Falling Apart At The Seams: A Response To Shelley Jackson's Stitch Bitch

http://web.mit.edu/comm-forum/papers/jackson.html

Body Not Whole

            In this section of the text Jackson states that we are not one body, but hundreds of things that only appear from a distance as one body. Ok, fine, yes that is correct. However every one little thing works together in a harmony of sorts. In our body if our lungs are not attached you our throat, well I quite frankly just would not work the same, would it? Even though each separate part works on it’s own if you were to move it’s location it may not work the same, or at all. I think the same is true for writing, yes everything can stand on its own, but order is still very much important and can help to make a stronger point. Even in Jackson’s writing, how she proves her point is by not having an order, however it is meant to not have a true order and if you gave it one it would not have the same affect.

Constraints & The Book

            In this section Jackson says that there is more than just our, so-called, traditional way of writing. Once more I both agree and disagree with Jackson, yes these constraints are not the only ones however it is impossible to write without constraint. We need to break the constraints that we keep because it is how we advance and learn more. However even a writing style without constraints has the constraint that you cannot introduce rules. So although fixed constraints are not necessary, constraints are unavoidable.