II'm trying to understand how a mythos, a meta-entity, grows and develops. I'm trying to see its life cycle, how it grows over time, what makes some of them thrive and what makes some of them perish.
The entity which creates this is a metademiurge.
I made up the word metademiurge up so I could figure out this mystery without running into preconceptions. I have to stop trying to equate it to established concepts -- especially in terms of established showbiz concepts. As soon as I do that, the other parties change their expression and to this "I know what you're talking about" facial set and I know they've made an instant assumption. Worse, they then try to give me advice on what I should do when I grow up.
It might be a point-of-view disconnect.
They are taking it as "What do I want to do with my career," or "how do I get rich," or "what should I write." That's certainly part of it, and as an egocentric human behing I'm going to look at that facet more closely, just as if I were driving on the freeway and saw CAROLYN NICITA on a billboard it would draw my attention.
But that's not the point.
They also assume I'm talking about fantasy franchises. Perhaps again that's my fault, because I know fiction best, andI've been talking, in many cases, to people who best know fiction.
But this concept also deals with physics, the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle, and veterinary science.
These thoughts may take me nowhere and I might just give up on them.
But if I can find what I'm looking for, which, heck, might just be a point of view, then perhaps I can use it as a tool to answer some other questions. I'm hoping it will be similar to the "secret equations and stock models" investors swear that Charles Schwab uses, or perhaps even an orrery, where I can see this type of entity in action, understand how it works, and then figure out how to use these principles in whatever endeavors I choose to pursue.
Unfortunately, there exists quite a bit of information, models, equations and the like, that sortof-kindof look like what I'm looking for. It's unfortunate, because that's how the preconceptions breed.
I know that principles, once established, tend to stay the same (The mitochondrial cycle. The way ASCII codes ones and zeroes into letters and numbers. Sock gnomes.)
And then there are those things which change as demographics, technology, tastes, and the air pollution index changes. But you can still measure these changes by using those things you have determined won't change, right?As I said, I don't like the current terminology.
For a Heisenbergian example, I know that growing this entity involves marketing. But as soon as I use the M word (as in marketing), I've changed the entity. People jump to the conclusion that I am no longer trying to involve them in a shared mythos; I am trying to shove ideas down their throats and hold them up for money.
In physiological terms that's the difference between breathing on a plant because it uses carbon dioxide, and cutting your hand so you can bleed on it and fertilize it. It isn't picking a leaf off because in some cases, that's involved in a natural exchange.
All right, so's getting your butt chewed on by a lion, I admit. But the point is, each physiological function should be in its best place.
And in the thing I'm talking about, I want a term that involves the function of marketing but involves more breathing and less butt-chewing.
Now to use a more specific example, some of my friends hear the work "networking" and treat it like they have to go to Facebook, open a vein and bleed on their project to fertilize it. What kind of physiological process is that? How long do you think that's going to be sustainable? (Feed me, Seymour!)
So is the problem the way they're treating the words "marketing" and "networking"? Or is it that they don't see the whole picture (actually when I get done with the model, it might end up looking like a multiplayer video game).
Fine. Is the problem with the picture that it's actually a MMORPG and they don't even know what that is? How do you know when to swing the axe if you don't even know what buttons to push, let alone what game you're playing? Hey, the term "party" means something completely different now...
(No I'm not trying to make an MMORPG. That was merely an attempt to define terms, and I like playing MMORPGs.)
But the model itself--that would have to include entities that are parasitical, because they do exist. In fact, in mythos, that would be the "tortured artist" trope, wouldn't it?
Think....abstract. Think...math. Calculus. (EEK!)
Right, that's scared everybody away. I think I'll go make oatmeal cookies now.
