2003-06-14

D&G- Abstract machines


p142
The diagrammatic or abstract machine does not function to represent, even
something real, but rather constructs a real that is yet to come, a new type of
reality. Thus when it constitutes points of creation or potentiality it does
not stand outside history but is instead always "prior to" history.

[I like this. It's not just the potential, it's not about the properties and
emergent properties of the things that are... it's *the way of the world*
independent from physics, distance, etc. And all this stuff, de.t., double
articulation, strata, etc -- these are all aspects of the behaviour of the
abstract machine, all details of the way things work.]

[On this note, I'm beginning to understand the idea of a "symbol" being a sign
of de.t., it goes two ways. A event gets de.t., becomes a symbol.]


p144
a biological stratum, for example, evolves not according to statistical
phenomena but rather according to cutting edges of deterritorialization

[of course! In nature, whatever there *is* exists *within* the isness, and
becomes fodder for the next generated iteration [generation]: this is the pull
mechanic, atelic. Very nice to see this here.]