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1.23.2008

nuance, not new instance

To find the nuance in an emotion/notion, rather than a new instance of artifice. Too often the avant-garde is interested in the latter. Their magazines are full of language gadgetry, like the latest Sharper Image catalog, they have bought into the capitalist fetish for the new thing-a-ma-jig or the slick design of an otherwise common device.

2 comments:

  1. Such concise and insightful thoughts you speak,
    Now look what you've done - you've made me spring a leak,
    In my otherwise verse-less, dusty, arid font.

    Clearly, I cannot write poetry very well. But I do so enjoy writing the occasional prose. And I can certainly admire the literary talent of another individual. I stumbled across your blog by mistake and I'm surprised to see no one else seems to comment on it.

    Have a nice day. :)

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  2. Thanks for stopping by. I'm about to hit the two year mark blogging, and now that I think I'll stick with the practice, I may try to let more people know I'm here.

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