Dear All,
I am a student in Leeds looking for interpretations of various aspects of
language for an art project.
The project is to be exhibited to the public in May, and you are welcome to=

pay a visit.

I am posting this invitation in several groups, in the hope of getting as w=
ide a
variety of responses as possible. I hope that you do not feel that this pos=
ting is
inappropriate for this group. If so, please accept my apologies and ignore =
this
message. I will only post this message once, and at the end of the project =
I will
post another thanking everyone who took the trouble to send a message.

If you would like to participate, please respond to this message with an e-=
mail
giving a description of your personal views and/or opinions of the words in=
the
following list, in your own words. What do you think it means? How would yo=
u
describe it? Could you describe it another way? All opinions are valid; the=
re
are no right or wrong answers. I just want to know how *you* interpret thes=
e
words:
Love
Misery
Happy
Apathy
Crazy
Confused
Nervous
Despair
If you would like to take part in this project, then please send me an e-ma=
il
with your response to any or all of these words to
love_in_your_own_words@....
I look forward to receiving your response.

Thank you

Michael Adamson

Notes to all who wish to contribute:
1. Please send your response direct to me at
love_in_your_own_words@..., NOT to the group.
2. Please send your e-mail as plain text (no HTML and no attachments). Use =

the subject line "Love is…"
3. Your message can be as short or as long as you like, covering as few or =
as
many of the words as you like, but if you go over about 100 words for each =

one, then it will probably have to be shortened – which I don't want to do,=

because that defeats the principle of "in your own words".
4. I cannot guarantee to include every entry; I don't know how many I will =

receive, and I am working within fairly strict limits of time and space. I =
also
cannot guarantee to include messages received after 1st May 2004, but I
intend to include as many as possible.
5. Your privacy is guaranteed. I am only really interested in your views on=

these words, so I will be deleting all e-mails after I have collected your =

comments. No names or e-mail addresses given will be recorded or
published.
6. I hope you will understand that I cannot promise to respond to individua=
l
messages, but I will post a general "thank you" here and acknowledge all
contributions in the exhibition.
7. The project is to be exhibited at Leeds College of Art and Design, Verno=
n
Street, Leeds, 27th May – 3rd June 2004.
8. Finally, please try to be honest, but above all enjoy taking part. Thank=
s
again.