Saturday Open Thread: SN and Internav

This morning I've been thinking quite a bit about the fundamental interrelatedness of SN (subversive navigation) and internav (intersubjective navigation). Marking, overheading, positioning, and chatter-plotting are all essentially intersubjective activities. With this in mind, I'm given to wonder, does the empathy that we employ to allow us to recognize the labyrinth as mine as well as the Other's ultimately do violence to the fundamental nature of our own subjective experience of the labyrinth as such? Are internav ethics unethical? Does approaching the labyrinth in such a way that it is not "in each case mine" threaten to void or alter the integrity of the being of the labyrinth?

Important questions indeed, and ones about which I would like to hear more discussion. Thoughts?

Thursday Evening Open Thread

I've been thinking quite a bit about egression (the act of leaving a labyrinth after reaching the center) in the wake of much serious conversation with fellow CLP member John K. I'm curious to know if anyone has any thoughts on the ethics of egression. The principal issue that I've been grappling with concerns whether it is more or less ethical to return to the perimeter via the same route that one initially navigated on his way to the center. After hours of reflection, I'm still unsure about which method (taking a decidedly new route or tracing one's steps back to the perimeter) is the more ethical and the better suited to a properly primordial navigatory experience.


I'd love to hear any thoughts people might have on this issue.