The LEWL Organisation
Languages, Emphasis and Words in Literature
Quoted from the LEWL task-
LEWL is an organization dedicated to the written word. Broadly, LEWL embraces all use of symbols as communication.
Symbols, especially words, have a kind of mysterious power. By naming something you can define it or create it; redefine it, change it, or transform it; make it safe or make it a threat. By making a symbol for something, you have made a kind of avatar, and doing so gives you understanding and power. The form of a thing gives it a shape; the shape defines what it does and what it is. Symbols weave through our lives, from the friendly walk signal to the code that runs our computer systems. These symbols have meaning, and that meaning gives them strength. And words in are particularly mighty symbols.
We are creatures of symbol and language; each one of us is built to use them to understand and define the world around us. Words are our strongest tools and our keenest blades. They are at the core of our truth and of our fiction. They are commands and law, as well as the main way we pass on and acquire knowledge. They are what weave dream and vision into reality: they take ideas and give them form. A well-phrased argument can change our world; a well-told story can create a new one.
LEWL is Power.
LEWL is Emotion.
LEWL is Excitement.
LEWL, is the written word.
Does the UofA cover some of the parts of LEWL? Perhaps. But maybe UofA has had its time in the spotlight. It had a great run--maybe a little too great. It is becoming increasingly clear that the trajectory of desire laid out for Aesthematics is so broad and all-encompassing that at times it can be vague and ill-defined, and creates an imbalance between the membership in the various groups.
LEWL seeks to end that imbalance. Along with another group, one dedicated to the visual and auditory arts, LEWL could replace the current UofA, and restore the balance between the group dynamic in SF0. But LEWL is more than simply a replacement. Beyond just 'writing,' it encompasses semiotics, symbology, literacy, and communication, in all their forms and meanings.
All the LEWL tasks and completions can be viewed on the LEWL website(approve sites).
