Message-ID: <Pine.NEB.4.44.0210141158310.26732-100000@panix3.panix.com>
From: Alan Sondheim <sondheim@panix.com>
To: Cyb <cybermind@listserv.aol.com>,
"WRYTING-L : Writing and Theory across Disciplines" <WRYTING-L@LISTSERV.UTORONTO.CA>
Subject: apocalypse and others
Date: Mon, 14 Oct 2002 11:58:46 -0400 (EDT)
apocalypse and others apocalypse these are the end-days; make no mistake about it. this is neither rumor nor prediction, although i have participated in both; it is a careful extrapolation from the facts, the proliferation of nuclear and biochemical weapons, increasing world-wide fanaticisms, and exponential depletion of resources, both natural and artificial. we are witnessing an armageddon that began millennia ago, the fascination with divinely-given truths that efface all other considerations. my writing is the writing of the apocal- ypse, and it is the reading of the apocalypse as well. the filters have become the content; we are doomed, just as we continue to be doomed to play out our literary games among the havoc. body-scan 1 camera moving in raster formation across still background image a. camera focused ahead on raster track b. camera focused down on raster track 2 background image cyclic sheaf of still images - victorian azure partially in and out of costume 3 interferences along the path of the camera focused ahead 4 interferences beneath the path of the camera focused down 5 video-texture-mapping on interferences a. 'mocking interferences' following camera b. ding-an-sich interferences ignoring camera c. deliberately occluding interferences beneath or ahead of camera 1 opaque interferences 2 translucent or transparent interferences 6 particle interferences - disks with 'win' texture mapping setting 7 camera within transparent particle along same path (parenting) 8 ends w/ full-scan or continues w/ cyclic scan sondheim patent blanket the sondheim patent blanket, 7' circular diameter, non-allergenic insulat- ing substance, fully covers the user. there are two types: passive and active. the passive blanket has micro-miniature gas-exchange valves, allowing the flow of oxygen around an 18" diameter area. the active blanket has a small pump, warming incoming air to the interior temperature - the effect is a slow movement of air throughout. the sondheim patent blanket serves the function of a small blanket placed over a cat; it creates a womb-like environment, cutting back light and sound, warming the body, and allowing sleep which otherwise might be too susceptible to the elements. the sondheim patent blanket is under development. ===