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FacebookIn a previous version of AsherNet, I answered the question, “What the Hell is this?”
This is an online story, an endlessly developing one. It is also an interactive story, one involving a community as well as a personality. In some ways this is close to the tradition of the online journal (see links). It can also be likened to a kind of open-air expressionism. The ‘notes’ for this story, in all their various forms… poems, tales, letters, jottings, virtual books, rooms, doors, corridors, icons, colors, fonts, layout, structure, reveal the plot, the setting, the theme, and the characters – including the protagonist. You’ve heard it said that the medium is the message. The form of speech communicates as much as speech per se. Every aspect of this multiverse of personality is a contribution to the story. The reactions to these notes, as they take shape, have ranged from praise to ridicule to bewilderment. These reactions too, are sometimes part of the story.
