concerning violence, and more Antigone's bones

2014-11-09 Thread Scott Rettberg
--empyre- soft-skinned space-- Thanks for a fascinating and moving discussion. I just wanted to say that I have been following this more closely than any other empyre discussion for years. All of these mirrors on our world are overpowering. The atavistic barbarity of

[-empyre-] Creative writing programs and elit, and thanks

2010-07-31 Thread Scott Rettberg
Hello everyone, On this last list day, I wanted to thank Simon and everyone for the opportunity to contribute to this discussion of creativity as a social ontology. I think the general approach to the cluster of issues is a very useful one, as we frame our approaches to contemporary

[-empyre-] Creativity as a social ontology: e-lit publishing and economics

2010-07-29 Thread Scott Rettberg
Hi everybody, I think Simon responded more clearly to Chris Sullivan's comment that I would have. Generally, I would say that contesting a certain idea of what authorship constitutes does not imply any sort of conspiracy against authors, just a different idea of where authorship sits

[-empyre-] Creativity as a social ontology: Authorship

2010-07-28 Thread Scott Rettberg
Hello again, In the next few days I want to pick up more on some of Johannes' questions and Simon's thoughts and some of the interesting ways in which the idea of authorship is challenged and reformulated. I also think there are some things to consider about the economics of electronic

[-empyre-] Creativity as a social ontology

2010-07-27 Thread Scott Rettberg
Hello again, To Ruth, of course I would say no apology necessary. I don't think it's even possible to be interrupted on a mailing list, and I appreciated your post and the view into the creative environment at Furtherfield. It sounds like an inspiring environment, in spite of the challenges of

[-empyre-] Creativity as a social ontology

2010-07-26 Thread Scott Rettberg
Hello everyone, I have just spent some time reading through the stream of messages written over the course of this month regarding creativity as a social ontology in an attempt to begin to frame my thoughts around these questions and determine how I can most productively contribute to the

Re: [-empyre-] Creativity as a social ontology

2010-07-25 Thread Scott Rettberg
, solutions and opportunities. Magnus is now off on a well earned break from Scotland's delightful weather but I am looking forward to Ruth's further(field) contribution to the discussion from London. We would like to welcome our guest for Week 4 of this discussion, Scott Rettberg (Norway/USA

Re: [-empyre-] Creativity as a social ontology

2010-07-08 Thread Scott Rettberg
Eugenio and Simon, My guess is that people would use a dislike button on facebook much more as an I sympathize with you device than as a you are completely off your rocker indicator. People want to have that for the My cat/mother/father died response. You're probably right though, Eugenio,