Re: RARA-AVIS: Thus spake Jim (and Kerry, too)...

From: Kerry Schooley ( gsp.schoo@skylinc.net)
Date: 03 Sep 2003


At 11:50 AM 03/09/2003 -0700, you wrote:

>Granted, one man's ceiling is another man's floor, and obviously, violence
>or sex or anything else that pushes buttons can and is often used well by
>many writers to challenge, to push, to provoke -- and maybe even to make
>us think.
>
>But for every writer who uses it well, there are a thousand hacks and
>pretentious gits out there who miss the point entirely. They're the ones
>who push buttons and run away -- or even worse, they stand there with
>nothing to say when you answer the door.

Sure, but that nasty old bell curve is going to appear whenever we assign these valuations. Essentially you're complaining that most work is just average, or less. Has to be and we'll just have to wade through them if there's any merit at all in the idea being expressed. It's a pain. Sometimes I think I'll be dead before I get to the really good stuff, but there it is.

Many aspire, but few attain. Have to take the good with the bad. Drink the bath water to kiss the baby. Something like that.

Anyway, I just discovered a large bee in my office, and as his criticisms are more stinging...

Kerry

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