> Isn't that kind of scary 'knowingness', and egotism, the same with
insiders of
> any arcane genre? Am I talking about poetry? Never, it scares the horses.
>
> Best,
> Jill
Yes, Jill, gulp, I think it can be so, but the horses here are whinnying and
kicking at the doors at the thought. I often feel there's a distinction
between poetry, that beautiful art, and the 'poetry world', that horrible
place, but that again is a primitive dichotomy, tho' one could wonder
whether such simplified polarities are at the basis of how we think, like
'on/off', 'di and dum'.
Best
Dave
David Bircumshaw
Leicester, England
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Jill Jones" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2001 3:42 AM
Subject: Re: THE SWING IS ON
> > who are these (presumably) part Cornish Melburnian women with eyes for
the
> > nags and bums on corporate seats?
>
> Strewth, mate. I got no idea either. Will I know one when I see one?
>
>
> >I don't know of any. I'd say, from my
> > observation post, that knowledge of the track has something slightly
scary
> > about it, there's an egotism at work there, a 'knowingness', that I find
> > discomforting, altho' there's quite a few people I'm acquainted with
locally
> > that have that arcane understanding, but I don't choose the world I live
in,
> > nor ever have done!
>
> Isn't that kind of scary 'knowingness', and egotism, the same with
insiders of
> any arcane genre? Am I talking about poetry? Never, it scares the horses.
>
> Best,
> Jill
>
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