Re: CHAT: Unsolicited abuse

-----Original Message-----
From: Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...>
To: Multiple recipients of list CONLANG <CONLANG@...>
Date: Tuesday, May 11, 1999 1:10 PM
Subject: Re: CHAT: Unsolicited abuse


>Sally Caves wrote:
>> and
>> wondering if I were unbalanced, too, because I had Teonaht.  But it's
>> all in the way it is used.
>
>I'd say it's like the difference between being delusional and writing
>stories.  Both involve creating events that never really occurred, but
>one is a form of mental illness, and the other is a form of creativity.
>

Perhaps the most serious form of this delusion is suffered by those poor
unfortunates who find themsleves compelled to painstakingly write down
little dots on paper that represent extended sequences of meaningless tones.
I believe they are called "composers", or something like that.

:)