That is a fine textile.

At Last: I finally understand the term textile !

From the day I dragged my boyfriend textile shopping in the dead of winter, I developed a true appreciation for textiles. (Shockingly, he didn't really appreciate this.) I also happen to really appreciate text - but I didnt think the two had anything in common. Except maybe "Bless this mess" on decorative kitchen crochets.

Alas, the term textile is a Latin word originating from the word textere, which means "to weave", as in to weave yarn to make cloth, as demonstrated by the lovely lady above. We do the same thing with words, non? weave them together to make sense. Sometimes when we are super advanced and postmodern, we can get inter"text"ual, or meta"text"ual, meaning that a bit of text about another text lies in top of a text. Many fictions incorporate intertextuality to make them more complex and interesting. Like in Shakespear's Hamlet, there is a play within a play. There are a million other examples of intertextuality out there in film and books, and they are on the rise.

George Landow knew what was up with his celebration of hypertextual freedom. He thought hypertext and hypermedia were open and linear, and crusty, ancient old books were closed. He believed that we needed to abandon conceptual systems founded on ideas of center, linearity, and migrate toward multilinearity and networks - essentially, ditch print for digital.

Pretty cutting edge, for a man who specializes in Victorian literature.