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| You are my prosthetic limb |
| 11.07.04 (1:30 pm) [edit] |
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I've been increasingly systematizing my writing process. We might call it the "technologies of writing," 'technology' in the Greek sense of techne, the means by which something is done and, in this case, the ways in which I shape and condition the way I write. The way that third parties participate in my writing is crucial: I depend upon people, whether other writers in workshop or artists like my best friend. The networks that I create between myself and others are, therefore, part of these enabling technologies. They are like prosthetic limbs, extending the reach of what I can do as an artist. These limbs are entire systems of writers, critics, libraries, publishers, etc.
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