― trife (simon_tr), Thursday, 18 September 2003 23:38 (twenty-two years ago)
― trife (simon_tr), Thursday, 18 September 2003 23:42 (twenty-two years ago)
― Justyn Dillingham (Justyn Dillingham), Friday, 19 September 2003 01:22 (twenty-two years ago)
― Justyn Dillingham (Justyn Dillingham), Friday, 19 September 2003 01:23 (twenty-two years ago)
― cinniblount (James Blount), Friday, 19 September 2003 01:24 (twenty-two years ago)
― ModJ, Friday, 19 September 2003 01:29 (twenty-two years ago)
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 19 September 2003 01:30 (twenty-two years ago)
― Sterling Clover (s_clover), Friday, 19 September 2003 02:28 (twenty-two years ago)
Fitzgerald. I know that a lot of people can't stand him or toss him off as stodgy or trite, often because they had him in high school -- I didn't, I didn't read him until after I'd gone through my Kerouac phase, and taken God knows how many literature classes, etc., so I didn't have any baggage stapled to him. But one of his gifts is writing about specific kinds of complicated love -- especially in a handful of the short stories, the obligatory Great Gatsby, and the under-read Love of the Last Tycoon (it's understandable that it's underread; he died before he finished it. But what's there, especially in the Bruccoli edition, is very good).
― Tep (ktepi), Friday, 19 September 2003 02:46 (twenty-two years ago)
About a year ago, while going through stuff with the usual "toss or revise or sell or forget or disavow" comb, I realized that all of the stories I've been paid, except one, for have a strong love plot (which is odd, because I don't generally write love stories). Lost love, bittersweet love, sad love, that sort of thing. My most positive feedback, whether from friends or editors or readers or whatever, usually says something about liking the Neato Idea crap combined with the I Can Relate To That crap.
The one story that's the exception? It was about Jack the Ripper :)
I don't think I have a point. I don't know if art -- and I don't like thinking of things as art, so I'm just seeing this as "works of stuff" -- spends too much time on love, or not enough, but I often think it doesn't think about love enough. Too many romantic comedies come out and just give us two wacky, disparate people who fall in love ... and we never see why. We never really get a sense for what they see in each other. We get an overall picture of "being in love" being about the same for any given couple, and shit, we all know that's a crock.
So that's what I'd like to see. More variety. Not indiebrat "quirkiness," much as I like Parker Posey, but variety in all its ugly glory.
― Tep (ktepi), Friday, 19 September 2003 02:57 (twenty-two years ago)
― Tep (ktepi), Friday, 19 September 2003 03:00 (twenty-two years ago)
― The Lady Ms Lurex (lucylurex), Friday, 19 September 2003 04:21 (twenty-two years ago)
suggesting people only turn to other subjects when they can't get any action is ridiculous.
― lolita corpus (lolitacorpus), Friday, 19 September 2003 04:21 (twenty-two years ago)
― The Lady Ms Lurex (lucylurex), Friday, 19 September 2003 04:23 (twenty-two years ago)
I think Woody's self-obsession is a lot more honest and interesting and far less damaging than, say, Titanic.
Art can never be too preoccupied with love. It's all the same thing, you know... art, beauty, love. It's all about our brains being way bigger than they need to be for survival.
― Kenan Hebert (kenan), Friday, 19 September 2003 04:28 (twenty-two years ago)
― trife (simon_tr), Friday, 19 September 2003 04:28 (twenty-two years ago)
― Andrew Thames (Andrew Thames), Friday, 19 September 2003 04:32 (twenty-two years ago)
― trife (simon_tr), Friday, 19 September 2003 04:35 (twenty-two years ago)
― lolita corpus (lolitacorpus), Friday, 19 September 2003 04:35 (twenty-two years ago)
― the surface noise (electricsound), Friday, 19 September 2003 04:36 (twenty-two years ago)
― Kenan Hebert (kenan), Friday, 19 September 2003 04:36 (twenty-two years ago)
But this is soooo off-topic.
― Kenan Hebert (kenan), Friday, 19 September 2003 04:37 (twenty-two years ago)
multiple xposts, wtf!!
