Rupert -Alison If I may stick my neck out here I get the same feeling as
when as a youngster I invented the wheel and they said it does not change
anything
-hearing a lot at the moment about 'convergence 'all this coming together'
of the web mobile phone tv the works sounds fun grapes on my vine just about
ready -keep birds off-must be a poem there
silver surfer par zimmerframed glory
----- Original Message -----
From: "mallin1" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, October 13, 2004 1:09 AM
Subject: Re: Poetry and the Internet
> Hi Alison and all
>
> I think your website is superb Alison and no arguments with what you say
at
> all. I have no argument with the technology and its development either.
But
> it is a growing technology not a leap or transformation of society itself.
I
> mean, the novel was formed/forged from a changing society. Indeed, I don't
> think it is incidental that the art form of the 20th Century was film. I
> argue that the photo-to-film technology didn't forge what we know as
cinema,
> rather it was upheavels in society, where artists, scientists and others
> experimented in their work, which gave the drive to the screen.
>
> For all its brilliance as a technology, nothing on the Internet didn't
exist
> before. All is reproduction of what existed. Except, Alison is absolutely
> right about emailing. The speed of emailing, posting web pages, etc,
across
> the globe, in the press of a button, is a real advance in speed. Isn't it
> incredibly ironic that the speed of real transport seems to be declining,
> while virtual speed gathers a pace - presently.
>
> I think our global discussions, information and poems are incredible
things
> to share. But I don't want my work virtual - I don't want people virtual.
>
> For me, the best of the Net/Web thing are poets, like Alison, with a
rooted
> agenda in their own 'real' work and worlds. And I'm going to put my money
> where my mouth is: a newly met friend is going to build me a website asap.
> Would like to say our friendship was forged via the Internet but was in
the
> pub!
>
> All best wishes, Rupert
>
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