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Though I am publishing this in two traditional formats (a free download and a physical text for money, rendering to the market—yada yada yada) I am also putting it into the Cloud where there will be no ISBN or copyright, I will not (nor will you) own the Cloud version.

In the Cloud, I ask that you add what you wish but take away Nothing (except understanding and community).

If something is incorrect or offensive then creatively recycle, repurpose, reuse.  

For example, if you take exception to the word, “Fuck,” then, creatively, change it.  If it were me I’d change, “He wanted to fuck her,” to “He wanted to find user-content, knowing, that the topic of world peace was hard to decipher.”  A pathetic attempt, I acknowledge. 

I know your attempts will be cleverer.

I can’t wait to see them.

For those who simply can’t stomach the idea of contributing without possession I’d suggest downloading the document immediately after your contributions for if a stream in nature is never the same one moment to another then, hopefully, neither will this Living Tome be. 

If you are determined to memorialize your own words then you can purchase your own ISBN, copyright your own version of the collective, and print copies of your version to give to your friends and your family; vanity presses have their place too (I’ve always used LuLu).   

Everyone is free to do with this Living Tome as they wish.  There can be no censorship in a free exchange.

My Friends, my Enemies, I hope you enjoy this opportunity to interact.  I accept that some will use this a venue for grievance and hatred.  I also accept that some will nurture and cultivate it hoping for a harvest of peace. 

I promise you, whoever engages in this endeavor will be affected in unusual and unexpected ways.  

Peace & Love to ALL: Let the wild rumpus begin!