wounded into silence!
bw
SallyE
on 29/8/03 12:37 am, grasshopper at [log in to unmask]
wrote:
> 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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