I like Salvation when it comes right in front of Army. My grandfather's
brother was in that outfit. Played the guitar, he did.
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On Tue, Nov 1, 2011 at 9:11 AM, Douglas Barbour <[log in to unmask]>wrote:
> As far as I can see, it's the word 'salvation' that has caused all the
> brouhaha, & it's certainly a term that would never occur to me in relation
> to writing poems.
>
> That some kind of 'spirituality' might inhere in a play of language, when
> that concept is not attached to religion as such certainly strikes me as
> possible, &, as David suggested, there is a line of poets (& their poems)m
> that achieve something like....
>
> Doug
> On 2011-11-01, at 5:03 AM, Lawrence Upton wrote:
>
> > Tim, Andrew, ta for your responses.
> >
> > My initial response was, in its origin, fairly close to Andrew's, though
> I
> > have somewhere along the line lost my hostility to religion per se (at
> the
> > same time as, if possible, increasing my antipathy to religious believers
> > who want society to act upon their beliefs.
> >
> > There is a possibility that _salvation_ is here used in the way that some
> > use _inspiration_; and I tend to say _God bless you_ when someone is
> > especially helpful to me or _Christ!_ when someone has been unusually
> > dumb. We do all have bits of lizard in us.
> >
> > Anyway, till we get an answer, not much point in spending time. I'll go
> > off somewhere quiet and innovate now
> >
> > L
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Mon, October 31, 2011 14:31, Tim Allen wrote:
> >> My response was the same as yours Lawrence, except I didn't think
> >> there was any point in posting it.
> >>
> >> Tim A.
> >>
> >>
> >> On 31 Oct 2011, at 12:55, Lawrence Upton wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>> Maybe I killed this off with my dismissiveness
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> or I just haven't seen other responses
> >>>
> >>> I apologise for my abruptness
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> I have been thinking of a talk (/ led a conversation) I gave
> >>> recently on painting, though I brought in poetry and music, which I
> >>> thought went ok:
> >>> the actual subject not being my choice; but afterwards I was mildly
> taken
> >>> to task for not saying anything about "the spirit of art"
> >>>
> >>> I asked why nothing had been said at the time and got no clear answer.
> >>> Then I went on and said I feel that _spirit of art_ doesn't mean
> >>> anything; and that really does seem to have caused offence. That was
> not
> >>> my intention.
> >>>
> >>> Yet my response to Millicent's question was not just a slight
> >>> difference; but an incomprehension at the entire thing, denotations,
> >>> connotations and any dark matters between. As if I had been asked, say,
> >>> what features of thirteenth century English heraldic design are the
> most
> >>> important to you in terms of personal hygiene?
> >>>
> >>> Salvation? Pauline salvation?
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> I won't pursue this if no one else does. It's just bothered me that I
> >>> might, through my abruptness, have given the impression that I am ready
> >>> to bite a head off.
> >>>
> >>> No.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Best
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> L
> >>>
> >>
> >
> >
> > -----
> > UNFRAMED GRAPHICS by Lawrence Upton
> > 42 pages; A5 paperback; colour cover
> > Writers Forum 978 1 84254 277 4
> > wfuk.org.uk/blog
> > ----
> > Lawrence Upton
> > Dept of Music
> > Goldsmiths, University of London
> >
>
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> Why poetry? And why not, I asked,
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