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Welcome to the source of my intruige--or rather, the realm of my fanaticism: rhizome. This section asorbs itself
with Deleuze and Guattari's Rhizome, as conceptualized in their massive A Thousand Plateaus: Capitalism and Schizophrenia.
The exerpt above serves as a succinct summary of Deleuze and Guattari's treatise, but cannot hope to imply or depict the full scope
or richness of A Thousand Plateaus's Introduction. The above encapsulates the issues at the root of my own
fascination: alinearity, relativity, texuality, and associative endlessness--the same fundamental
issues that fuel my interest in the rhetorical dimensions of hypertext.
At present, this section offers two paths at its entrance--one to my own essay on hypertext, rhetoric and the rhizome, and the
other leads to the Rhizome Discussion Forum--though it cannot remain limited to those intial forks, by definition. Its growth is both
my expectation and ambition, and to this edgeless end, I welcome your suggestions and feedback.
Reading the Rhizome is my hypertextual adaptation and revision of Hypertext and Hypermedia: Toward a Rhizorhetorical Investigation of Communication.
The process of this adaptation has proved more challenging and vexing than I originally anticipated, and I intend to detail those trials
and tribulations here eventually, to whatever extent they may prove informative, curious, or simply amusing.
The essay is also linked to a discussion forum; it is my hope that you will submit your comments, criticism, and questions
to the forum, as I am not only eager for feedback, but would like to see my own work serve as a departure point or reference for future dialogs on the
subject of hypertext.
May 22, 2008: Sorry, the forum is closed--we're working on something far more communal... stay tuned!
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