Good cartoon <g> Far out! Andrew (aged beatnik from Bassendean)
On 16 April 2010 22:53, Douglas Barbour <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> It's either 'the problem' or the point, Robin. Or, at least, sometimes it
> is.
>
> I can think of some conceptual poetry that holds my attention, if something
> like EUNOIA is seen as 'conceptual.'
>
> But, yes, it's the idea that makes its point.
>
> bpNichol once had a great little cartoon about this. First frame: guy in a
> room thinking: 'sit on a stage for an hour saying nothing. Far out!'; 2nd
> panel: guy on stage, thought balloons above audience members all saying
> 'Boring!'; 3rd panel: audience member telling a friend about thi guy
> sitting on a stage for an hour saying nothing, & the friend thinking, 'Far
> out!'
>
> Doug
> On 16-Apr-10, at 5:25 AM, Robin Hamilton wrote:
>
>>> On the other hand, such work allows a reader to 'get it' rather quickly
>>> & then not bother reading the whole...?
>>
>> Isn't this the whole problem with conceptual poetry (and conceptual art
>> generally), Doug?
>>
>> It's the idea rather than the actuality which counts.
>>
>> Robin
>
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> The secret
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> which got lost neither hides
> nor reveals itself, it shows forth
>
> tokens.
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