Dear Claire
Welcome to the list!
At 10:06 AM +1000 10/10/02, Claire Gaskin wrote:
>I
>sometimes pick up the underlying assumption, in general, that you can't be a
>serious thinker if you say something positive and if you are not cynical. I
>reject this assumption as much as I reject people being positive without
>being discerning in their critique or when their positivity is about denial
>and not sincere. I'm not accusing anyone of either of these things. I just
>feel these issues where raised both personally and to do with writing. As
>someone who teachers creative writing they are important issues to keep
>thinking about.
Any unquestioned ideology is always a problem, no? Especially with
arts like poetry, which seem to me founded on doubt, somehow - that
dancing on the abyss.
As for your daughter linking HP with The Gift - well, what can I say?
I'm rapt to hear of her response, the book is about enchantment. If
my bank balance ever starts approaching JK Rowling's (ah, _that's_
fantasy...) I'll start a fund for indigent poets.
At 10:06 AM +1000 10/10/02, Claire Gaskin wrote:
>What is the etiquette for this list? Can I put a poem straight up for
>comment. Does it matter if its unpublished and out for publication etc
No, feel free to post whenever you like. The only question which
sometimes arises is that of copyright, as this is a semi-public forum.
Best
Alison
--
Alison Croggon
Home page
http://www.users.bigpond.com/acroggon/
Masthead Online
http://au.geocities.com/masthead_2/
|