Bill Bartlett wrote:
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> At 2:58 PM -0500 17/11/05, Doug Henwood wrote:
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>> Never hurts to rerun this...
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> Doesn't it? This is meaningless gibberish.
Oh, it's not meaningless. Given a few hours, I could translate this into English. But I don't because anybody that writes like this does not care about truth or communication, and therefore is not worth five minutes of my time. I'm not saying that they might not stumble upon some truth accidentally, just that their language is not going to help them get there.
It's like this -- without funding or support, poetry, dance, drama, painting continue because there is something compelling(and addictive) about creating art. Without the academic institution of criticism, 99% of this kind of writing would disappear. Every generation might still have its Wittgenstein, and poets and painters might hazard the odd essay about what they're about; but mostly the art would speak for itself and future artists will learn as all artists learn: through observation, practice, and passionate love.
Joanna