Wouldn't you like to be a cyborg, too?
Hey Julie: Your post reminded me of Marc Prensky's distinction between digital natives and digital immigrants. Today's youth are the natives, using digital tools to transform communication (think of text messaging) and consciousness, where the blur between human and digital identity seems without question in the cyborg era. At the same time, the immigrants are your average teachers, presumed to be unfamiliar and uncomfortable with digital tools. I see you as the future of the profession, a generation not uncomfortable with the tools and willing to push the envelope on what writing is or can be. With that said, does being a cyborg mesh with your view of yourself as a writer, an artist? Seems like it expands the possibility--one of the reasons I like studio models of the writing process, when color becomes as important as commas.

Kris