Ha. Of course.
I just thought it neatly provocative....
(on the other hand, the relation to the emotions to be squeezed...?)
Doug
On 22-Dec-05, at 10:42 AM, Stephen Vincent wrote:
> Lars is forgetting that some poets have very good 'tubes' and really
> know
> how to squeeze and spread the stuff - and clean out everybody really
> good.
>
> Stephen V
> http://stephenvincent.net/blog/
>
>
>
>> With reference to another conversation we were having recently, this
>> from a friend, seems pertinent:
>>
>> The idea that emotions should have some special sort of sanctuary
>> inside poetry is the consequence of an aesthetic which I used to call
>> "toothpaste aesthetics." The poet is perceived of as existing inside a
>> tube containing passions and unstable emotional life. When you press
>> on
>> this tube, feelings are expressed and turned into poetical expression.
>> Whatever you might think about this model, whatever it leads to, it
>> doesn't lead to poetry.--Lars Gustafsson, "A Defence of Poetry."
>>
>> Well. Okay.
>>
>> Doug
>> Douglas Barbour
>> 11655 - 72 Avenue NW
>> Edmonton Ab T6G 0B9
>> (780) 436 3320
>>
>> the precision of openness
>> is not a vagueness
>> it is an accumulation
>> cumulous
>>
>> bpNichol
>
>
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