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hooblie
climber
from where the anecdotes roam
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Topic Author's Original Post - Feb 5, 2011 - 01:04pm PT
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this guy's thought about it:
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/entertainment/jan-june11/rosenblatt_01-31.html
"We write to make suffering endurable, evil intelligible, justice desirable and love possible. And I can elaborate on those things.
But the most important is love. That after all the suffering, all the injustice, all the evil that one sees in the world, if you can rise above it and make it beautiful, and thus lovable then that's worth a life."
"I must say that I find it very touching, quite beautiful, that the only reason for the pursuit of art for these students is for art's sake."
"JEFFREY BROWN: You also, in the final -- in the final section, in your advice to students, you -- you say, what they write -- quote -- "must be useful to the world."
That's a -- I mean, that's an interesting -- that's a sort of high bar to put to people, right?
ROGER ROSENBLATT: I think it's the only standard that after all -- all the parts are put together, and I give them that they should strive for anticipation, rather than surprise, imagination, rather than invention, and various specific things, and to write with precision and restraint.
When all the parts are in place, why do you do it? You do it to make the world better. Who would not want to make the world better? And, so, that is the ultimate definition of being useful."
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Wade Icey
Trad climber
www.alohashirtrescue.com
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i like that alot...'coz it was written good.
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MH2
climber
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Yeah, don't forget the importance of writing to set up for humor.
Or does that come under making suffering endurable?
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guido
Trad climber
Santa Cruz/New Zealand/South Pacific
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"It's the pen that gives immortality to men. Man dies, iron rusts, wood goes decayed..............."
Master Wace circa 1100
Chronicler to the Norman Dukes
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Captain...or Skully
climber
The Seas of Stone.
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Jimmy Buffet has a couple books out, too. I read one. It was good.
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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hey there say, all....
just a note, from a writer (and artist on hold) here:
when i write, i let it flow so as to be something that can be thought about, even after it has been read... and perhaps even be a tool in their life, for something good and refreshing... (using a few different characters, to do this with, in various ways)...
and, for it to, at that time, and later, to be something that will help trigger them to think more, or, to shed some new-angled-light, so others can see things in-or-from many other angles perhaps never thought on, before... all such things for helping families grow, and for friendships to grow and stand the test of time...
and, to be something that will enhance their life, as to sharing love with others, in similar ways, while trying to overcome "the landslides of life" that can sometimes ruin homes, or cause folks to fail, when they long to much rather, succeed and flourish...
oh my... sometimes, i can seem so complex... but, in actually, it all is not.... :)
thanks for the intersting share, hooblie...
and all...
:)
edit: oops, though if i POST, well that is different... i just try to enhance the life, in someway, as to the needs on-hand of any that may read... or, to just join in with the fun, or hopes, dreams, or pain-shares...
:)
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