hi bricos,

ciao Jaromil...nice to read you. i am sure you are much aware of the fact
that it is often as difficult to seek answers as to pose questions.
There is a thread or perhaps not, to the openness of the network, of its
relations and many reflections, which come by.

me and John gave ourselves few tasks, one of it was finding the thread, or
better, we decided to call it glue, to narrate relations, being in constant
flux between a network. of course of those who respond to it. These lines,
stories can only pretend to mimic histories of the network that is not 'its
history', it would be impossible to map multiplicities of campfires and
star-nights out there. it would be more like seeking out the origin of the
universe.

We are looking for these simple conversations and connections, and not
pretending to be illuminated by the past as in history.
Often as imaginary as real, putting eyes ( I can't possibly call it just a
face if I refer to bricolabs) to a name is not that immediate. threads are
conversations, spontaneous moments in time, threaded resonances (affective
also)

and infinity of possibilities - for example the haikus/which Asbesto sent
has shown a very interesting narrative, which for me is reflecting a good
essence of Bricolabs mailing list...but I reckon that automated generation
of text cannot just be it. but its frame is pure logic of the code and hats
down to that. so what else is there, imperceptible lists, nodes,
cells...and is just intriguing.
and yes! hope to see you soon again J.
Jerneja



On Tue, May 28, 2013 at 12:50 PM, John Hopkins <jhopkins@???>wrote:

> I think it's also worth asking whether or not it is actually an
>
>> "option", and how persistent it is. Do I call myself brico? When,
>>> with whom, against which alternatives? Am I more brico than
>>> metareciclagem? Or both? Or none?
>>>
>>> Identities, multiplicities, belonging, building...
>>>
>>
>> I think the question on how one has arrived is wrong, with all respect
>>
>
> Jaromil -- hmmm.
>
> (speaking for myself only, not Jerneja)
>
> I believe it when I tell my students that no questions are wrong or stupid
> (as they have been told to believe by conservative and close-minded
> education indoctrinators). In the process that Jerneja and I volunteered to
> undertake, there has been much more silence from a list of 190 people than
> questions and I would like to suggest that joining in the questioning
> process in proactive and positive ways would be more helpful to us in doing
> what is, in my mind, an impossible task...
>
> I am rather sure we will please few if anyone in the execution of a 2D
> text Reader -- given the multi-dimensionality and the multiplicity of flows
> that 'are' bricolabs. Of course, a decent strategy for this reductive
> process is to 'yield space' -- that is to simply allow for what is to
> express itself by standing far back and/or simply becoming a participant.
> In this case, we shall have to leave large expanses of blank space to
> reflect the dominance of silence in the extremely long (or perhaps short!)
> tail of the 'network'... Those who are speaking, connecting, are indeed the
> glue: what would brico be in total silence? Finding the resonances that
> allows us to experience one another requires what is always a faltering
> expression of our presence. What more might we do in this life?
>
> If you know your history
> Then you would know where you're coming from
> Then you wouldn't have to ask me
> Who the heck do I think I am
>
> (maybe we are all Buffalo Soldiers ... in our own way)
>
> with respect also...
>
> jh
>
>
> --
>
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