INTRODUCTION

Work on this project was accomplished through an Alden B. Dow Creativity Fellowship, Summer, 1999. I am grateful to Northwood University and the Creativity Center, Midland, Michigan. Special thanks to Liz Drake and Ron Koenig for making my life delightful while there. Gen Aris and Gainesville Poets and Writers critiqued the writing. Peter Belesis of Webreference came through with a great cross-browser Java Script for drag and drop of text. And Marjorie Luesebrink, Talan Memmott and Stephanie Strickland listened and responded to some of my ideas. My sincere appreciation to all those mentioned.

The Roots of Nonlinearity:
Toward a Theory of
Web-Specific Art-Writing

Christy Sheffield Sanford

  1) POSITION [maze plat]
  2) PROBABILITY [teal uncertainty]
  3) PENETRATION [green op-portunity]
  4) PARTICIPATION [tuxedo night]
  5) CONNECTION [pink kiss]
  6) OMISSION [atomic script]
  7) INCEPTION [page one]
  8) INSCRIPTION [green invention]
9 ) EMPTINESS [fleur de lis eclipse]
10) TURBULENCE [quantum curtain]
11) REPETITION [rose delirium]
12) DETERMINISM [runaway amulet]
13) EXPANSION [hidden columns]
14) DYNAMISM [underwater scene]
15) ATTRACTION [charismatic balls]
16) GEOMETRIZATION [circle blink]
17) SATISFACTION [bliss balls]
18) OSCILLATION [cinquième cherry]
19) INTERFERENCE [water finger]
20) CONFIGURATION [satin wheel]
21) PREDICTION [peach sky]