Accessing Asemics - Work by De Villo Sloan

[cheryl penn]

Asemic writing – it belongs to the post literate genre, right?  Free floating, mind unbound,  experimental, abstract. It hints at meaning, whilst denying specific content.   It may use visual language structures whilst negating language concepts in its illegibility.  It certainly free floats in the avant-garde, rooting itself (sometimes) in the earliest forms of writing.

This could read as a modern archaic (oppositions  I know) foundation cuneiform text – as illegible, but faintly recognizable as a writing system.

It’s a shadow writing system, right?  Shadows, images emerging out from the asemic palimpsest.   

A post-literate society is still hypothetical? But more real than we can imagine I think.  Its coming further out of the shadows each day. Its reality is growing, unchecked.

And then we have the blots. Rorschach inkblots.  Somehow there is a VERY intriguing connection between asemics and this technique.  Yes, in psychology tests involving interpretation are used, along with algorithms to determine emotional functioning and personalities – what is so different here in terms of analyzing personal writing systems? The term “ambiguous designs” certainly comes to mind.

 

And the methodology?

Free association phase – for sure!

Inquiry phase – absolutely!

It all makes cognitive sense to me.  Thank you DVS – a stimulating piece of work – absolutely FAB verb pages.

 

 

[cheryl penn]

Like Asemics? I have to wonder at what Gate-way Asemics open to the unconscious?

[De Villo Sloan]

Cheryl, I appreciate your commentary. It's always nice to have feedback. I'm glad you picked up on the Rorschach inkblots and think it's an area worth exploring. Rorschach, of course, goes back to classical Freudian analysis - yet they are still used today in the world quantitative measure. It just could be they are a gateway to the unconscious - one among others. Thank you, again.