Wong numba ! on 11/25/02 8:24 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Huh? Did I miss somethng?? > > Hugs, > Ashara > > R. Green wrote: > > <<Date: Sun, 24 Nov 2002 03:01:53 -0500 > From: "greenstudio" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [none] > > regarding : > > "I am partnered with a Poet. (He just handed me that > passage, btw...) > With over 200,000 books in the house (!!!), I can't move > from room to > room without tripping over Poetry in one form or another. > From the early > Greeks to the most contemporary writers, he's read it all. > I know > exactly what HE would say if I asked him if Joni were a > poet. I would > get that same look I get when he wanders by the tv set when > I'm watching > Star Trek, and they characters are speaking space speak: > "Captain, the > triambic radiation is interfering with the targetting > scanners..." > Actually, he didn't effort a grunt when I posed the question > to him." > > I would trust his informed judgement." > > I too am "partnered with a poet" whatever the hell that > means. He doesn't own quite 200,000 books mind you, but then > neither did Proust. He's had to sit through a lot > of Joni over the years and I've had to sit through more than > my share of Marcus Aurelius. These are luxury compromises > one makes over breakfast in love...these are not primary > concerns in a refugee camp. > > I've always thought of Joni as an excellent pedestrian poet, > that is pedestrian in the best sense. Her words run through > people's heads as they walk along. They don't feel so alone. > It's not the kind of thing I'd put in a mission statement > for a grant proposal but in my heart of hearts I believe it > to be one of the finer goals of art. > > I'm a painter and a writer. I've found that most people call > what they like "art". Few have the generosity of spirit to > recognise a lack in them selves when they fail to be moved > by what is generally thought of as a "great work". > Subjectivity is rampant, dear. But I'm not prepared to trust > your room mate's informed judgement about what qualifies as > a work of art any more than I'd trust my own artist in > residence > in the matter. for Chrissakes. > > I blame Ashara....>>
