Another random thought from Maya, down under. This collaborative project and our communications via the forum discussions or emails can create frustrations as we hit questions, answers, requests for clarification and subsequent clarifications back and forth and back and forth, until perhaps two or three or more emails, we have our questions answered. Not to mention that in this back and forth, the involvement of even two or three people can change the course of the original question. While this time delay and long distance communication challenges our project, it is an oddly satisfying feeling once the question has been answered. It's that feeling you get when you play Monopoly and you make it around the board without going back three spaces or getting sent to jail. Also, the fact that we writers are located around the world makes for an almost 24 hour working project. I drift off to sleep each night wondering what will become of the seeds that I have sown in the discussion forum, and wake up to find that something has sprouted - be it a comment or another question. The night elves working on our collaborative project, our beanstalk project, tended by our international group, all hours of the day, someone working on it everyday.
In a world where there is a paradox of physical distance but internet proximity, it is a wonderful thing to have a project that brings people together - be it a project of the arts or the humanities - to work for a common goal. And with that, I sign off and await to see what sprouts this seeds will bloom.
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