The WreckIgnitions Read. Representing Art

[Erik T. Burns]

>Gaddis explores this 'tension' like the tension in a massive cathedral that
>holds the arches together, so to spead?

as the kids these days say: this.

(boy the bridle has to be tight here).

also musical tension, the building up, holding, and release; the repetition
of themes, the digressions and return. his books are very much "composed"
(esp. J R, where composition is a theme, as well as music).

On Fri, Apr 8, 2011 at 6:26 PM, Mark Kohut <markekohut at yahoo.com> wrote:

> another way of framing a conversation (perhaps):
>
> Pound said (of Art) : Make it new. (He was, of course, new when he did)
>
> From maybe the Greeks is the tradition: Art must just recognize reality
> right.
> (Plato's shadows
> as images...) Newness has nothing to do with it?
>
> Gaddis explores this 'tension' like the tension in a massive cathedral that
> holds the arches together, so to spead?
>
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