tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post8806973621333987871..comments2024-03-26T23:41:10.319+00:00Comments on Authors Electric: Tell Only the Best Goddamned Whoppers--Reb MacRathKatherine Robertshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17196712319655603442noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-36754064234007159712016-03-13T20:46:11.522+00:002016-03-13T20:46:11.522+00:00Bill, I'm completely lost by what you've w...Bill, I'm completely lost by what you've written. But it seems to be line with an image that's been in my mind for years: Oscar having several spinning wheels and throwing darts. the first wheel might pick up: A cigarette is the perfect pleasure...The next wheel might have: it's exquisite while it lasts...etc.<br /><br />Valerie, you're right on the money about sincerity and bad art. Something beginners just can't understand. The instant we sit down to polish and prune to sharpen our effects, we're being--to a newbie's mind--completely Insincere. <br />God save us all from spontaneous Sincere blathering. glitter noirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11728649916344336118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-17463254557547666652016-03-13T16:00:33.957+00:002016-03-13T16:00:33.957+00:00Wise and entertaining as ever, Reb. It reminded me...Wise and entertaining as ever, Reb. It reminded me of a random academic jargon generator my co-author and I conceived in our book Just Write. I've tweaked it a little for the purpose of this demo. It involves taking 5 random numbers and using them to choose from a table of words to complete the sentence _____ _____ are the _____ of _____ _____.<br /><br />I chose numbers taken from the page your blog is on to produce:<br />Complementary structures are the paradigms of pharmaceutical meta-analysis.<br />and<br />Disparate data sets are the anomalies of internalized periphrasis.<br /><br />They don't have the zing or humour or truths of yours but some academics would pay me handsomely for the right to use them.Bill Kirtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16345949773423764808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-4766620114756072812016-03-12T19:14:57.632+00:002016-03-12T19:14:57.632+00:00Very thought-provoking, Reb. Big Wilde fan myself....Very thought-provoking, Reb. Big Wilde fan myself. One thing he said was in art, 'style, not sincerity,' is the essential. Which shocked the moral Victorians, but is actually very wise - sincere, heartfelt poetry for example can be dire art, it's the crafting, the styling, that bit of detachment which makes real experience or feeling into art others can appreciate. He also said 'we are all of us in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars' another favourite aphorism of his. Lydia Bennethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09328239009863878547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-16286169240317830822016-03-12T15:13:52.316+00:002016-03-12T15:13:52.316+00:00Thanks, Jan and Mari. Was in a naughty, quippy moo...Thanks, Jan and Mari. Was in a naughty, quippy mood. Glad some of it was contagious.glitter noirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11728649916344336118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-5100353516908107752016-03-12T13:11:56.490+00:002016-03-12T13:11:56.490+00:00I love the one about the sequel!I love the one about the sequel!Mari Biellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14221256993468150226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-78313744587710806322016-03-12T10:33:02.888+00:002016-03-12T10:33:02.888+00:00Love it. And so profundis, too!Love it. And so profundis, too!Jan Needlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15823078224282953782noreply@blogger.com