It becomes even more interesting when you show us that collage was at work, Chris; & perhaps we should have expected something like that here, but didnt, quite...
That you could do more along those lines seems plausible as well as possible....
I see from our newspaper, which publishes editorials from around the world once a week, that the Danes are having that discussion too, but in favour mostly...
Doug
On 2012-06-16, at 8:43 PM, Chris Jones wrote:
> On 16/06/12 21:26, Lawrence Upton wrote:
>> That's an arguable point of view, Andrew; but I think it's more ambiguous
>> than you allow.
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> Although Lawrence is perhaps closer to what I was thinking, I would defend and do appreciate Andrew's comment. It was a reading that did not occur to me and has got me thinking.
>
> The problem with the piece I posted was I could not preface it as fiction, since this imposed a reading. But it has given me a better idea for a small book, perhaps called Statements. I would like to go back to writing a series of short prose pieces, which I started some years ago. Doing it as collaged statements which are of course edited?
>
> I also got a better idea of Andrew's idea of poetry, an interest I have along with other current poets.
>
> Twitter may be the better place to look, but the piece was a collage from a Sydney Writers Festival panel broadcast on ABC Radio National, Why be married when could be happy, which critically questioned gay marriage and the institution of marriage, suggesting even that marriage act should be repealed; plus other comments from ABC RN and a personal comment from a conservative friend.
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