That line of Thomas Mann's: "a writer is a person for whom writing is more
difficult than it is for other people".
In childhood, some people on the spectrum acquire a precocious grasp of
quite advanced language. They're not so great at *communication*, as such,
but they can certainly do things with words.
Poetry's melopoeia fills in for me some of the affective resonance that is
missing from the speech of other human beings. A poem can stage a drama of
reason that has for me the satisfying richness and ambiguous plasticity
that I imagine other people discover in social encounters.
D
On Sun, May 26, 2013 at 9:59 AM, Chris Jones <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> thanks for this, much appreciated
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> On 25/05/13 08:58, nieuwland jeroen wrote:
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>> i think everything is affect & affects. this is a great talk about autism
>> & affect: http://www.youtube.com/watch?**v=DqUaEcO30T0<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DqUaEcO30T0>
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>> at one point Erin Manning says sthg like "autists come to language
>> through poetry"
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>>> From: Chris Jones <[log in to unmask]>
>>> To: [log in to unmask]
>>> Sent: Saturday, May 25, 2013 12:40 AM
>>> Subject: autism and poetry
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>>> In the popular view autism, as that which is without or beyond affect
>>> and ordinary human emotions, would be seen as the impossibility of
>>> poetry, given poetry is all about affects.
>>>
>>> I was wondering if this has appeared elsewhere?
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>>> BLOG http://abdevpoetics.blogspot.**com.au/<http://abdevpoetics.blogspot.com.au/>
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> BLOG http://abdevpoetics.blogspot.**com.au/<http://abdevpoetics.blogspot.com.au/>
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