Jim: That's so much clearer that there's nothing that's not obvious. Also nothing that has much to do with Kenny.
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>From: jim andrews <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Nov 9, 2014 9:39 PM
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>Subject: non poemy poems
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>in visual art, there is no necessity to know how to draw. this does not mean that the ability to draw is outlawed.
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>similarly, in poetry, there is no longer any necessity to produce poemy poems whether they are written, spoken, or whatever. natural language is intermedial with other arts and media in much contemporary art. it doesn’t mean that poemy poems are outlawed. again, it’s a matter of poetry having expanded much like the term ‘visual art’ has expanded to comprehend much more than previously.
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>and just as, in visual art, we now say ‘of course you don’t need to know how to draw to be a visual artist’, so too will we say ‘of course you don’t need to know how to write poemy poems to be a poet’.
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>ja
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