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- "As abstract as it is, it is true . The human brain is the most complex system we know in the whole universe. Your Work Is Very Inspiring. 10"
Posted by Unknown on "Shared Reality" by Zyrnuvex
- "aaahhhhhhh life.... the brain makes it all so confusing and boring. Bash it out with a hammer and nibble on the pieces of comfort before they decay fully - XXOO"
Posted by Nehema on "Shared Reality" by Zyrnuvex
- "damn, this was like reading it out of the bible in the psalm chapter "as the title says" wow.. amazing :) "
Posted by Star on "Psalm 666" by Zyrnuvex
- " How deliciously alluring. Great write and lovely choice of words, friend."
Posted by Unknown on "Psalm 666" by Zyrnuvex
- "Z - think you might enjoy "The Assassin's Prayer" I wrote last June. A bit creepy but still worthwhile (actually written a couple years earlier before final edit). Your poetry is darkly perfect, cheers!"
Posted by dwells on "Chemical Lies" by Zyrnuvex
- "Being Bipolar Myself, I Find This Disturbingly Beautiful In Its Honesty. Great Write, Thanks For Sharing."
Posted by Chaos God on "Chemical Lies" by Zyrnuvex
- "In a society where doctors are merely drug dealers one should def be able to pick their drug of choice. Putting the beast to sleep temporarily usually only causes it to be angrier when it is awakened... - XXOO"
Posted by Nehema on "Chemical Lies" by Zyrnuvex
- "For instance, I doubt any of the journeymen poets could explain the relationships mentioned here between Nietzsche, Heidegger and Lacan, much less Deleuze and Guatarri, yet... here my comment lies with a tag seeking to marked a cabal I was never a member of... interesting usurpation of my words, indeed."
Posted by The Dybbuk on "Artists, Intelligence, and Controversy" by Zyrnuvex
- "I think it's pretty hilarious how there are books (journeyman poet member) indicated next to my words (as the former member Ainsof) here and on other posts as if to market the cabal? I was never a journeyman poet, nor did whatever scholarship that is indicated in these comments come from the DP College... If I didn't have books after my comments when I was leaving them as a former member, why are they there now? and why don't I have them now, since I have never passed the course that is offered here? A mystery, indeed...."
Posted by The Dybbuk on "Artists, Intelligence, and Controversy" by Zyrnuvex
- "still a great read.... but ya know... elitism... I wouldn't want a paraplegic to be my police officer (unless I was the criminal) I wouldn't want my medical doctor to be my carpenter.... or vice versa... I mean... we do not all develop the same skills... and society encourages that people specialize in certain jobs or fields.... at that point, I would say that contextually, we can make distinctions between people who are 'right for the job' and 'wrong' for the job... and this distinction, this designation stating that person X is better for the job... in other words, entitled to the position, or worthy of more respect and reverence than another... seems to make sense, to me... as for whether or not beauty is in the eye of the beholder, well, there are many aesthetic theories, most of which point out that it is not only a matter of individual taste or objective truth... but a matter of social, historical, cultural influence that evolves over time, but is generally steered by the interests of many... here I'm not talking about one piece of art and two people liking or disliking, I'm talking about what ends up in museums, how artists become 'known' as good by a populous, who is celebrated by a community and who isn't... and the commonalities that must operate across sections of society for people to 'agree' more or less on what are criteria for evaluating something like art... thus, no I think it's very hard to argue that one person decides if Maya Angelou is a great artist or not... Maya Angelou is a great artist ipso facto because she will be recorded as such in history... whether any one or several individuals deny her as such or not.... I may not like her art, but I have to recognize her as a great and celebrated artist or I am just being stubborn to the point of ignoring her status as an artist recognized by perhaps a simple majority, or maybe just those people who have found their way to a position of reverence (art critics) because of their specialization in the field. Sure, we may disagree with the 'experts', we may not share the taste of the majority... but we cannot change what is by simply stating our opinion of any given work of art... I don't think this means there aren't great artists who will never be recognized as great, it's just that such a claim could be difficult to substantiate since if that artist is not acclaimed... then without criteria (or systematic power structures, as in Dickey's instrumentalist aesthetics) or both, we have nothing to argue that they should be 'great' other than "I like them." Critics themselves study the history of art, study the genres of art, the become experts on art... and while no one is infallible... generally speaking... they have a skill that the majority do not, and that skill is part of the nexus of factors that can result in an artist being 'discovered' and then becoming popular. I'm not saying there aren't other ways of being discovered, but I think most people who are trying to get published and dealing with editors and working with critics will probably tell you that it's hard to get any recognition without being able to meet the criteria (and they change, certainly, even though they will probably share similarities... like being based on context, audience, type of publication, etc.) of those critics... those specialists in the field who are in the business of deciding who will be made available to the public, and who will not... who will win the awards and who will not... who will be invited to display work at an exhibit, perhaps, and who will not... what band will open for whom, or get played on the radio... or not... so... I don't think it's as simple as subjectivism or objectivism, and I don't think that elitism is always a necessarily 'bad' thing... I mean yeah we all should be treated equal under law, equal opportunity... but that doesn't mean we all can do an equally good job at any given task... nah... we aren't equally skilled... some have more skills in some areas than others... I respect those who are more skilled than I at many, many things... but I also recognize that I am more skilled than other in certain fields... that is the nature of society, I think... and I doubt it will change any time soon, unless you would have someone who is a carpenter receive just as much respect and reverence for his surgical abilities as you would a surgeon... and I doubt that's the case. The surgeon is superior than the carpenter at surgery... yep... and even within the field... there are elite surgeons and not so elite.... we cannot live without valuations and distinctions/judgments based on evaluations.... it's human. thanks for the post."
Posted by Unknown on "Artists, Intelligence, and Controversy" by Zyrnuvex
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