How to Read the Tree
So, you’ve logged into this huge
place called The Oracular Tree. You notice there is an Index page, but it
is built upon over ten years context, stories and ideas. Where
do you start? How do you approach this vast network of stories, poems,
essays, etc?
Pretend you just walked into an
auditorium full of people you’ve never met, people who all know each other,
have a dense web of interlocking histories. You’re going to be here among
them for awhile, so you pick one out, start interacting. They tell you
something about themselves, maybe make reference to someone else in the
room. You follow their lead, hop from story, to essay, to poem, learn one
thing about this person, something else about another, take in a lecture
from a featured speaker that tells you something about the predilections
of the group as a whole...eventually, you get to know a great deal about
these people, who they are, what they believe, what they’ve done, what
they mean to each other, discover what they now to mean to you!
So, wade on into the crowd. Pick
something out at random -- a title that appeals to you, a subject you find
interesting, an author you may know! We’re a friendly bunch, even though
several of us do have a wicked wit, most of us don’t bite often. We’re
all delighted to welcome you among us.
You can walk into our many spaces
back on the Index page. Or you can do an internal search
for things which interest you here: