I agree that John's postings are no burden. I only read them if I have time to,
but even if I delete them I do it while wishing him well. The world is so much
more full of petty prohibition than when I was younger, I hate to see it
spreading among artists. Can't we tolerate aberrance, and enjoy it if possible?
Please continue to write, John.
AK
Reed Altemus wrote:
> Hi all,
> There have been some complaints about the volume and frequency of John's
> posting his work to FLUXLIST and a faction has given him notice and asked
> him to cease and desist. While I agree that no one should be allowed to use
> FLUXLIST to disemminate their own work if it becomes a situation of the
> majority reading one person who dominates the bandwidth for his/her own
> purposes, I would just like to point out why I think John's poetry belongs
> on FLUXLIST and why the splinter faction might reconsider their position
> and try to come to some compromise re: John's participation.
>
> John Bennett is the Lautreamont of mail art. His magazine "The Lost and
> Found Times" is a shining example of a democratic editorship which
> translates Joseph Beuys' proposition that "Everyone is an artist." into a
> new channel where "Everyone is a poet." I got interested in poetry because
> of John's magazine. When I first received it I was fascinated and amused at
> a piece of printed matter that represented so many voices all playing the
> same game which was "The Lost and Found Times". It was a community all
> joined together by John in the same way that Fluxus was a group all joined
> together by George M.
>
> I would just like to ask the so-called "faction" group to reconsider their
> request and to begin a dialogue so that somehow an agreement can be reached
> as to how John can continue to participate in FLUXLIST without some feeling
> that he is using it to promote his own work only. Also, one must take into
> account that poetry is what poets do. Maybe he could post larger
> installments less frequently or just cut back to an acceptable volume for
> the rest of the list?
>
> Reed Altemus
>
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