Re: Kafka and rilke and Perplexity State University

eloquent, luke.

utilizing scottie's 24-hour rule, please insert "my"
before "posts".

kim

--- jlsmith3@earthlink.net wrote:
> "posts are neither prose nor poetry. (the muse
> doesn't
> figure in this realm.)
>
> they're akin to dashed-off notes. they're not even
> worthy of the term 'letter'.
>
> and fie on tim for archiving them!
>
> kim"
>
>
> I wasn't aware these were archived, so I should have
> read the welcome e-mail less hastily. Yes, fie
> indeed. These posts should not be archived.
>
> But how can you say that "the muse doesn't figure
> into this realm?" If that's a standard you've
> created for yourself, okay. But to deny those who
> would struggle against the ineffectiveness of
> language to create something beautiful - ideas,
> images, arguments - even on an e-mail list...
>
> The distinction between prose/poetry is likely just
> as arbitrary as the distinction between prosaic and
> poetic language. You've made this distinction
> between e-mail lists and literature, but that's your
> own boundary to establish, and I would argue that
> powerful images and arguments, transcending the
> limitations of the words themselves, can be found in
> the language of e-mail posts just as easily as in a
> book. What about Seymour's Fat Lady, and Zooey's
> interpretation of it? The "aesthetic experience" is
> everywhere we choose to look for it.
>
> luke
>
>
> ---
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Received on Wed Jul 2 13:50:13 2003