Marcus - however, a case can be made that a critic of poems who cannot phrase his critique in a non-abusive way has no business calling himself a poet.
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DATE: Thu, 28 Aug 2003 02:17:17
From: Marcus Bales <[log in to unmask]>
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>Gary:
>> I collect quotes about POETRY AND ART (emphasis added). This one from Steve
>> kowit's book In the Palm of Your Hand, The Poet's Portable Workshop,
>> currently ranks as the best yet.
>> "How easy it is to wounded into silence."
>> Steve is discussing the reasons folks to not write, mostly BECAUSE OF WHAT IS
>> SAID TO THEM (emphasis added) well-meaning and otherwise.
>
>Marcus:
>> Harumph. WRITERS (emphasis added) who can be wounded into silence probably
>> ought to be silent. The trick is to be wounded into art.
>
>Gary:
>> ... I give you the long list of reasons people have kept silent
>> Physical abuse
>> Verbal abuse
>> Teachers who could not teach
>> parents/husbands/friends who discouraged
>> in an environment where reading is looked upon as odd or pansy or worse
>> no time, their priority to money and work until the blinders off
>> "I was a bad English student.'
>> simpley the fear of failing
>> low esteem ...
>> I will not assume you think someone who has been abused deserved it, but
>> I find your attitude disturbing and even a bit sickening.
>
>It's a long damned way from "Writers who can be wounded into silence probably
>ought to be silent. The trick is to be wounded into art." to "Someone who has
>been abused deserved it." You were talking about what can be SAID to a writer
>to "wound" them into silence. A writer, a person who is engaged in language,
>its uses and abuses, who can be "wounded into silence" probably ought not be
>trying to be a writer; ought to find another field, one in which they can't
>be "wounded" into giving it up.
>
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