Hayles Network Art
February 21, 2009 at 8:43 pm | Posted in Exactitude | Leave a commentTags: IF puzzle
When incorporating N. Katherine Hayles Electronic Literature with The Jew’s Daughter by Judd Morrissey, one example Hayles uses really fits together with this E-lit example. Hayles discusses Emily Short’s Savoir-Faire, which involves the many interactive fiction puzzles that need to be solved. Short’s believes that solving many of the IF puzzles requires the user to make a leap of inference from one device to another that resembles it in function; for example, if a door and box are properly linked, opening the box also opens the door. Such moves resemble the operation of literary metaphor as well as the interactive narrative previously discussed.
Just like the E-lit example, the IF puzzles of a box that opens a door compares to the words throughout Morrissey’s story. The clicking of the blue words opens a new door to a new story, creating a connection between them all. This immediate interaction of words is like solving a puzzle to unfold the story. There is no limit to what can be solved through interaction fiction, making each story more interesting and compelling to read.
E-lit Example
February 21, 2009 at 8:19 pm | Posted in Exactitude | Leave a commentTags: weaving
The Jew’s Daughter by Judd Morrissey is an electronic literature example that is very comparable to exactitude. As the reader moves the mouse over the links placed on the page, segments of a page replace one another very quickly, giving the reader the feeling that they are watching a single page that evolves as you click on another word. The Jew’s Daughter is an interactive narrative, progressively weaving itself together by way of the transformation of single words on each page. The words that are blue on the page are the ones that change the text all together. The weaving of the lettering is what stood out most while going through this E-lit example in comparison to Calvino’s ideas on exactitude.
Exactitude is not always about limits but really shows forms that are endless in literature. Therefore, The Jew’s Daughter also depicts this endless idea for online literature. The story alone is about how the words make up a continual story that can be changed by the click of one word. The weaving of these words throughout the story also pinpoints the idea of how exact the story may be even when it constantly is changing. Since the story is interactive, it illustrates the idea of “no limitations” exactitude brings forth.
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Analogy of Exactitude
February 21, 2009 at 7:49 pm | Posted in Exactitude | Leave a commentTags: pole vaulting
Pole vaulting is an athletic field event in which a person uses a long, flexible pole, which today is usually made of fiberglass, as an aid to leap over a bar. The approach consists of the vaulter sprinting down the runway in such a way as to achieve maximum speed and correct take-off position upon reaching the pit. The pole is usually carried upright at the beginning of the approach, and then gradually lowered as the vaulter gets closer to the pit. By doing this the vaulter can use the potential energy stored from carrying the pole upright to their advantage. Next, the vaulter must use the extension of their hips upward and legs as the shoulders are pushed downward, causing the vaulter to be positioned upside down. The turn is executed immediately after or even during the end of the extension. As the name implies, the vaulter turns 180° toward the pole while extending the arms down past the head and shoulders.
As you can see, many different aspects must be taken into consideration to pole vault correctly and safely. Pole vaulting is even more detailed than explained above and takes every part of your body and mind to complete the jump and make the height. There are endless amounts of things that go into pole vaulting and only after years of practice can a vaulter get a grip on each position. Still, vaulting is a sport that requires so many exact movements and really can never perfectly be done each time. The process of pole vaulting idealizes exactitude in that it evokes the idea of the endless because it takes nonstop amounts of time and precision to do.
Emblem of Exactitude
February 21, 2009 at 7:32 pm | Posted in Exactitude | Leave a commentTags: calipers
The caliper is a good representation and symbol for exactitude. A caliper is a device used to measure the distance between two symmetrically opposing sides. A caliper can be as simple as a compass but very accurate in it’s measures. The tips of the caliper are adjusted to fit across the points to be measured, the caliper is then removed and the distance can be read by measuring between the tips with a measuring tool, such as a ruler. This tool makes it possible to directly obtain a more precise measurement. The accuracy of measurement when using a caliper is highly dependable and exact. Since the caliper is used to measure things that are smaller in size more precisely, it exemplifies exactitude as a well-defined and calculated tool used in literature.
Intro to Exactitude
February 21, 2009 at 7:18 pm | Posted in Exactitude | Leave a commentTags: crystal and flame
Exactitude can be defined in several different ways. It can be a well-defined and calculated plan for a certain work in question. Exactitude can also be an evocation of clear, incisive, memorable visual images and a language as precise as possible both in choice of words and in expression of the subtleness of thoughts and imagination. What makes exactitude so interesting is that it does not always represent ideas of limits or measure but can be seen as a form that evokes the idea of the endless.
Calvino uses two very interesting emblems to represent exactitude, which I found very informative and fitting. The crystal is the first which models the process of formation of living beings that are best visualized by it. The other is the flame, which is used to make visible the alternatives offered to biology. Both together are two forms of perfect beauty according to Calvino and represent two modes of growth in time, two moral symbols, and two categories for classifying facts and ideas. The flame and crystal can be related to the idea of exactitude because they represent the tangible aspect of things that are as precise as possible.
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