What exactly "slightly low agency?" I am going to take this quiz and report back.

By the way, there is a showing of "Orlando" at Pitt next week...I thought of you and your class.

I am an advocating creator. I don't know how to get the image up though.

i, too, am an advocating creator.

i would like to know what high agency is.

Hmm... I'm not sure what they mean by it, as I posess only "slightly low agency," but I'm guessing they're using "agency" to refer to your sense of your own ability to do things. Meaningful thing, ideally.

So, my "slightly low agency" shouldn't refer to my ability to do stuff, but to my perceived ability to do stuff on my own and under only my own power. I pretty much think that much of what happens in our lives is the result of coincidence and the confluence of far too many factors to be calculated, coming together with our own actions. That is, you do stuff and sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't. It's not you, it's you meshing with the universe that's either: 1) screwing you up; or 2) making it all come together.

Hey, as a philosophy it works for me. Doesn't work for everyone. Especially you Advocating Creator types, I'm guessing. But what do I know? I'm just a Reserved Artist.

Hope that was helpful, Sharon.

JMJ, or anyone else -- any thoughts on "High Agency"?

My crappy old college dictionary says agency means "the state of being in action or of exerting power." This doesn't seem to allow for one's perception of power or self-esteem.

In the law, a primary concern with "agency" is its scope. Ultra vires activities are those which exceed the scope of the agent's delegated authority and are generally (although not always) considered not to bind the principal.

In this particular context, I suspect phrases like "high agency" and "slightly low agency" may have less to do with the perception of power than with the reality of power.