hello mr. x-acto, it seems to me that the perfect reader, is the one that gets the story and loves it, as much as it's author, if not more. The perfect writer is the one that puts down the words to that story that is loved. I can't imagine any other criteria.
carrie On Wed, Apr 3, 2013 at 5:12 PM, X <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello Ant, > Thank you for intrest in the philosophic question, it is an interesting > topic. My initial response to the question of what makes for a first class > reader is having a love for the written word, but I suspect it goes deeper > in the love for story and tales and the value of the mythos, but, one must > have the techne of a practiced fluency in order to enjoy that well told > mythos > so that one forgets the written words and experiences the tale being told > wether that tale is well told or not. > Bad writing, poor grammer, unclear use of words fail to evoke that illusion > effectively poor technique force the words to the fore front of attention > and > neglect the story wether the story is good or not. > > What makes for a first class writer is the appreciation of a first class > reader > the two go hand in hand, kind of like a genius is only a genius when the > culture > values their accomplishments. > > Know what I mean? > > -Ron > > .. > > > Ant McWatt <[email protected]> wrote: > > >Ant McWatt comments: > > > >I enjoyed the quote of Cather's that Ian posted below (in the context of > Pirsig's teaching methods at MSC) but, at the same time, that's a damn good > point, Ron. > > > >However, that leaves us the question of what makes for a "first class > reader"?! > > > >Best wishes, > > > >Ant > > > > > >Ron (X Acto) said to Ian Glendinning, April 2nd 2013: > > > >Assuming' of course, one is a first-rate reader. > > > > > >Ian Glendinning <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >>Interesting quote tweeted by Hugh MacLeod (gapingvoid): > >> > >>"Truth: "The qualities of a second-rate writer can easily be defined, > but a > >>first-rate writer can only be experienced." —Willa Cather" > >> > >>... given the original English teaching / marking episodes from Pirsig ? > >> > >>Ian > > > > > >. > >> http://moq.org/md/archives.html > > > >Moq_Discuss mailing list > >Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. > >http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org > >Archives: > >http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ > >http://moq.org/md/archives.html > Moq_Discuss mailing list > Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. > http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org > Archives: > http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ > http://moq.org/md/archives.html > Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org/md/archives.html
