Re: Lehrer and Whitman

Fri, 05 Dec 2008 09:03:42 -0800 

William ,
I'm Ok, but my heart doc want me to nurse it with a stronger
 therapy regiment after my recent procedure. Not a big deal.
I've got sculpture to do, so i'll concentrate on what is best for
me to get back in shape, but I managed to finish my last work.
I enjoy making statements on art,even if they're nonsense to others.
mando

On Dec 5, 2008, at 6:02 AM, William Conger wrote:


Mando;
Are you OK? Your contributions are needed here. Your sensitive artist's voice is always clarifying. 

WC


--- On Fri, 12/5/08, armando baeza <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:


From: armando baeza <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Lehrer and Whitman
To: [email protected]
Cc: "armando baeza" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Friday, December 5, 2008, 12:16 AM
I'll be away a few months, perhaps longer. So long and
thanks.
mando

On Dec 4, 2008, at 7:44 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:


In a message dated 11/29/08 8:08:38 PM,

[EMAIL PROTECTED]

writes re
the Lehrer:



"Tell you what: Let's get through the

book first, then return to

parse
and critique its writing. It's pretty quick

going. . ."



It ain't quick for me, largely because I'm

continually halted by

what I
consider Lehrer's many inadequacies. When I read

any philosopher,

indeed, any
alleged expert, if I become convinced he's just

not up to the job,

I seldom
feel
like pressing on. I react the same to all genres of

"artists". If I

read a
great
deal by a given novelist, and it all displeases me, I

do not feel

derelict in
not reading all of his works before saying HE   as a

writer is

displeasing to
me. Same with a given novel; the phrase in publishing

is, "You do

not have to
eat all of the egg to know that it is bad."

Can this occasionally make for a "mistake"?

Yes, but with the

limited amount
of time I always figure I have, I judge that the few

mistakes are far

outweighed by the time saved (and

"aesthetic" angst avoided). I

know it's not
out of
the question that Lehrer may have some remarks to make

I may

esteem, but if
his
reasoning does not improve damn soon, I'll judge

he will turn out

to be a
great waste of time.

(I realize I have not detailed here all my reasons for

judging him

so. But
the point of this posting is solely to say, "This

is how I react,

why I may
not
agree with Michael that I should push on through the

entire book.

I'm a slow
reader of philosophy." WHY I react this way

toward Lehrer would

call for
another posting, one that would be bound to be very

tedious -- and

time-consuming)





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