Ineradicable

[tmcg]

For a couple of folks I know who might enjoy this (but probably already heard about it):

Author Announces Mortal Work of Art

Comments

[akaspeedo.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure if I was included in the above remark, but I hadn't heard about this. Very cool ;)

[terrymcgarry.livejournal.com]

Yup, it was for you and The Network, primarily.

[akaspeedo.livejournal.com]

It reminds me of Memento.

[thenetwork.livejournal.com]

I *had* heard about that, actually. What if you turn out to be a "that" or an "and"? Forever? What if the story gives you bad dreams or ties you forever to people you hate? I don't know... There is something disturbing about it. Not sure what. Must think some more. Well, it made me think.

Thank you!

[(Anonymous)]

You know, my first thought was like the network's--I'm sure I would end up being an 'a' or 'the' or (whoa! will someone have to be punctuation?).

But then I thought, if you were an 'a', you could embrace it, you could _be_ the 'a'. You could tattoo it on the back of your hand and point to it in meetings. "I'm 'a'. I'm the first letter of the alphabet. I'm a word. I'm part of a story. Don't mess with me."

Deb

[akaspeedo.livejournal.com]

And if you're interested in "postmodern" thought, and have read Derrida, being "a" would be way cool ;)

[(Anonymous)]

I have not read Derrida--yet another gaping hole in my education. But I could be 'a.'

Or, I could be the 'be'. That'd be cool. The existential me.

Though I'd be worried about whether my 'be' was _the_ 'be' or just one among the many....

Deb

[(Anonymous)]

The very first person I told about this had already known. Was asked to be a "word" and said no.

Thanks for the link, Terry. Nice to see you (though awfully brief) in D.C. Let's miss each other again sometime. ; )

Eliani Torres

[terrymcgarry.livejournal.com]

It was great to see you, Eli, and I hope to miss you for longer next time, maybe the length of a meal or so. :)

I've been using the Tuscan Red pencil I got with the assorted-colors package that is now the only way to get brown, and it's made me think of you. Great color! Nice soft lead. Yum.

[terrymcgarry.livejournal.com]

Which of course put me in mind of the too-oft-repeated yearbook quote progression ending in

Sinatra: Do be do be do...

I'd be worried about punctuation. Just one comma among many? But then maybe I'd end up an em-dash, or an ellipsis. I could live with that.

[terrymcgarry.livejournal.com]

I think the niggling worry at the back of my mind would be the overall quality of the story of which I was a part. The niggle niggles more when I think, Well, gee, how snobbish of me.

But I think I'd like to see a galley proof before I committed to a permanent tattoo. Maybe all the participants lined up with rub-on, temporary tattoos. Yeah.

[(Anonymous)]

Terry, I stored away boxes of brown in preparation for the famine. Really too many, and a color I don't much use. Let me know if you'd like them--buy, trade, whatever. (BTW, am posting to my blog and to your journal from Europe. Home in two weeks.)

Would like to see you, too. I'll be in the city occasionally and give you a heads-up.

~ Eliani

[terrymcgarry.livejournal.com]

I can certainly take a couple of boxes of brown off your hands, if you seldom use. Can trade you green, or just buy. Gee, if only the company knew the minuscule but dedicated resale market it would spawn when it stopped producing individual boxes of good colors.

Europe! Wheeee! I will hie me over to your blog and see what you've been up to. Stay safe, have a blast, and let me know when you're in the city. (I saw a nice Ellen Datlow pic of you at a KGB reading, BTW.)