Yeah, somehow I'm stuck with Shakespeare. Transcended by so many fellows
but here I am with him and his damn duck. Oh, to be in the vanguard of
genius! Ah, me!
On 11/28/07, Roger Day <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> *yawn*, not that old shit
>
> On Nov 28, 2007 9:24 PM, joe green <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > Sorry, just seem like cliches to me. Been through that...no there
> there.
> > I'll reread King Lear instead. Especially the last few lines.
> >
> >
> > On 11/28/07, Barry Alpert <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > >
> > > I find your language totally unconvincing as evaluative criticism and
> > > suggest you demonstrate scholarly mastery of all the material indexed
> > > within the useful site "John Cage Online":
> > >
> > > http://ronsen.org/cagelinks.html
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Yes, tends to reconcile one to the world as it is. Very motivational.
> > > I think Dale Carnegie said it first tho --in "How to Stop Worrying
> > > and Start Living."
> > >
> > > Something else of equal depth!
> > >
> > > "Instead of worrying about ingratitude, let's expect it. Let's
> > > remember that Jesus healed ten lepers in one day--and only one thanked
> > > Him. Why should we expect more gratitude than Jesus got?"
> > >
> > > Indeed!
> > >
> > >
> > > "If something is boring after two minutes, try it for four. If still
> > > boring, then eight. Then sixteen. Then thirty-two. Eventually one
> > > discovers that it is not boring at all." --John Cage.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > And to that I say:
> > >
> > >
> > > Souls of poets dead and gone
> > > Be sure to keep your condoms on.
> > > Be advised your lissome muse
> > > Won't be as prankish as she used.
> > > And though, perhaps, your stiffened chillness
> > > Will seem to some a formal stillness
> > > And the worm your daily wage is:
> > > You'll still be better than John Cage is.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On 11/27/07, Barry Alpert <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > "I have nothing to say / and I am saying it / and that is poetry / as
> I
> > > needed it" --John Cage
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > --
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