tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15224520.post1381326152124231088..comments2024-01-07T05:28:45.522-08:00Comments on Thmazing's Thutopia: Third Five Books Finished in 2007Th.http://www.blogger.com/profile/16460795570237872290noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15224520.post-57235260993547773002008-12-17T23:12:00.000-08:002008-12-17T23:12:00.000-08:00.I'm writing another post now wherein I mention Fo....<BR/><BR/>I'm writing another post now wherein I mention Foer and I have to update my feeling about him.<BR/><BR/>I hate him.<BR/><BR/>He is a shallow and cowardly writer. He hides behind postmodern tricks and emotionally saddled historical events to hide the fact that he doesn't know how to write or what to write about.<BR/><BR/>I have nothing against postmodern tricks or writing about either the Holocaust or 9/11. I just don't think using those things as crutches rather than learning one's craft deserves any respect.Th.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16460795570237872290noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15224520.post-78403907429117828982007-03-06T14:19:00.000-08:002007-03-06T14:19:00.000-08:00I blame Romanticism for putting such a burden on a...I blame Romanticism for putting such a burden on artists to be "original". Most content is somewhat unoriginal, but form is moldable. Of course, as I type this, I realize that Shakespeare was very unoriginal in content and a genius in form. It was a nice idea though... (I like to blame Romanticism for everything).<BR/><BR/>I am also not a fan of soulless modern art, literature or music. I am a big fan of postmodernism though, so I guess I'm a hypocrite. Which is why I love Moulin Rouge and hate Kandinsky. I guess I'm also not really cultured enough either.FoxyJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17950095008611661757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15224520.post-60809373104887213792007-03-05T22:52:00.000-08:002007-03-05T22:52:00.000-08:00.That is a very interesting question. After all, a....<BR/><BR/>That is a very interesting question. After all, all music was new once.<BR/><BR/>Aristophanes was rather daring in his day, caused a bit of a ruckus with techniques we would call postmodern.<BR/><BR/>And he's been dead a long, long time....Th.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16460795570237872290noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15224520.post-31705470936453060392007-03-05T22:04:00.000-08:002007-03-05T22:04:00.000-08:00"In my experience, when an artist decides to be in..."In my experience, when an artist decides to be innovative with form, their work tends to lose heart--it may be an excellent intellectual exercise, but there is no soul to it."<BR/><BR/>My sentiments exactly! Hence my excoriation of the orchestral work I heard premiered this week. It was very unsatisfying to me when I expected music with soul to be subjected to 20 minutes of pure form exploration. <BR/><BR/>It's sad that so much art these days puts primary emphasis on form innovation rather than on soul. I wonder if that's always been the case historically or if that's a modern affliction of the arts.Recession Conehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04288371918529972744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15224520.post-23658550547437994092007-03-05T22:03:00.000-08:002007-03-05T22:03:00.000-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.Recession Conehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04288371918529972744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15224520.post-28167354698910169572007-03-05T20:11:00.000-08:002007-03-05T20:11:00.000-08:00.Well I do.And I did know how big Guernica is, but....<BR/><BR/>Well I do.<BR/><BR/>And I did know how big Guernica is, but no, I've never seen it live and in person. I can imagine it does make a difference--violence, in particular, comes off better big. <BR/><BR/>At least war violence.Th.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16460795570237872290noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15224520.post-35125529748437473832007-03-05T19:48:00.000-08:002007-03-05T19:48:00.000-08:00I didn't mean to sound snooty. "I read Neruda in t...I didn't mean to sound snooty. "I read Neruda in the original language". "I've seen the original Guernica, armed guards and everything". I really don't think I'm that cool...FoxyJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17950095008611661757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15224520.post-45525116420630196252007-03-05T19:47:00.000-08:002007-03-05T19:47:00.000-08:00I really like Neruda a lot. Since my whole thesis ...I really like Neruda a lot. Since my whole thesis is based on the premise of eliminating value judgements applied to translation, I won't say he's better in Spanish. But hopefully you got a good translation, because some are better than others for various reasons. I do enjoy him more in Spanish. I think the illustrations by Picasso sound cool too.<BR/><BR/>Oh, and I think Guernica is only appreciated in person. Did you know that it is huge? Like, it takes up an entire wall of a room. It makes an impact more that way than in a small reproduction.FoxyJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17950095008611661757noreply@blogger.com