Peter
I think it rather comparable to the Pauline sense of folly, of being a fool
for Christ, in that one has to be 'stupid' to practise this art. But too
there is an element, a strong element, of something like autism, of being
willy-nilly unable to grasp what others take for granted, of being thrown
back on one's own resources because you can't understand the jabber of easy
understanding, its smoothtalk comprehension and comfortable categorisation.
Best
Dave
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Peter Howard" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2001 7:07 PM
Subject: Re: Back on Planet Earth
> I'm afraid I can't think of any sense of the word 'stupid' which would
> be a necessary quality of a poet. I think Muller's statement is stupid.
>
> Or perhaps I'm being stupid.
>
> Regards,
> --
> Peter
>
> http://www.hphoward.demon.co.uk/poetry/
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