tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post3576839942722112418..comments2024-03-27T16:48:21.039-05:00Comments on Wuthering <br>Expectations: Look first or think first - both are honorable and productiveAmateur Reader (Tom)http://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-13322891140896865792011-07-20T18:45:26.936-05:002011-07-20T18:45:26.936-05:00The big Modernist switch seems like the clearest t...The big Modernist switch seems like the clearest test case for a change in elite tastes, but I could be wrong. The early modern period might be even more interesting. Or your period, the Romantic challenge to the Enlightenment.<br /><br />Thanks for the Bachelard recommendation. Reading his bio, I see that I must have heard of him, but no bells are rung. I think you are right about the connection - Bachelard is interested in attics and storage and such spaces, how they are used.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-89790369576540632072011-07-19T23:27:09.940-05:002011-07-19T23:27:09.940-05:00You raise some interesting and thoughtful question...You raise some interesting and thoughtful questions in your response. I think you're right to point out a possible point of departure that modernism (in the 20th century) takes from its 19th century predecessors.<br /><br />As for Stewart Brand, I would be interested to read his book in comparison with Gaston Bachelard's The Poetics of Space (an oldie but a goodie as they say). I would venture to guess that the poetics Brand describes is not too dissimilar from Bachelard's psychoanalytic approach, though having not read Brand, I could be way off the mark.Annahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00961332983813359209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-70433200372889104082011-07-19T17:06:22.405-05:002011-07-19T17:06:22.405-05:00Anna - Are writers, artists, aware of the distinct...Anna - Are writers, artists, aware of the distinction? Some are. An early self-description by Picasso was "I do not seek; I find" - this great conceptual thinker knew exactly who he was.<br /><br />But often, I wonder. I am sure there are writers who damaged their work by misunderstanding their temperament, who wanted to come up with startling innovative leaps when their gift lay elsewhere.<br /><br />That's a possible extension of the idea, by the way: Both kinds of writers can innovate, but do they create different kinds of innovations? Do they have different careers? <br /><br />In the 20th century, there has been a shift towards innovation, toward valuing innovation in art and literature - how has that affected the different types of writers? I think the story in literature is quite different than in music or dance or visual art, but why?<br /><br />Recent Josipovici readers might find this concept useful, too. He does not seem to agree that "both are honorable and productive."<br /><br />Anyway, nicole, steal away, please.<br /><br />Emily, it's a marvelous book. Much of Brand's interest, even his aesthetic interest, is so practical that I found few parallels with literature. A useful book in many other ways, though.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-5794733443486664862011-07-19T15:40:01.178-05:002011-07-19T15:40:01.178-05:00Both are honorable and productive.
What a calmly ...<em>Both are honorable and productive.</em><br /><br />What a calmly reassuring statement.<br /><br />I am a think firster who always worries that I'm not getting around to looking carefully enough. Or even that thinking first is inherently wrong, somehow. <br /><br />I bought <em>How Buildings Learn</em> for my dad for a birthday a few years ago. He's a home and building inspector, so I thought it would be of interest. I had no idea it contained such useful ideas!Emilyhttp://www.eveningallafternoon.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-73563863525589061012011-07-18T21:39:02.932-05:002011-07-18T21:39:02.932-05:00This is good, this is the kind of thing I will sub...This is good, this is the kind of thing I will subconsciously steal, my brain working on it as I read. Then perhaps one day I will have something of value to add!nicolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17532641082944082516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-18876952911463388952011-07-18T20:37:30.890-05:002011-07-18T20:37:30.890-05:00I haven't thought of writers in this way befor...I haven't thought of writers in this way before, but it makes complete sense to me. I wonder if writers are self-aware of this process or if that too develops over time.Annahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00961332983813359209noreply@blogger.com