The LOST
A Letter That Was Never Sent
This page presents an unanswered letter from within Wayfinder—a document left in limbo, breaking fourth-wall immersion by not responding to the reader. This absence challenges expectations about closure and meaning-making.
TURN AROUND.
The Sea /
The Mother
The Letters That Speak
A poetry collection questioning our place in life. Questioning who we've become when so much is behind us, and so much is still ahead.
Float
Footnotes & References
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Core Theoretical Foundations:
- Wolfgang Iser – The Act of Reading (1978) – How gaps and absences shape interpretation.
- Jacques Derrida – The Post Card (1987) – Explores the undelivered message as a philosophical problem.
- Michel Foucault – The Archaeology of Knowledge (1969) – The power of unspoken historical texts.
- Wolfgang Iser – The Act of Reading (1978) – How gaps and absences shape interpretation.
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Critical Debates and Counterarguments:
- Plato – Phaedrus – Critiques the written word’s inability to self-defend.
- Richard Lanham – The Electronic Word (1993) – Questions the authenticity of digital correspondence.
- Walter Ong – Orality and Literacy (1982) – How texts lose performative immediacy.
- Plato – Phaedrus – Critiques the written word’s inability to self-defend.
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Empirical Studies & Case Studies:
- If on a Winter’s Night a Traveler (1979) – Uses an unfinished novel structure.
- Griffin & Sabine (1991) – An epistolary novel with missing responses.
- Dear Esther (2012) – Uses fragmented, incomplete narration.
- If on a Winter’s Night a Traveler (1979) – Uses an unfinished novel structure.
