I don't. Scotte was talking about Poets, Novelists AND musicians, and the reply was all about musicians. Dylan is an example of Scottie's statement, still developing, having just won a Grammy. And deservedly, I finally bought the CD. Joyce is an example too. He wrote poetry when younger and developed his prose as he went. Wordsworth is an example, having declined as a poet in his old age (by most accounts). Coleridge died young. Blake is probably a good example of an exception, but we're always gonna have those, eh? :) I mean, the novel _Inside Mr. Enderby_ is a GOOD example of the process in process :) Jim On Thu, 23 Jul 1998 09:05:45 -0400 Robert Morris <winboog@gis.net> writes: >> From: Scottie Bowman <bowman@mail.indigo.ie> > >> >> It can only ever be a very subjective judgement but it does >seem >> to me that different kinds of artist have different optimal >periods. >> Poets tend to fade early, novelists come to a peak around >> their fifties whilst many painters & musicians seem to go on > >> developing forever. >> >> Examples ? >> >> Scottie B. >> > > Hank Williams was twenty nine when he died. John Coltrane didn't >have >his own group until he was almost thirty five. Bob Dylan retired to >Woodstock at twenty five. None of the Beatles had reached their >thirtieth >birthday when they disbanded. Muddy Waters wasn't discovered by Alan >Lomax >until he was almost forty six years old. Gram Parsons was dead at >twenty >six. Woody Guthrie was finished as a performer at barely thirty years >old. > I think what I'm trying to say is that I can find examples to >support >both sides of the age thing. My mood determines which ones I employ. > Robert Morris > winboog@gis.net > >now playing-Emmylou Harris, Wrecking Ball > _____________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com Or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]