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Comment on Accessibility & Poetry by Clara

Clara — Tue, 07 May 2013 01:51:35 +0000

Thanks Ray – and there’s really no reason anyone should feel obliged to like something, just because of, well, of anything. A serious critique, though, should be backed up by more substance than we so often see …

Comment on Accessibility & Poetry by Ray Nayler

Ray Nayler — Tue, 07 May 2013 01:10:44 +0000

Thank you! I was nodding along the entire time.

In the end, nobody reads the terrible poems of 150 years ago, or the horrible novels of a hundred years ago, unless they have a prurient intereset in that period’s dreck. I,too, have difficulty with contemporary poetry. With time, though, I always come across something that I like.

A solid argument!

Comment on Public or Private? by Clara

Clara — Sun, 09 Sep 2012 19:22:05 +0000

Indeed . . .

Comment on Thank you, Charles Simic; or, My Continued Disorganized Discourse by Clara

Clara — Sun, 09 Sep 2012 19:20:35 +0000

Thanks for this apt quote.

Comment on Thank you, Charles Simic; or, My Continued Disorganized Discourse by Johnny

Johnny — Sun, 09 Sep 2012 18:27:09 +0000

Film director Martin Scorsese also sums up this conundrum;

“What does it take to be a filmmaker in Hollywood? Even today I still wonder what it takes to be a professional or even an artist in Hollywood. How do you survive the constant tug of war between personal expression and commercial imperatives? What is the price you pay to work in Hollywood? Do you end up with a split personality? Do you make one movie for them, one for yourself?”

Comment on Public or Private? by johnny

johnny — Sun, 09 Sep 2012 18:09:54 +0000

If you contain your content for too long, it will fester, then explode.

Comment on 423: The Invention of Money | This American Life by Clara

Clara — Mon, 03 Sep 2012 23:57:10 +0000

“The most stoner topic we have introduced on our show.” – Ira Glass