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I could have removed this post. I could have changed it into a regular blog entry. I prefer to leave it like this, to mark my move away from Movable Type.
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consider this … "Artistic creation is not born ex nihilo from the brains of individuals as a private language; it has always been a social practice. Ideas are not original, they are built upon layers of knowledge accumulated throughout history. Out of these common layers, artists create works that have their unmistakable specificities and innovations. All creative works reassemble ideas, words and images from history and their contemporary context."
"Only after the invention of the creative genius, practices of collaboration, appropriation and transmission were actively forgotten."
"Copyright pits author against author in a war of competition for originality – its effects are not only economic, it also naturalizes a certain process of knowledge production, delegitimates the notion of a common culture, and cripples social relations. Artists are not encouraged to share their thoughts, expressions and works or to contribute to a common pool of creativity. Instead, they jealously guard their “property” from others, who they view as potential competitors, spies and thieves lying in wait to snatch and defile their original ideas. This is a vision of the art world created in capitalism’s own image, whose ultimate aim is to make it possible for corporations to appropriate the alienated products of its intellectual workers."
"The private ownership of ideas over the last two centuries hasn't managed to completely eradicate the memory of a common culture or the recognition that knowledge flourishes when ideas, words, sounds and images are free for everyone to use."
The above from: Copyright, Copyleft & the Creative Anti-Commons
I don't want to exploit anyone's labor. Images and texts were mostly taken from the Internet and are usually linked to where I found them. These images and texts have touched me in one way or another, they've inspired me, made me think, served as a basis for the writing of poetry, etc. If you insist I take one such image or text you consider to be yours and yours only down, contact me, and I might. I'd prefer you to consider my blogging the image or text as a token of recognition, admiration or appreciation though. |
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August 1st, 2004 | 
Welcome to WP…
I think she was just teasing us with this entry… getting our hopes up, just so she could cruelly dash them into the rocks of despair. Heh.
Ha ha. Did you enjoy playing?
Come on, Morgaine.
@ nochance: Well, del.icio.us is a bookmark manager. Those are my bookmarks. I don’t see any rule about which links are allowed to be added, and which links are not. Untill then, too bad.
Hi. It would be nice if you would STOP SPAMMING del.icio.us with your crap. Bye.
‘house of leaves’ eh? loved that book, freaked me out.
*waves*
Aha! WP at last! It took you soo long
I remember alright. But it seems to me I don’t match up to you intellectually. Oh, and I admit: I’m afraid I’ll ask you dead stupid or plain silly questions.
On the other hand, why not do this one question at a time? I can do this (I am convincing myself now)! For instance, let me begin right now with a simple one.
Here it comes:
Why were you born? And I don’t want to read: because my parents were into heavy petting. I mean: do you believe you are here with some sort of task?
OK. Not so bad, don’t you agree?
GDB,
le mal aimé.
So Wordpress eh
? Tried it, prefered MT 
Gawd so many smilies can’t find the right one !!
@ Afonso: Thanks !
@ GDB: I’m still waiting for those questions you wanted to ask me, remember?
@ Stuart: The short answer? Offline life and the fact that at first it wasn’t possible to have timestamp only permalinks.
Well Hi. About time too. What took you so long?
Nice smilies.
Have I met you in real life yet?
It seems to me I have. Maybe I caught a mere glimpse.
I live in Berchem, you see.
Bizarre.
By the way: how are you doing?
I send you my kindest regards,
GDB,
you know who.
WB to the blogging world.
Well, not everything is working the way I want it to work just yet. But it’s working well enough to say byebye to Movable Type
Indeed, welcome to WP. Nice to see you got everything working the way you want.
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