Hang on
Not making an impact and not being very interesting and not necessarily the
same thing
Not being very interesting is not the same thing as being mediocre /
incompetent
Making an impact is partly a curatorial function; and a failure to make an
impact may be to do with others manipulating the exchanges of poetics into a
market biased towards themselves
Otherrwise, er, yes
L
-----Original Message-----
From: cris cheek <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
Date: 08 February 2005 12:15
Subject: Re: Academic Verse
There have
>always been lots of not very interesting poets and there will continue
>to be. From a given group of arts students, historians, writers,
>philosophers, chemists &c very few will go on to make any impact upon
>their field of enthusiasm, don't you think. So, why the problem
>specifically with artists and poets? So, there is a lot of mediocre
>competency about. That's no bad thing - or is it?
>
>love and love
>cris
>
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