Catherine, you raise some interesting points--worth further
investigation.
On Mon, 28 Sep 2009 12:48:20 -0700, Catherine Daly
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>while I think the genetic/evolutionary portion of meme theory is pure
bunk,
>I like the idea of a meme as a unit of more complex cultural meaning
than a
>seme
>I have always thought that visual poetry operates more effectively on
the
>meme level than the seme level, that semes are too atomic for the
visual
>
>I would also add that for me most readable visual art and media is
memetic,
>not semantic
>
>and importantly so; that literary critics of media, because they are
looking
>at semantics and symbols, language spoken and written, overlook the
deeper
>effects at least possible with visual, sonic, technological, and language
>grammars
>
>--
>All best,
>Catherine Daly
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