There Is Justice

Thinking about what goes on inside complicates the question of the virtual and the real, because it leads to the conclusion that since I live in two worlds in the real world already, the outer and the inner, a virtual world is actually a 3rd world. So, if I were to sit quietly and enter my inner world in a closed room in Lambda Moo, would the inside I visited be a 4th world? Of course not. We all know that would be a ridiculous statement, because nobody needs technology to go into his or her inner world to begin with. No matter which world we’re in ––the real or the virtual–– we’re in the same inside. And this means, in reality, if he isn’t a true sociopath, Mr. Bungle committed a very real crime against himself.

Out with the old and in with the new… we no longer discuss the possibility of an all encompassing place of clarity, of yes and no, outside the circle containing the yin and the yang. Now that place is said to be found inside the circle on the line between the two figures. That place of yes and no is now described as the place between the sign and the signified –– the slash between the Sign/Signified. This is exactly opposite in juxtaposition with the place of the line in the old religion, yet both represent a way to transcend duality. What’s next?

Out with the old and in with the new… we no longer discuss the possibility of an all encompassing place of clarity, of yes and no, outside the circle containing the yin and the yang. Now that place is said to be found inside the circle on the line between the two figures. That place of yes and no is now described as the place between the sign and the signified –– the slash between the Sign/Signified. This is exactly opposite in juxtaposition with the place of the line in the old religion, yet both represent a way to transcend duality. What’s next?

I’d love to enter a VR world in its finest form to enact a plot. However, since I enact a plot in reality, my plane of existence responsible for the twists and turns, not to mention there are so many ways to be creative in this world, I don’t think I’ll lament over the fact that experiencing the ultimate VR world is not in the cards for me. And you can say sour grapes, but how could VR, even though some dream of it as “total art,” possibly be considered “the ultimate medium?” Art is meant to be shared.