COL49 Group Read - Echo and Narcissus

[David Morris]

Continuing the  information loop metaphor:

The postal service is a Communication system.  It is an information
infrastructure. As far as I can tell, it does not control the content of
communication.  It is also a public utility available to all.  So it’s a
bit hard to say how it might fit into the echo chamber myth

On Sat, Jun 29, 2024 at 6:53 PM David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:

> In the closed loop, ECHO CHAMBER prison, both characters are hooked,
> addicted to the poison of information control: filtering/eliminating out
> CHAOS to sustain the illusion of ORDER.
>
> But ONE of the characters is aware of her plight.  And she has the power
> to STOP her contribution to the loop-system.  Stopping the machine by
> REMOVING one’s contribution/role to sustaining the system.
>
> ————————
>
> *It should be noted: * *BOTH* of the [*Echo(she*) & *Narcissus(he)] *are
> bound, restrained, locked away from the world **LIFE** that continues
> around and despite them. They are in a contract for mutual destruction. So
> the Echo Court playground is full of co-dependents.
>
> *It might be noted: * *Echo* is essentially providing Narcissus a
> continuous flow of heroin.  She could stop speaking to him, removing the
> chain of herself from Narcissus.
>
>
> On Sat, Jun 15, 2024 at 3:49 PM David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Echo and Narcissus
>>
>> Echo is forever, attempting to connect to her object of love. But she is
>> cursed, gagged, able only to repeat the last words spoken by her lover.
>> And Narcissus cannot see her as she speaks, captured himself with his own
>> image.  And hearing only his own words of praise, he is locked in a sensory
>> chamber, away from all troubles, LIFE, forever.
>>
>> At one level, Oedipa is Echo, and Metz is Narcissus.  But it should be
>> noted that BOTH of the participants are bound, restrained, locked away from
>> the world *LIFE* that continues around and despite them. They are in a
>> contract for mutual destruction. So the Echo Court playground is full of
>> co-dependents.
>>
>> But it might be noted that Echo is essentially providing Narcissus a
>> continuous flow of heroin.  She could stop speaking to him, removing the
>> chain of herself from Narcissus.
>>
>> Not sure where this is going.
>>
>> David Morris
>>
>>
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