In a message dated 8/23/12 3:42:14 PM, [email protected] writes:
"All the poor boy seems to be asking is; do you have a model/ paradigm that guides your aesthetic (I can be more specific, in that I would like to ask about this relative to your writing - plays)" But Saul, I claim that line demonstrates the mistake I cited in the second half of my posting: "Moreover, we the readers, are as gullible as you the writer: Very, very often something of a notion does come to mind and we unquestioningly assume it's what you're "talking about"". How do you, Saul, know what's on his mind when he says 'Aesthetic ideal'? Suppose he's not talking about something that guides me as a writer? That is, suppose he's asking something about me not as creator but as a contemplator? And why are you so sure you know what he has in mind when he says the word 'aesthetic'? I feel sure it's not the same thing I have in mind when I use that word. Meantime, however, I think you're safe in assuming he'll garner the condescending insult you have in mind when you call him "the poor boy".
