heresanewideaimgoingtowritealongstorywithoutusinganyspaceso
rpunctuationtheideaistocreateaworkthatcanbereadinawayanalog
oustotheancientwritingsinwhichtherewerenospacesnorpunctuati
onorcapitalisationsinthiswayihopetoexperimentwiththehumanm
indscapacitytoassimilateandparsedatawhichisnotconvenientlydi
videdintomentallydigestiblepartsnoparagraphbreakseitherjustw
ritingihopethatmyreaderswillbeabletounderstandmyideasasilay
themoutforthemwithnohelpfrompunctuationitissaidthatspaces
wereoriginallyplacedintextssothatuneducatedorlearningschola
rscouldreadthembetterwhilethemoreelitereaderswouldeasilyr
eadlonglinesofunbrokentextasnaturallyasanywritingwithbreak
sandthatiswhyiexperimentwiththisformherebecauseibelieveth
attheaveragereaderoftodayhasenoughbrainpowertogetthroug
hatextlikethisevenifitmighttakeeachwordafewextrasecondsor
sotodigestorthatsomewordsmightbemissedcompletelybutthat
isokaybecauseiamwritingforfeelhereandyouarenotmissingany
thingifyoushouldmissafewwordshereandtheremybeliefisthatt
hehumanmindisquitecapableofreadingsuchapassageasthisbut
thatittakessomementalmusculesifyouwillthatwearenotaccust
omedtoexcercisinganditisinthisexcercisethatithasbeenpropo
sedthatcertaindisordersofthemindmightbeavoidedinadditio
nibegintoseethatthismethodofwritingtakesuplessspaceandi
sthusmoreeconomicalandishallbeabletosaveonpapercoststh
oughthecostofinkperpageisprobablyhigherinthismethodiam
alsostruckbythefacthaticantakeadvantageofsomeambiguiti
esinthebreaksofwordseventhoughidonthaveasharpenough
wittobeabletonoticetheseintimebeforetheyaresettopagepe
rhapsiwillwriteaworksomedayinwhichiwillspendtimelookin
gforcleverplaysthaticandomeanwhileonceagaininoticethath
tereaderstendencymightbetoreadthistextinaratherhurried
fashionbutiurgehimhernottodosobuttoattempttogothrough
thistextwithareasonableamountofslowandcarefulanalysisth
isisnotmeanttobeastreamofconsciousnessorspeedyreadinga
lthoughicanseehowitmightbeusedbysomeassuchiamveryte
mptedinthismodetoavoidgoingbackandeditingmywordsasif
theycannotberemovedandaresacredperhapsitismoretrueof
thisstylethatitwantstoimitatethoughtandthusisarecordofth
oughtsratherthanaforethoughtargumentforwhatiamdoingi
cannotimaginedoingadraftinthisformateventhoughthatispr
obablywhatiamdoingnowinsteadiwilldraftincommonprose
withspacesandounctuationandcapitalsonlylatertranslating
itintothiskindofrapidtextwhichihavenonamefornowirealize
thatpunctuationisimportantformeaningespeciallyinspoken
languageaswellasinwrittenenglishbecauseofthevarietyofsy
ntaxesavailabletousbutitisalsoimportanttorecognizewritin
gasadistinctiveformofexpressionwhichcanbecompletelydiv
orcedfromthespokenwordandthusabsorbedmuchmorequic
klyunfortunatelyiforeseethisstyleofwritingrequiringmuchs
tricterrulesofgrammarthanthespokenformofprosewhichpu
nctuatedwritingindicateshoweveriamnottheultimategram
mariannorismystylethegreatestatleastnotwithoutagreatd
ealofeditingandpolishingbutanywaysthisisadifferentformo
fthoughtwhichibelievecanbemoreefficientandcommunicat
ecertainideasbetteratleastuntilitsnoveltyiswornoffandpeo
plebegintoreadthisasnormallyasanyotherkindofwritingstil
lithinkthereissomehopetobehadthatarevolutionarywayof
writinglikethiswillleadsomeofustomakebreakthroughsinth
oughtwhichweotherwisemightnothavemadesimplybecaus
ewewerestuckinarutandwealwaysseemtobegettingcaught
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Sunday, June 8, 2008
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