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An Open Letter

To Communications Group Alpha-Omega

The TAO that can be spoken
is not the eternal TAO.

Yet it may be proposed that the Word has qualities
which allow for the transformation of Reality.

The hypothesis is:

Through the act of writing,
fundamental changes in the quality of perception can be accomplished
with results both predictable and unpredictable,
intended and unintended.

This implies a shift in the emphasis of life away
from an object-subject event in material reality
to a purely abstract conceptual framework.

This also implies

substance in the use of words
and duration in the way of life.

The purpose, to me, is the accomplishment of common goals.

Together it can be accomplished. All is possible in agreement.

Terms are vital, but not substantial.

Asked for and agreed upon, it shall be delivered.

At heart, every poet knows

the act of creation is the act of revolution --
the crucial reformation of the language
that effects the vital liberation of society.

PS:

Signal redundancy makes communication meaningful.
Signal uniqueness can also be highly suggestive.

And remember:

Dreams represent the reality we all yearn for --

the world of Infinite Plasticity.

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