Okay, so I felt like I didn't explain my image in class today very well, but here is a pretty good picture that I think illustrates what I was trying to say. There is the canon in the beginning and as time continues and there are more works to choose from, the canon can branch off of itself, constantly weaving in with other texts and branching off of those, etc., etc., etc. I see the canon as fluid and everchanging, always morphing, but keeping the same quality throughout.