| reactions=A name should not be
idolized, just like we do not idolize perfect figures such as circles, it
is a categorizational attempt at disecting a personality materialistically...
why bother going to psychologist than, a name is O-N-L-Y one category out
of many more ... yet to come... (no clue if this is what you asked, but
this is what I wrote after reading the purple, red, lime worded descriptions
- Marianna) |
reactions=jorge tellier, a chilean poet say "always I think in the last
person who pronunce muy name" sorry but is muy translation in spanish:
"siempre pienso en la persona que pronuncie por última vez mi nombre"
Alicia Geisse |
| reactions=Establishing relationship through naming by imposing a constellation
of assumptions, associations, experiences,etc, names only the constellation.
So self-naming is asserting a constellation, naming by others is imposing,
etc. Both assume authority over the constellation ie to name is to convict,
separate, deny relationship. Hence the experience of identity as abyss.
What if neither have valid authority? Establishing relationship/naming can
proceed only by releasing the name bearer from all constructed past/futures.
Valid relationship is possible only in a durable now in which the name is
an exchange of gifts, an affirmative "we" instead of "you" or "she/he."
Don Conway |
| reactions=I last recognised you in the animal republic, on a vast island
of unknown location, inhabited by many different species of beast and birds
who have rid themselves of the tyranny of man. You may remember that we
found the island had many characteristics described by classic poets: the
lambs associate with the wolves, the falcons fly wing in wing with the pigeons
and the swans chatted with the serpeants. I found you gazing at the phoenix's
palace, where magnificent spectacles took place, I remember that you were
particularly taken by the "Colour Display" by the birds of paradise" Was
Annie your real name or were you in hiding that day? awesome |
reactions=Reminds me of those
old AI tests, but they were, as far as I know not related to name - identity.
The other contemporary position
would be rename - identity; is the person/ place/ object still the same
when renamed /eastern european postcommunist practice/. Those who rename
believe there is the change.
ana.peraica |
reactions=I didn't expect that
this could confuse me that much. I am not the player. When I use irc - I
use it for communication only. So it was hard to recognize that at the end
I was no longer interested who the real annie is.
Don't human take every possibility
to play a role (most of them) and doesn't the community pressure them to
do so in general? And some are releaved if they have legelized options to
do so like in chat, muds or adventure games. Is it really that important
if I call myself frutja or Nadja or whatever when only I know exactly who
I am anyway?
Anyway I think today the difference
is getting bigger between what you think of yourself and other peoples thinking
who you are.
Frutja or Nadja or even no_one. |
| reactions=i was in some web
site. i clicked to remove myself from it. right in the second where the
computer was processing my command i saw my name on the page. i went back
to it and searched for a long time but it never came back. sharp_shtr |
| reactions=I hope you view this as a universal truth and not some odd kind
of drastic disruption in your life. I guess what I mean is; we all go through
this, most of us do it blindly. And the few that have their eyes open are
a bit intimidated by what it is they see. But we've made it this far...
Try to enjoy it. We still have so much more to learn. |
| reactions=i wonder...-wonder
if mite i be the one actual human...that all of my acquaintances are only
drones, that "they" are testing me to see if i am ture... Linda Batiuk |
comment= In
this experiment Abrahams tried to answer a number of questions, such as
'What is palpable of the personality behind the internet identity?', testing
recognition and sincerity, what is real and what is not, in environments
like IRC (Internet Relay Chat) channels. Using fifteen-minute question-and-answer
sessions, she tried to establish if people could recognize her, out of four
users called Annie. The results suggest that normal aspects of subjectivity,
such as personality and opinions, become neutralized in many online venues.
Rachel Green in her book "Internet Art", Thames &Hudson,
2004, pg 92-93. ISBN 0-500-20376-8. |