tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5375681131276548542.post6186063162012452746..comments2024-02-27T10:53:04.581+01:00Comments on paperpools: post-SocraticsHelen DeWitthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07619602559096610012noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5375681131276548542.post-3120239351951860362009-06-22T21:09:02.698+01:002009-06-22T21:09:02.698+01:00Legitimizing only passive appreciation is a very r...Legitimizing only passive appreciation is a very restrictive view of art. Using Fountain for its original purpose in the midst of a crowd at MOMA would be exhibitionist art to rival Dada. Done in private, it would rival Communion.Syah Qazinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5375681131276548542.post-56048249330725409972008-08-26T16:16:00.000+01:002008-08-26T16:16:00.000+01:00Well, it bothers me that I don't have the intellec...Well, it bothers me that I don't have the intellectual stamina even to tackle the philosophy and aesthetics which would make me a fine, clever adversary, but I think most fiction writers don't dispute with critics because 1) it makes them appear defensive; 2) their publicists tell them it makes them appear defensive.<BR/><BR/>And it least you got an answer from Mason, presumably because you are 'an acclaimed novelist and Guggenheim Fellow'; the time I bothered, I got a reply, albeit courteous, from a lackey.Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13770069472552779217noreply@blogger.com