ROOM ERI*A

<BODY BGCOLOR="#ffffff" TEXT="#222222" LINK="#669999" ALINK="#222222" VLINK="#669999"> <P ALIGN="right"><TT>...taliesin...an impulse to narrate...</TT></P> <H3> </H3> <BASE TARGET="_top"> <MAP NAME="room"> <AREA SHAPE="rect" COORDS="2241,111,2298,174" HREF="../AREAS/sp/index.html"> <AREA SHAPE="rect" COORDS="2168,176,2230,197" HREF="../AREAS/sp/index.html"> <AREA SHAPE="rect" COORDS="1473,101,1506,197" HREF="../AREAS/meimyself/index.html"> <AREA SHAPE="rect" COORDS="1570,81,1604,196" HREF="../AREAS/thesis/index.html"> <AREA SHAPE="rect" COORDS="853,65,935,198" HREF="../AREAS/misc/indexsew.html"> <AREA SHAPE="rect" COORDS="934,58,1040,173" HREF="../AREAS/misc/indexsew.html"> <AREA SHAPE="rect" COORDS="1287,42,1349,200" HREF="../AREAS/misc/indexwords.html"> <AREA SHAPE="rect" COORDS="1364,165,1407,199" HREF="../AREAS/misc/indexsew.html"> <AREA SHAPE="rect" COORDS="1834,114,1877,197" HREF="../AREAS/misc/indexsew.html"> <AREA SHAPE="rect" COORDS="1965,22,2002,117" HREF="../AREAS/chinese/index.html"> <AREA SHAPE="rect" COORDS="2230,34,2400,133" HREF="../AREAS/misc/indexwords.html"> <AREA SHAPE="rect" COORDS="2429,30,2471,137" HREF="../AREAS/misc/indexwords.html"> <AREA SHAPE="rect" COORDS="2471,46,2502,122" HREF="../AREAS/misc/indexwords.html"> <AREA SHAPE="rect" COORDS="0,0,2999,207" HREF="notyet.html" TARGET="room"> </MAP> <A HREF="../MAP/INDEXroom.map"><IMG SRC="../IMG/index/room.GIF" ALT="ROOM IMAGE MAP: Text browsers please use Taliesin key/toc instead (http://www.doubt-beat.com/taliesin/INDEX/keytoc.html)." WIDTH="3000" HEIGHT="208" BORDER="0" ISMAP USEMAP="#room"></A> <BR> <BR> <BR> <H2>Welcome! Make yourself at home.</H2> <P><A HREF="keytoc.html"><IMG SRC="../IMG/index/keyB.GIF" ALT="[key/toc]" ALIGN=LEFT WIDTH="36" HEIGHT="104" BORDER="0" HSPACE="10"></A> If you're looking for something specific, use the copper key on the left to gain access to the Taliesin site index/table of contents. Otherwise, take your time to explore the room above...If you have a moment to spare I'll explain the concept behind this site <B>taliesin</B>... </P> <P> Right now you're in the room called <B>ERI*A</B>, which is a play on my adapted name 'Erika' and the word 'area'. Although it's just an representation of a room, it as an image is nonetheless physical, material. <B>Taliesin</B>, on the other hand, is the meta-physical space you enter through this quasi-physical <B>room ERI*A</B>. </P> <P> The word "Taliesin" is the name of a legendary Welsh bard (storyteller). Here it has come to stand for the non-spatial area of meaning and narratives. <A HREF="../AREAS/meimyself/Notes/Site.html" TARGET="room" >[more on 'taliesin']</A> </P> <P> I've always been interested in the philosophical implications of this seeming dichotomy between the physical world and the world of meaning. Narratives, or story-telling with patterns of the physical world, have been my way of exploring these implicatons. </P> <P> The internet as a medium complicates as well as presents new opportunities for exploration...thus this site Taliesin, yet another twisted journey into twilight zone between the world and its meanings. </P> <P> <P> <HR> <ADDRESS> <P ALIGN="center">...TALIESIN...<BR> <I>an impulse to narrate</I><BR> <BR> maintained by <A HREF="mailto:taliesin@doubt-beat.com">Erika Chang</A><BR></P> <P> </ADDRESS> </BODY>