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Last night I searched my server — as I do now every night — for files that shouldn't be there, amused to find myself hoping against wisdom to come upon another shadowy, arcane movie review installed into a random directory by my mystery hacker.
I found nothing.
But no sooner had I given up than appeared this curious pop-up window...
And so, the file. No weirdly abstract film chat, this one. This file's different. Concrete. Perhaps deceptively so. This file describes what it's like to be haunted by something ordinary, and yet to perceive it to be extraordinary, or even supernatural. This might be what it's like to hallucinate perspective — to see the world as it usually is, while imagining a different inside of your mind.
This file also contains a JPEG. If what the hacker says is true, he (she? it?) has got an astounding grasp of cross-dimensional file formats. Not to mention the English language. And the internet! It's certainly striking, the notion that our 21st century info-hemorrhage could be so massive that it just bleeds into another world.
Which brings me to the photograph itself. I recognise that JPEG, because I posted it, minus the colour pattern, on my Tumblr, two days back — the same Tumblr, so it seems, referenced by my extratemporal friend. That shadow photo seems to have exerted an influence on his shadow visions. And he wants more.
What I want is to see where this goes. My main concern is not having enough good photos to keep the hauntings coming. To that end, if you've got any pictures you think might qualify as 'intriguing' (and you don't mind possibly seeing them uploaded to another planet) consider sharing them online and posting the URL on my Slate of Entry.
You could help a great deal just by posting links to one or two of your, say, Flickr photos. I'm committed to releasing anything that sparks from your shot into the Public Domain, for use by you or anyone else in any way whatsoever. No copyright. It's condition 1.
PLQ.
2 comments:
Hi Laroquod, I think this is an amazing set of posts. I have a post on my blog, http://historiesofthingstocome.blogspot.com/, called 'The Indiscernible' which will be posted on the morning (EST) of November 17. One of the pieces I highly recommended was your blog ghost story. Have a look on the 17th and hope that's ok and that you like it. Cheers ToB
Thanks ToB, and I am subscribed now so it should show up for me when it comes through. BTW I'm impressed with the foreplanning of your bloggery! 8)
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