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My primitive interest in this is that is intriguingly like a re-cast of the mediaeval illuminated manuscript, but with lower labour investment but alas a greater chance of homogeniety. I certainly can't see how it offers the possibility of a new form, nor as interesting a place as a library, but maybe books that are not as denuded as the current texts of our protestantised print. Like those rather poor Trianon press repros of Blake, but available world-wide. One great thing about curlicued texts of poems is that they do slow the reader's eye, and curtail the reading 'as if a newspaper column'. So maybe, maybe there's a potential there. david bircumshaw ----- Original Message ----- From: Lawrence Upton <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Tuesday, January 02, 2001 11:46 PM Subject: Re: finnegans wake. jewish interpretation and Cage its all here > No, it is possible to have links that vary, though I've not done it > myself... But there still needs to be a reason for doing it > > The possibility of mixing lexical text and images is exciting > > I think it's early days... I recall getting my first access to a sound > studio with no clear idea what I wanted to do with it beyond doing > *something... And the result was a tape with lots of effects partially > obscuring a text. It wasn't till I got things the right way up that I was > able to do anything in that direction which pleased me long > > L > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[log in to unmask]> > To: <[log in to unmask]> > Sent: 02 January 2001 23:29 > Subject: Re: finnegans wake. jewish interpretation and Cage its all here > > > | The hypertext link will lead > | only to one destination, which makes it perhaps useful for encyclopaedias > | but not nearly as interesting or unpredictable as the connections that > | can be made in an individual mind. > | > | Best > | > | Alison > | >