to answer my own question, "who needs sense...", I think it's something
like: because theory grants new perspectives and ways of appreciating
artful/-istic experiences, and uncovers some of the nuances & implications.
KS
2009/5/12 kasper salonen <[log in to unmask]>
> how I see it: theory is just the compilation of a set of norms & tactics &
> mores into a neat pile. the tactics are all there to begin with, it becomes
> 'Theory' once it is put on the grid in some way that tries (sometimes
> desperately) to make some unified sense of all those things in relation to
> writing or art or whatever.
>
> so yeah absolutely it's possible. it isn't a giant leap from that to theory
> though, because it's all ready to be made ooh-aah fabulous sense of in the
> mind. or sometimes just good sense. but who needs sense when you have Rick
> shooting off his mouth so perfectly?
>
> oh and to fuck without theory may not be impossible, but ill-advised..!
>
> KS
>
> 2009/5/12 Jon Corelis <[log in to unmask]>
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>> Is it possible to read poetry without theory?
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>> Is it possible to listen to music without theory?
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>> Is it possible to cheer Bogart's wisecracks in Casablanca without theory?
>>
>> Is it possible to weep at Orlando pleading before the Duke in All's
>> Well without theory?
>>
>> Is it possible to fuck without theory?
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