point-erin. a well-placed shot. indeed--matt. On Fri, 20 Nov 1998 09:21:01 -0800 (PST) erinseyes@hotmail.com (Erin McLaughlin) wrote: >This is for anonymous, or his ideas, whatever...in reply to this >post he wrote. > >"How can you say the author is just a reader? That is saying that you >are looking for messages that aren't there. The author creates the >character and their actions and their reasons for their actions. The >author knows what the character is feeling because he is the >character(especially in jds case). I have not said you don't critizcize >him frequently. If you read my previous messages you would see that I >said that you separate the author from the works. Then you separarate >the enjoyment of the works and the disecting of the works. Then you >separate the author's message from your made up meanings. Then you >separate the author as a person from the author as a semi-god. Then you >demonize the author as a person, but worship the semi-god author. Can >anyone understand what I said?" > >I was just wondering, while you were writing that post, could you tell >us exactly what the meaning is of what you're saying it, why you decided >to write it in the first place, and then your exact reasons for saying >what you did. Please be precise. > >Can you further please note what you were feeling, and what gave rise to >those feelings (just a brief psycho-analysis, if possible)? Since this >post represents exactly who and what you are, and since you own each and >every one of those words, I don't want to destroy them through my own >interpretation, you see. > >After I know exactly who you are and what you meant in that post, then I >will try to enjoy it. It's a marvelous idea! No dissection will be >necessary, because you, as the all-knowing (dare I say God-like?) author >of the message will have already explained everything to me. That's >grand! > >No, Michael, obviously I cannot understand what you mean, or what any >other writing means, unless the author tells me! So really, I'd be >awfully grateful if you could just include a brief biography with your >posts from now on, along with a detailed abstract of what we are >supposed to infer from your words. Then I have a feeling that the post >will make perfect sense to me. > >It's so funny. I used to have this silly idea that once you put words >out there, they're no longer yours. People can do what they want with >them. Wasn't that silly? > >Yours truly, > >Erin > >______________________________________________________ >Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com