It seems from the post that the differences how we see things are not so big. Boris Shoshensky
---------- Original Message ---------- From: Michael Brady <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Changing my mind confabulation? Date: Tue, 1 Sep 2009 23:27:10 -0400 On Sep 1, 2009, at 11:19 PM, Boris Shoshensky wrote: > I agree on "That's terrible", but to say "That's great" is more > complex > process. Perhaps we see things differently! <g> I know I do make such snap judgments, and they usually prove to be durable. But I renew them each time I see the works, and sometimes a terrible work grows on me and I reevaluate it, and likewise a great work begins to diminish. What typically happens is that certain qualities or aspects of the work obscure others, and later I see the others after I've gotten used to seeing the things that got in the way. As I'm writing this reply and reviewing my memories of first encounters, I find that I usually sort them into five groups: Definitely not good Probably not good, but I'll keep an open mind Unremarkable, maybe good, maybe not, but it doesn't do anything for me Probably good, but I'll have to think about it Definitely good Most of the works in the two extremes stay where I put them, and usually works in the gray, dull middle stay there, too--although I can recall certain works that seemed uninspired at first and second looks, but after a while, I bumped them up (almost never down). Works in the other two categories have proved to be more mobile. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Michael Brady [email protected] http://considerthepreposition.blogspot.com/ Subscribe: [email protected] Unsubscribe: [email protected] ____________________________________________________________ Click for a wide selection of quality scales. http://thirdpartyoffers.netzero.net/TGL2241/fc/BLSrjpYSwFIUzQzHevIIAGlI7uOPjd j3rVN8Vm5XhXW4rFXzbllnAf42IBy/
