Just FYI the links provided on this 'how to read this scalar project' page went to a blank page (Glas) with the exception of the you tube link. I have a MacBook Pro so I don't think it is my computer. If these links don't go anywhere it somewhat calls into question the beauty of this form. With everything working I think Scalar might 'work' very well for the book I have been envisioning for years. And yes a book is never done. Or perhaps better stated the subject of a book in never 'done'. For example, we scholars have witnessed the effects of time on the critical understanding / appreciation of certain works of poetry. Certain books are literally dead and only useful to cite as past examples of where we went wrong. So we can now create a living breathing work that is never finished and lives beyond the original author - similar to the actual work of art it might be engaged with. Thus art and criticism interweave as they always have done. BUT one thing that troubles me here is the distraction this new form leads to as one reads / engages with it. The reason I am able to write the book I am writing is because of my very close reading of many books. I can replicate that 'worm hole' process / journey in this format but can it inspire the process in others? Can it replicate / replace the close reading necessary to arrive at that place of being able to write such a 'book'?

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