Comments on: 1968: Why I'm So Damned Angry http://www.worldclasspoetryblog.com/1968-why-im-so-damned-angry/06/17/2008/ Commentary On 21st Century Poetics Sat, 10 Jul 2010 17:13:20 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Lucas http://www.worldclasspoetryblog.com/1968-why-im-so-damned-angry/06/17/2008/comment-page-1/#comment-355 Lucas Tue, 24 Jun 2008 02:11:56 +0000 http://www.worldclasspoetryblog.com/?p=298#comment-355 I'd be interested in your making good on your conjecture. I’d be interested in your making good on your conjecture.

]]> By: the poet http://www.worldclasspoetryblog.com/1968-why-im-so-damned-angry/06/17/2008/comment-page-1/#comment-357 the poet Thu, 19 Jun 2008 17:29:59 +0000 http://www.worldclasspoetryblog.com/?p=298#comment-357 Good question, Pam. I'll put it this way: If I were to enroll in a postgraduate level study anywhere in this country and offered as my thesis a two-part essay consisting of the first part being a critical examination of Aram Saroyan's <i>Complete Minimal Poems</i> and the second part being a video essay of John Cage's <i>4'33"</i> in which Part I consisted of nothing more than <center>shiit</center> centered on a blank page and Part II consisting of me sitting silent and blank-faced before a camera for 4 minutes and 30 seconds and the final three seconds consisting of me standing up and walking off the stage then I would likely be called a genius and given a prestigious chair at a prestigious university and asked to lecture on the artistic renditions of nothingness within a vacuum while endless streams of young rich kids flocked to powder my ass every time I stood to speak. What kind of impact do you think that is? Good question, Pam. I’ll put it this way:

If I were to enroll in a postgraduate level study anywhere in this country and offered as my thesis a two-part essay consisting of the first part being a critical examination of Aram Saroyan’s Complete Minimal Poems and the second part being a video essay of John Cage’s 4′33″ in which Part I consisted of nothing more than

shiit

centered on a blank page and Part II consisting of me sitting silent and blank-faced before a camera for 4 minutes and 30 seconds and the final three seconds consisting of me standing up and walking off the stage then I would likely be called a genius and given a prestigious chair at a prestigious university and asked to lecture on the artistic renditions of nothingness within a vacuum while endless streams of young rich kids flocked to powder my ass every time I stood to speak. What kind of impact do you think that is?

]]> By: Pam http://www.worldclasspoetryblog.com/1968-why-im-so-damned-angry/06/17/2008/comment-page-1/#comment-356 Pam Thu, 19 Jun 2008 14:14:48 +0000 http://www.worldclasspoetryblog.com/?p=298#comment-356 Being a baby boomer (not by choice) I find your remarks interesting. The 60's and 70's did instill a deep sense of distrust in everyone and everything along with an increase in the use of sarcasm. I think, however, that the baby boomer protest era, etc. is not a unique experience that caused lasting changes to the culture. . . my parents' generational experience of WWII certainly continues to shape the world today. The blind patriotism that sometimes swerves into nationalism still runs rampant. The disdain for reason is, I feel, not tied to the protest movement of the 60's but seems to have its footings in the change over to the post-modernity movement which probably began in the WWII generation. What do you think the impact of post-modernity is having on writing and the arts? Being a baby boomer (not by choice) I find your remarks interesting. The 60’s and 70’s did instill a deep sense of distrust in everyone and everything along with an increase in the use of sarcasm. I think, however, that the baby boomer protest era, etc. is not a unique experience that caused lasting changes to the culture. . . my parents’ generational experience of WWII certainly continues to shape the world today. The blind patriotism that sometimes swerves into nationalism still runs rampant.

The disdain for reason is, I feel, not tied to the protest movement of the 60’s but seems to have its footings in the change over to the post-modernity movement which probably began in the WWII generation. What do you think the impact of post-modernity is having on writing and the arts?

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