Petterd
sent Caney some screen snatches of images he'd made. These images
led to a discussion of creating distance. Diane had not seen screen
snatches before and liked the effect of lessening the claustrophobia
that might be associated with a narrative voice which is continually
addressing the viewer. The person initially imagined by Caney when
writing the poem was the figure of an omnipotent God. The addressee
then became, for her, a friend who had suicided. As a writer, she
had felt quite remote from the actual presence of both these imagined
beings. She was also concerned that an over-familiarity with a screen-viewer
(the third imagined "you") could create a resistance in that reader
to the words being spoken from the body of the site. Petterd agreed
and a long discussion ensued.