On Mon, Jul 14, 2008 at 11:47 PM, TheOldMole <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Might this not be a field in which being a dilettante could be a good
> thing? . . . I'd suggest that dilettantism, coupled with humility, is a
> wonderful thing -- "I've just read a book that excited me and gave me new
> insights," rather than "I've just read THE book and now I understand it
> all."
Thank you for this. I do, indeed, think poetry is a field in which being a
dilettante could be a good thing.
At the very least, a better thing than not approaching the field at all.
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