― trife (simon_tr), Friday, 19 September 2003 04:39 (twenty-two years ago)
― trife (simon_tr), Friday, 19 September 2003 04:40 (twenty-two years ago)
― trife (simon_tr), Friday, 19 September 2003 04:42 (twenty-two years ago)
― the surface noise (electricsound), Friday, 19 September 2003 04:44 (twenty-two years ago)
― trife (simon_tr), Friday, 19 September 2003 04:52 (twenty-two years ago)
― Andrew Thames (Andrew Thames), Friday, 19 September 2003 04:52 (twenty-two years ago)
― the surface noise (electricsound), Friday, 19 September 2003 04:55 (twenty-two years ago)
i'm not saying you're wrong and that it doesn't happen. i'm sure it's common. but i think art and culture agree with you and perpetuate this to make people this this is the way things are. and not the opposite. i don't really see artists being derided for focusing on love. and perhaps my wording about woody allen was a bit raw. but i think people get shit for other aspects of themselves or their method of expression (ie. it's very self-centered), not their choice of subject.
― lolita corpus (lolitacorpus), Friday, 19 September 2003 05:01 (twenty-two years ago)
― whodat?, Friday, 19 September 2003 06:06 (twenty-two years ago)
― A Nairn (moretap), Friday, 19 September 2003 06:18 (twenty-two years ago)
― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Friday, 19 September 2003 10:17 (twenty-two years ago)
― piscesboy, Friday, 19 September 2003 10:20 (twenty-two years ago)
― mark p (Mark P), Friday, 19 September 2003 10:24 (twenty-two years ago)
Erich Fromm
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0060958286/qid=1064012139/sr=8-3/ref=sr_8_3/103-0629402-4588659?v=glance&s=books&n=507846
― Pete Scholtes, Friday, 19 September 2003 22:04 (twenty-two years ago)
― teeny (teeny), Friday, 19 September 2003 22:45 (twenty-two years ago)
I mean, when gays and lesbians are rightly frustrated that there aren't enough reflections of their love lives on the screen? Dial the magnitude way back (way back, don't get me wrong, I'm not comparing the degree here), and married/settled-down people are in the same boat. There was Mad About You, and you get the occasional bit here and there, but for the most part, if you're happy together on television, you're parents.
― Tep (ktepi), Friday, 19 September 2003 23:26 (twenty-two years ago)
― trife (simon_tr), Friday, 19 September 2003 23:29 (twenty-two years ago)
― oops (Oops), Friday, 19 September 2003 23:34 (twenty-two years ago)
― teeny (teeny), Friday, 19 September 2003 23:37 (twenty-two years ago)
See, that's why I was trying to find it, cause I couldn't remember.
I disagree, though. It can be easier to explain, and it can be more dramatic in terms of broad gestures and peaks and valleys, but I don't think it's more fulfilling. At least, it isn't for me; that's not one of those things that I think is gonna be the same for everybody (and I doubt everyone crushes the same, or handles ongoing love the same).
In other words, I think any glorification is just a side effect of people producing stories on love that will sell.
Yeah, I think you're right, but I think that all of that is in no small part a self-perpetuating thing: people want to see stories about new or tragic love because they already know they like them, because that's what people make, because that's what people want to see, because that's what people make ... There's as much potential later down the timeline. Different kinds of stories, though -- maybe not appealling to the same things, and so possibly still less-sellable. I don't know.
― Tep (ktepi), Friday, 19 September 2003 23:41 (twenty-two years ago)
― cinniblount (James Blount), Friday, 19 September 2003 23:46 (twenty-two years ago)
― trife (simon_tr), Saturday, 20 September 2003 00:09 (twenty-two years ago)
― trife (simon_tr), Saturday, 20 September 2003 00:10 (twenty-two years ago)
― trife (simon_tr), Saturday, 20 September 2003 00:11 (twenty-two years ago)
― teeny (teeny), Saturday, 20 September 2003 00:15 (twenty-two years ago)
― oops (Oops), Saturday, 20 September 2003 00:18 (twenty-two years ago)
― teeny (teeny), Saturday, 20 September 2003 00:24 (twenty-two years ago)
― cinniblount (James Blount), Saturday, 20 September 2003 00:25 (twenty-two years ago)
― cinniblount (James Blount), Saturday, 20 September 2003 00:26 (twenty-two years ago)
― trife (simon_tr), Saturday, 20 September 2003 00:30 (twenty-two years ago)
― oops (Oops), Saturday, 20 September 2003 00:39 (twenty-two years ago)
― teeny (teeny), Saturday, 20 September 2003 00:39 (twenty-two years ago)
― trife (simon_tr), Saturday, 20 September 2003 00:40 (twenty-two years ago)
― trife (simon_tr), Saturday, 20 September 2003 00:41 (twenty-two years ago)
Either way, I've never experienced it and can't really see how it would work.
