Narrative theory has been living a Ptolemaic universe. We present here a heretical view of narrative of which "the primary elements… are embodiment, gravity, and the flux of evolutionary change." No longer will the alleged uniqueness of human consciousness be allowed to rule the exploration and analysis of narrative. The Earth is not at the center of things; it is simply our home. We are not the rulers; we are merely dwellers.

After Derrida, Foucault, et alia, after we have cleared our eyes and taken a look around for ourselves, after we have established our bearings, we begin to explore a dangerous Middle Way between biological essentialism and social constructionism. What we find on the Middle Way are gaps, stop-gaps, silences, pauses, and empty spaces that have a materiality that we describe as syndectic, as possessing and forming connectivity, which is also one of the core issues of both the production and propagation of digital media as treated elsewhere in this Webplex. Indeed, we’ve presented here a diverse collection of opinions and concerns, with studies of narrative in clothing, music, painting, and improvisational collage, as well as the "traditional" medium of ink-on-paper.