On 28/3/06 11:30 AM, "Mark Weiss" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> I thought I was being clear that I meant relevance to practice, but
> maybe not. Lots of us still learn from Sappho (or our construction of
> Sappho). Fewer of us, I think, learn from Eliot. Even Eliot rarely
> learned from Eliot, tho he learned a lot from Pound.
Well, I guess you're speaking only of your own practice; others may have
different experiences. Your earlier post did have a rather Olympian air
about its judgement... Though again, to value a poet only for what he or she
has to teach is perhaps limiting. Some of the joy of poetry (or other arts)
for me is finding pleasures that bear no relation to my own practices, a
breathing space where something simply is, though I do love those who open
doors for me.
Best
A
Alison Croggon
Blog: http://theatrenotes.blogspot.com
Editor, Masthead: http://masthead.net.au
Home page: http://alisoncroggon.com
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