The WreckIgnitions Read. Representing Art

[Erik T. Burns]

there is no more tin an ear than mine on the planet, which is why i like
Gaddis: "frozen music," indeed.

for years i have flogged this theory of mine that his books are composed
like operas or other works, but i have no proof other than that on the
gaddis-list no one has ever laughed at me (over that, to my face).




On Fri, Apr 8, 2011 at 7:04 PM, Mark Kohut <markekohut at yahoo.com> wrote:

>  Erik:
>  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).
>
> yeah...since i have a tin-like ear, musical analogies are like silence to
> me................
>
> But I joke and I like....he isn't, is he, as lyrical as Pynchon can be.....
> but he is a hell of a lot more fugue-like?
>
>  ------------------------------
> *From:* Erik T. Burns <eburns at gmail.com>
> *To:* Mark Kohut <markekohut at yahoo.com>
> *Cc:* pynchon -l <pynchon-l at waste.org>; pov at ix.netcom.com
> *Sent:* Fri, April 8, 2011 1:54:16 PM
> *Subject:* Re: The WreckIgnitions Read. Representing Art
>
> >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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