Thanks to Ron Pellegrino for taking the step

 of creating the Metaesthetics list, and to those gathered

 around the campfire, telling tales.

Without this catalyst, 

I don't think I would have had the reason

--or the courage--

to extend this invitation to collaborate.

     There’s another intention connected to this phase of the Glide project that I want to make explicit.  I feel a great sense of gratitude to Eric Wenger.  I’ve not only played in his digital sandboxes for several years, making mud pies and sometimes castles, but I’ve been inspired by the tools themselves to whole new ways of thinking, feeling, and perceiving.  If the Glide oracle turns out to be an exuberant smorgasbord of productions enabled by U & I software, I couldn’t be happier to have facilitated spreading the fun around.

And if having a venue where like minds and spirits can hang out and add a few twists to the spiral, dancing to the tune of the evolutionary imperative...who knows what the next steps might be?

Best,

Diana Slattery