Re: waiting for the Miracle
Matthew_Stevenson@baylor.edu
Sat, 28 Mar 1998 18:54:10 -0600
brendan, i agree with your views on asking for autographs, but in the right
context, asking for advice or assistance doesn't seem that bad. every
starving artist is just looking for a break. and if that break is somehow
getting jds to glance at your work, hell, i wouldn't so much as blink before
jumping at the opportunity...matt
>First, I should say that my post was a silly exaggeration of a minor
>discomfort of mine. I'm still very much an American suburban teenager,
>and I have a tiny bit of the tabloid complex--which is not to say that I
>read tabloids or anything, but I am in awe of people whose work I
>admire, and for that reason am somewhat contemptuous of asking these
>people for Autographs, or their advice ("How did you become an actor, Mr
>Oldman?" "Do you have any advice for young writers, Mr Salinger?" "Mr
>Dylan, I have a tape of my band, I think you'd like it, would you mind
>giving it a listen?"). I admit it's a sad sort of demeanor, subscribing
>to the Rock Star, Movie Star, Great Artist, thing--elevating these
>people above the whole of society--but because of it, I am averse to
>bugging them with my own concerns.
>
>I think this list is absolutely brilliant--certainly no affront to Mr
>Salinger--but I myself am a bit...I guess *Shy* is the word, when it
>comes to the idea of him looking at my Amateur Reader response to his
>excellent art.
>
>Brendan
>
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