Art no competition

[Keith Davis]

Good points.

On Wed, Aug 15, 2012 at 10:23 AM, Mark Kohut <markekohut at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Dear Senor, Genius, Mr. Borges,
>
> What does this mean? What does 'accidental' mean re Beauty in literature
> when you then point out the words are 'manipulated'
> by the authors?
>
> What 'eternity' are we tying literature to? Acquinas's or the world's?
>
> Shakesepeare is 'for all time' at least, as big Ben J. said first.
>
> Labrynthininely Yours,
>
> Mark K.
>
>
>
>   *From:* Keith Davis <kbob42 at gmail.com>
> *To:* David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com>
> *Cc:* bandwraith at aol.com; pynchon-l at waste.org
> *Sent:* Wednesday, August 15, 2012 9:01 AM
> *Subject:* Re: Art no competition
>
> More Borges: "I have observed with regret that any man, by merely perusing
> many volumes in order to judge them (and the critic's task is nothing else)
> can become a geneaologist of styles and detective of influences. He
> inhabits this terrifying and almost inexpressible truth: Beauty in
> literature is accidental, depending on the harmony or discord of the words
> manipulated by the writer, and is not tied to eternity."
>
> On Wed, Aug 15, 2012 at 9:27 AM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Nicolas Roeg and Donald Cammell's Performance, 1970
>
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJX9Qy9mZdA&list=UUvm73QJ8COAJCdHO1oFyR3g&index=6&feature=plcp
>
> James Fox "Why don`t you play us a tune"
> Mick Jagger "I don`t like music"
> James Fox "Comical little geezer. You'll look funny when you're fifty"
>
> On Wed, Aug 15, 2012 at 7:26 AM,  <bandwraith at aol.com> wrote:
> > Good tune. If we could only teach the Taliban to sing...
>
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