Dear Sally,
It's my belief that everyone on this list has a right to disagree with
anything anyone else says -without being accused of being confrontational.
That seems like trying to patronise somebody into silence.
Personally I found Marcus's phrase 'being wounded into art' very
thought-provoking, as so much great art is produced through and by
suffering.
Kind regards,
grasshopper
----- Original Message -----
From: "Sally Evans" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, August 28, 2003 7:16 AM
Subject: Re: [THE-WORKS] Reply to Marcus about the quote
> Marcus, if you listen to Gary instead of being confrontational, you will
> gain some ideas ie something to write about
> bw
> SallyE
>
> on 28/8/03 3:17 am, Marcus Bales at [log in to unmask] wrote:
>
> > 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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