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From: Alan Sondheim <sondheim@panix.com>
To: Cyb <cybermind@listserv.wvu.edu>, Wryting-L <WRYTING-L@listserv.wvu.edu>
Subject: life, as above, so below
Date: Thu, 3 May 2018 02:09:12 -0400 (EDT)
life, as above, so below http://www.alansondheim.org/persurge.png proof of life above http://www.alansondheim.org/elektra.mp3 proof of life below this piece is for tom ellis; a very longtime active member of the cybermind email list, we heard yesterday that he died. our hearts go out to everyone. cybermind started in 1994, has had a roiled history, and many of the earlier members have moved on or died. in a way it's been close, perhaps too close, to real life; it changed from a list considering theory, to a list living it, to an online community of some depth; what it's lacked in size, it's made up in empathy, compassion, discussion. jon marshall, by the way, still a member, wrote an ethnography of the list, titled living on cybermind, which is still available. there have been other articles and books in which it's discussed as well. it's sad, these disappearances and a general aura of ageing that surrounds us, and it's sadder when members die, their email addresses emptied signs, structures. and here's to all of us who have made the list what it is, hoping that it will continue, at least for a while, the curtain still up, a few players walking the stage of history and quietude. love to everyone, alan