3.05.2009
3.09.2008
a semi private letter about poetry
a paragraph by Milosz, pertaining to criticism:
Every author should be sensitive to criticism, should ponder it for a long time and draw conclusions from it. This statement is not as obvious as it might seem. There have been periods in the history of literature when a dismissive attitude towards criticism was part of the writer's toolbox and progress was made despite it. Critics are sometimes more susceptible to stylish and purely transitory slogans than the authors they discuss, and flogging their 'isms', they construct a ponderous machine which is slow to move forward. Finally, young writers, if they are too responsive to criticism, lose more than than they gain, because their vision, strongly felt but imperfectly conceived, draws upon them thunderbolts, which they may easily attribute to the vision itself, rather than to its flawed execution.
Every author should be sensitive to criticism, should ponder it for a long time and draw conclusions from it. This statement is not as obvious as it might seem. There have been periods in the history of literature when a dismissive attitude towards criticism was part of the writer's toolbox and progress was made despite it. Critics are sometimes more susceptible to stylish and purely transitory slogans than the authors they discuss, and flogging their 'isms', they construct a ponderous machine which is slow to move forward. Finally, young writers, if they are too responsive to criticism, lose more than than they gain, because their vision, strongly felt but imperfectly conceived, draws upon them thunderbolts, which they may easily attribute to the vision itself, rather than to its flawed execution.
2.06.2008
Pretty Dyana
"An intimate look at Gypsy refugees in Belgrade suburb who make a living by transfoming Citroen's classic 2cv and Dyana cars into MadMax-like recycling vehicles, with which they ollect cardoard, bottles and scrap metal. These modern horses are much more efficient than the cart-pushing competition, but more important - they also mean freedom, hope and style for their crafty owners."
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1.28.2008
from a short interview of james trimarco in the morning news
"Much of my recent work is about the emotional texture of technological experience: using Google Earth to revisit places you once lived, for example."
12.09.2007
being in the right place at the right time (always): peter sutherland
"Peter Sutherland is a New York City based artist. His work employs some of the techniques of traditional documentary photography to capture the hidden beauty of ordinary objects and everyday situations." Sutherland's Website
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