― Tep (ktepi), Saturday, 20 September 2003 01:40 (twenty-two years ago)
― oops (Oops), Saturday, 20 September 2003 01:42 (twenty-two years ago)
― trife (simon_tr), Saturday, 20 September 2003 01:47 (twenty-two years ago)
I've never been able to write for a specific person, and wouldn't really want to; I don't doubt that other people do, but can't get my head around the idea of someone actually inspiring creative stuff from you. Encouraging you, sure, but that's an active thing.
― Tep (ktepi), Saturday, 20 September 2003 01:48 (twenty-two years ago)
― oops (Oops), Saturday, 20 September 2003 01:49 (twenty-two years ago)
― oops (Oops), Saturday, 20 September 2003 01:50 (twenty-two years ago)
― Tep (ktepi), Saturday, 20 September 2003 01:59 (twenty-two years ago)
― ScottRC (ScottRC), Saturday, 20 September 2003 02:32 (twenty-two years ago)
― oops (Oops), Saturday, 20 September 2003 02:33 (twenty-two years ago)
... that would be pretty cool. PANTS OF JUSTICE.
― Tep (ktepi), Saturday, 20 September 2003 02:37 (twenty-two years ago)
― ScottRC (ScottRC), Saturday, 20 September 2003 02:39 (twenty-two years ago)
― lolita corpus (lolitacorpus), Saturday, 20 September 2003 07:45 (twenty-two years ago)
― oops (Oops), Saturday, 20 September 2003 07:57 (twenty-two years ago)
― mei (mei), Saturday, 20 September 2003 10:59 (twenty-two years ago)
as someone who is studying science its a no to this: i never chose it bcz I was a 'failure' in meeting ppl etc bcz at the time i wasn't that bothered abt it (though i am a failure and am getting bothered by this).
And i suspect it is true for many scientists: we work far more hours than ppl who do humanities (they say they are reading books after going to a few hours of lectures a week: yeah right!).
― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Saturday, 20 September 2003 20:45 (twenty-two years ago)
― Kenan Hebert (kenan), Saturday, 20 September 2003 21:27 (twenty-two years ago)
― Tep (ktepi), Saturday, 20 September 2003 21:38 (twenty-two years ago)
― Kenan Hebert (kenan), Saturday, 20 September 2003 21:50 (twenty-two years ago)
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Saturday, 20 September 2003 22:44 (twenty-two years ago)
― duane, Sunday, 21 September 2003 04:27 (twenty-two years ago)
― trife (simon_tr), Sunday, 21 September 2003 05:04 (twenty-two years ago)
― trife (simon_tr), Sunday, 21 September 2003 05:42 (twenty-two years ago)
― David. (Cozen), Sunday, 21 September 2003 08:17 (twenty-two years ago)
― mark s (mark s), Sunday, 21 September 2003 10:15 (twenty-two years ago)
― David. (Cozen), Sunday, 21 September 2003 10:19 (twenty-two years ago)
"the problem is you dudes treat the one that you lovin/ with the same respect as the one that you humpin"
actually i always felt jay-z was off the money w that one. surely the problem is that the one that we're humping isnt the same as the one that we're loving? but now i must reconsider.
― mitch lastnamewithheld (mitchlnw), Sunday, 21 September 2003 10:59 (twenty-two years ago)
― duane, Sunday, 21 September 2003 13:15 (twenty-two years ago)
― duane, Sunday, 21 September 2003 13:16 (twenty-two years ago)
me me me!!!
― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Sunday, 21 September 2003 15:05 (twenty-two years ago)
― mark s (mark s), Sunday, 21 September 2003 15:12 (twenty-two years ago)
― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Sunday, 21 September 2003 15:17 (twenty-two years ago)
― dirty old woman (lucylurex), Sunday, 21 September 2003 20:57 (twenty-two years ago)
― cozen (Cozen), Monday, 5 December 2005 13:19 (twenty years ago)
well... some people are interested in love as a subject, some aren't. some people get very enthusiastic about entomology! and they can't relate to whatever abstract notion they think "love" is (though they probably wouldn't refuse it too strongly if it came along).
i think historians and scientists are hot. i'd "partner up" with one if he'd leave the library/lab long enough for a few beers.
― mies van der rohffle (Jody Beth Rosen), Monday, 5 December 2005 13:41 (twenty years ago)
good thread
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Monday, 16 June 2014 17:17 (eleven years ago)