tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2091394862702289333.post7109387404503216980..comments2011-01-25T08:30:05.872-08:00Comments on Red Light! Green Light!: Redon's Pegasus Captive. The Throne. Us and Yours.Red Light! Green Light!http://www.blogger.com/profile/13994217336172081977noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2091394862702289333.post-43321209004980230812008-04-08T01:26:00.000-07:002008-04-08T01:26:00.000-07:00haha. well. it might be a good time for me to go h...haha. well. it might be a good time for me to go hibernate for awhile. i feel exhausted having to explain both my misunderstood self and my own misunderstandings. no harm was meant. often i've made the mistake of presuming i knew anything at all about anything. the dandelion is fine on its own. i made a wish. or a few. my wishes were meant to plant some seeds; and impulsively i would like more time to explain them. yet they are, afterall, seeds. they do their seed thing. gone into the earth or swept away.act robothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00643855846834752032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2091394862702289333.post-59790265298855777362008-04-06T09:48:00.000-07:002008-04-06T09:48:00.000-07:00i deleted the comment because it clearly left the ...i deleted the comment because it clearly left the domain of anything constructive. we're all here to help each other out, no matter the degree of seperation in our approach, no matter what standards we have on our self image in that approach. we all use what is neccessary to cross the critical bridge. i don't like the assumptions either, but all one can do is raise a flag, a foresight, that will hopefully be recalled in future situations to assist in making a better decision. we've got to expand our borders, not strengthen them.Red Light! Green Light!https://www.blogger.com/profile/13994217336172081977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2091394862702289333.post-61245370953998673072008-04-05T23:07:00.000-07:002008-04-05T23:07:00.000-07:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.wolves for breakfasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09665179824976431315noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2091394862702289333.post-6576885587022565352008-04-05T23:02:00.000-07:002008-04-05T23:02:00.000-07:00i meant to say contemporaries AND PREDECESSORSi meant to say contemporaries AND PREDECESSORSwolves for breakfasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09665179824976431315noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2091394862702289333.post-9271483112536448352008-04-05T22:58:00.000-07:002008-04-05T22:58:00.000-07:00i like enemas. it's not smart to categorize franz...i like enemas. <BR/><BR/>it's not smart to categorize franz wright in the same group of his father. <BR/><BR/>i think as a poet/artist/person it is important to be humble. if one is overly concerned with himself, with his own perceptions and processes, he will inevitably fall behind, not having learned from the mistakes and successes of his contemporaries. <BR/><BR/>still yet, poets who throw out value judgments so liberally are not really poets. rather they are pompous mirror-masturbators who may enjoy the process but in the end they are still alone, which i hear is the worst fate for an artist.wolves for breakfasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09665179824976431315noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2091394862702289333.post-48042168101661185102008-04-05T08:06:00.000-07:002008-04-05T08:06:00.000-07:00franke, franke. its fine really. just saying "bore...franke, franke. its fine really. just saying "bored long enough" and "clinical" and "high brow", what's the point? other than the obvious? by not quoting me, you're not addressing me but you're calling out my writing on completely pejorative and subjective terms, without any critical and objective perspective. when faced with this kind of criticism, this is how i respond. we'll catch a beer together. really, its a matter of language, no pun intended. disagree with me, please. criticize my work. but don't simply attempt to diminish my work with needlessly aggressive terms.iffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18358259732154725767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2091394862702289333.post-3501605124868434332008-04-05T00:57:00.000-07:002008-04-05T00:57:00.000-07:00haha. it's unfortunate. probably no small fault of...haha. it's unfortunate. probably no small fault of my own. much energy and time went into trying to tie some diverse and obscure references together to talk about poetry. <BR/><BR/>well. i'm accustomed to being misunderstood and outright rejected . <BR/><BR/>"one must take into the world something other than their own opinion of it."<BR/><BR/>you said i could quote you. so i have.act robothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00643855846834752032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2091394862702289333.post-90796478048559639452008-04-04T13:53:00.000-07:002008-04-04T13:53:00.000-07:00its ok, franke, you can quote me.its ok, franke, you can quote me.iffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18358259732154725767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2091394862702289333.post-70600692290105665282008-04-04T13:50:00.000-07:002008-04-04T13:50:00.000-07:00connotating wittgenstein or philosophy in general ...connotating wittgenstein or philosophy in general to "high brow" perspectives elliminates the general public from the desire or capacity to accessing these texts, and by doing so somehow transforms them into a "high brow" cultural elite. elitism and high brow serve no other function than a pejorative one and serve no use whatsoever in literary criticism. they are terms of resentment and transform arguments into an emotional pathology which is uninformed of itself. in short; false. to use the term high brow automatically assumes a binary, a low brow, and through a manifestation of a linguistic metaphor, recreates the hierarchial system it attempts to escape. further, it assumes itself in the passive position and entraps itself only in defenses to this high brow, never once creating an utterance "outside philosophy". one must take into the world something other than their own opinion of it.iffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18358259732154725767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2091394862702289333.post-79763662402626789572008-04-04T11:50:00.000-07:002008-04-04T11:50:00.000-07:00only in america does literature assume itself apar...only in america does literature assume itself apart from philosophy.iffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18358259732154725767noreply@blogger.com