Regeneration


I II III IV V





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I
mmmmmmmmmmm I heard a strange sound -- it seemed to be completely foreign to
mmmm It was then that I came upon them
mmmmmmmmmmm the surrounding area and its goings on. Though the dancers were
mmm together. There was another, like her, male
mmmmmmmmmmm rhythmically symmetical, this noise was clearly not made by
mm yet not man. He also wore layered white robes and too,
mmmmmmmmmmm them. It was a singular, but infinitely repeated;
m had magnificent rainbow-wings. I was watching them --
mmmmmmmmmmm it had not the clang of a bell, not the hiss of a cymbal -- just that
staring even -- but neither of them noticed nor seemed to care.
mmmmmmmmmmm single, repetitive, ting. I decided to search for the source of this
Though each faced different directions, their eyes did meet,
mmmmmmmmmmm noise, and just maybe, I'd find it somehow connects to the man
m one seeing only the other. No longer did they swim, but
mmmmmmmmmmm and woman I had originaly been following. Just then, I turned
mm hovered in effortless suspension. Each encircled
mmmmmmmmmmm around and indeed, glimpsed its source: it was the clinking to-
mmm the other with a perfected orchestration,
mmmmmmmmmmm gether of identical, clear-glass bottles traveling along a conveyor.
mmmm primal yet familiar.

II
Reproduction

involves not just merely

duplicating individuals or objects of

the same type. It does, as a matter of

course, involve some degree of imitation.

However, it is concerned moreso and specifically

with the process of re-generation; that is,

productive re-presentation.



Baudrillard speaks of cloning as 'unmediated

propagation.' It is asexual: in fact, the absolute

depletion of sex and subject occurs, eliminating

both mother and father from the process of

reproduction. Such an elimination, the

eradiciation of the mediated,

reveals a re-generative loss

of (O)therness.



What should be done here? We cannot simply

console ourselves by pretending that cloning is

bad and we must avoid it. We must, first, realize

that neither reproduction nor cloning may exist

without the other -- not because of the opposing

qualities demonstrated here -- at least, not solely.

Each of the two concepts are illustrated because

they are at once different and the same. To say

that 'reproduction both is and is not cloning' is

not a contradiction in terms, nor meanings. It is,

rather, quite an acurate assessment. Developing

the mediated learning environment requires that

one is able to both recognize and articulate this

sense of betweenness -- whereby two contrasting

concepts or meanings are illustrated in terms of

the synchronicity of their differance, that is, the

identical that is not the same.

III
Regeneration

mmmmmmmmmmm is posited

as both a basic

mmmmmmmmmmm human hope and fear.

As with the heptad,

mmmmmmmmmmm and the motherless,

it is a divine perfection --

mmmmmmmmmmm the beginning in

eternal life.

mmmmmmmmmmm And

as with the ennead,

mmmmmmmmmmm it is a wise perfection --

the ending in

mmmmmmmmmmm maturation.

Hopes and fears

mmmmmmmmmmm are often interchangeable,

interdependent,

mmmmmmmmmmm but never

separate,

mmmmmmmmmmm distinct.

IV
mmmmmmmmmmm Info-tech, then, is the solid base, providing stability in the mediated learn-

The mediated learning

mmmmmmmmmmm ing environment -- efficiency in process, effectiveness in function, clarity in

environment is communications technology

mmmmmmmmmmm meaning and an overall sense of sense. While comm-tech is fertile, in a state

not merely information technology. That is, info-tech

mmmmmmmmmmm of perpetual rhythmic fluctuation -- multiplicative; alternative processes,

provides the foundation for comm-tech: It functions simply for

mmmmmmmmmmm combinations of effects and affects in functionality, the subjectivity of inter-

the transmission and dissemination of information -- as efficiently

mmmmmmmmmmm pretations and overall dis-plays of sense. The issue here is that both of these

and effectively as possible. Now, though well-crafted systems of information

mmmmmmmmmmm types of different technologies, or different functional aspects of the same

technology are extremely important to the functionality and subsequently, the

mmmmmmmmmmm technology, are not only in contrast to one another, but are also partial

successfulness of educational media, they are extremely important foundations --

mmmmmmmmmmm elements of acontextual whole. Both, in fact, stand in opposition to each

just that -- and nothing more. A high-quality foundation solidifies or grounds

mmmmmmmmmmm other, while mimicking its counterpart. The developer of the online

the environment; however, building upon that foundation constitutes the actual

mmmmmmmmmmm mediated learning environment must both apprehend and comprehend the

processes and practices of media development, generating character within

mmmmmmmmmmm significance of this reproductive and ironic relationship. It is, undoubtedly,

the learning environment -- the medium. And this sense of individuality or

mmmmmmmmmmm his or her most important obligation in re-generating an interactive life-

unique character distinguishes communication technology. It is

mmmmmmmmmmm world for virtual learning. The genius of productive re-presentation, though,

the innovative perspective or strategy the developer

mmmmmmmmmmm is not as much the challenge of re-generating a virtual lifeworld for learning

brings to the work. It is the fulfillment of

mmmmmmmmmmm but invested in re-generating the desire for re-generation.

technological potential.

V
mmmmmmmmmmm Zygotes may be none other than the fruition of the call-to-action.

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Desire, too,
Eden's maiden

mmmmmmmmmmm Energy is a fluid force that, channeled into ideas, makes them solid.

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Multiplier of images
Earthen and impregnated unconscious

mmmmmmmmmmm Unlike the booming roar of thunder, the strike of lightening may be fatal.

mmmmmmmmmmm ~ - ~ - ~ - ~ - ~ - ~ - ~ - ~ - ~ - ~ - ~ - ~ - ~ - ~ - ~ - ~ - ~ - ~ - ~ - ~ - ~
There, potential fulfilled:
Encouraging natural growth

mmmmmmmmmmm Spirit is the driving force of flesh -- the vehicle of spirit.

mmmmmmmmmmm ~ - ~ - ~ - ~ - ~ - ~ - ~ - ~ - ~ - ~ - ~ - ~ - ~ - ~ - ~ - ~
Rhythmic ripening.










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