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"Nearly all of my recent writing results from an attempt (Montaigne’s essai) to utilize scientific theories and their implications in creating the literary experiment. I always begin with a question, much in the same way a scientific experiment begins with a hypothesis to be dis/proved. In the case of The Jiri Chronicles™ – a book without boundaries that contains over 500 individual works, often satirical, of prose, poetry, music, interviews, visual art, video, websites, performances, consumer products – the primary question and thus the experiment could be framed thusly: 'What is Systems Theory as it relates to literary fiction, and vice versa?'”
On the Garden Path: music video by Umlaut with 4 dots not 2
Clip from the satirical music video by the fabulous art metal band, Umlaut with 4 dots not 2 (formerly Ümlaut). Produced by Jaded Ibis Productions, Inc., and Debra Di Blasi. www.debradiblasi.com. One of over 500 works in The Jiri Chronicles™.
Jung in Africa
Jung in Africa: A Meditation in 7 Parts. Video, audio and editing by Debra Di Blasi. Based on C. G. Jung's Memories, Dreams and Reflections and on Di Blasi's frequent visits to Africa.
"[In Africa] the cosmic meaning of consciousness became overwhelmingly clear to me... I, in an invisible act of creation put the stamp of perfection on the world by giving it objective existence. This act we usually ascribe to the Creator alone, without considering that in so doing we view life as a machine calculated down to the last detail, which, along with the human psyche, runs on senselessly, obeying foreknown and predetermined rules."
–C. G. Jung
Fall Into the Gap: Part One
Debra Di Blasi narrates her 2008 Associated Writing Programs (AWP) presentation on the marriage of text and image in fiction and other narrative forms. Recommended reading for literary and art critics, creative writing and English professors, and writers who aspire toward approaching, Herein, Di Blasi discuss Bardo, neurological synapses, amazon.com's Kindle, virtual reality, Second Life (and lives), typeface design and usage, advertising, brain computer interface, Oblomov, willful ignorance, and much more. Originally presented on the AWP panel, "1000 Pictures."
Fall Into the Gap: Part Two
Debra Di Blasi narrates her 2008 Associated Writing Programs (AWP) presentation on the marriage of text and image in fiction and other narrative forms. Recommended reading for literary and art critics, creative writing and English professors, and writers who aspire toward approaching, Herein, Di Blasi discuss Bardo, neurological synapses, amazon.com's Kindle, virtual reality, Second Life (and lives), typeface design and usage, advertising, brain computer interface, Oblomov, willful ignorance, and much more. Originally presented on the AWP panel, "1000 Pictures."