The photograph in the title box is a close-up of a slime mold in its “slug” form, and was suggested by my friend Melanie. Slime molds live most of their existence as microscopic amoeba like entities. However, under certain environmental conditions they unite together forming a collective, unified entity, that displays directed intentionality by slowly moving from place to place to find food. When those environmental conditions change, the amoebea composing the slime mold separate and resume their separate existence. The slime mold is thus a perfect example of an assemblage, where we have something less than a rigid system or structure where all relations are internal, and something more than individuals atomistically pursuing their atomistic self-interest, allowing us to think individuals formed from individuals that can pass in and out of existence.
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June 2, 2007 at 12:09 am
Hi, just wanted to say great blog!
I’ve just started blogging myself, and was wondering if you could take a look: http://www.struggleswithphilosophy.blogspot.com
If you are interested could you add it to your blog role?
June 28, 2007 at 1:51 pm
Hi, Jared from Sportive Thoughts here. I would like to invite you to participate in the first ever–to my knowledge–”Deleuze Carnival.” There is a nice little webring (or should I say rhizome) dealing with Deleuze’s philosophy and French postmodernism in general, and I though it would be great to gather together some of our collective work in one place. I would be happy to include one of your posts in the Carnival. If you’d like to participate, there is a BlogCarnival widget on my blog. Hope to hear from you; and pass the word!
-Jared
July 9, 2007 at 3:19 am
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November 19, 2007 at 5:34 pm
Intriguing blog! Hope you receive some positive feedback/perks, etc. for you work on Difference & Givenness- sounds like you’ve put in quite a diligent amount of work/time.
Best wishes-