tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6221959636094249465.post2538750169865153325..comments2023-06-22T08:13:30.703-04:00Comments on reb livingston: The wayRLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11664518356375046609noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6221959636094249465.post-22522607647146866412009-08-08T21:56:24.756-04:002009-08-08T21:56:24.756-04:00Chris, it certainly is. My comment wasn't tow...Chris, it certainly is. My comment wasn't toward the pointing out of the absurdities. but the impression I got from Steve's comments that he was amused by the situation and also resigned to it. Not that it's wrong for him to be amused, I was more commenting that I am not amused by the situation. Just pointing out a difference of perspective, it was not an indictment of Steve or his sense of humor.RLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11664518356375046609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6221959636094249465.post-70765051757179028662009-08-08T17:14:16.898-04:002009-08-08T17:14:16.898-04:00But isn't pointing out the absurdities in an a...But isn't pointing out the absurdities in an attention-getting way actually in itself a method of "doing something about it?"Chris Lotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04302107867489292016noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6221959636094249465.post-45059549182546117182009-08-08T13:14:26.478-04:002009-08-08T13:14:26.478-04:00Sure, utopian ideals may not remain utopian once i...Sure, utopian ideals may not remain utopian once in place, but that doesn't mean we have to accept and embrace living in a radioactive waste dump.RLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11664518356375046609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6221959636094249465.post-63734226941852048902009-08-08T02:53:03.066-04:002009-08-08T02:53:03.066-04:00With or without po-biz, I'm afraid what we do ...With or without po-biz, I'm afraid what we do is nowhere near as important as we'd love it to be. Also, I don't think there's a utopian ideal for poetry publication/distribution/what-have-you. Anything that involves three or more people tends to get shitty quickly. Courtesy sorry if someone didn't enjoy my joke...Steven D. Schroederhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13485188072556490050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6221959636094249465.post-25625301491052414872009-08-07T19:57:20.777-04:002009-08-07T19:57:20.777-04:00Except I don't want to be practical with my ar...Except I don't want to be practical with my art.<br /><br />I really liked this point you make. I try to be practical with everything else, but I see my writing as a space for me to spill. Thanks!Mehnaz (Turner) Sahibzadahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03588487483927546859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6221959636094249465.post-83681033085034935472009-08-06T13:33:38.844-04:002009-08-06T13:33:38.844-04:00Also I don't want to hate people and I'm n...Also I don't want to hate people and I'm not satisfied with merely "hating" po-biz.RLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11664518356375046609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6221959636094249465.post-70254411713189740942009-08-06T13:16:23.237-04:002009-08-06T13:16:23.237-04:00Yeah, I take no issue with the use of humor to de...Yeah, I take no issue with the use of humor to demonstrate the truth and absurdity of a situation. I think of how <i>Catch 22</i> successfully does that. Steve's point list is funny in how it shows the twisted logic and rules of the po-biz community. I can be amused by the list, like I was amused by <i>Catch 22</i>, but not the situation itself. Considering the list (funny or not) does not make me want to learn how to be amused with the sytem, but it instead helps to better frames the rules and logic that I want to get as far away from as possible. What bothered me about Steve's post wasn't that he used humor to explain a situation, but that the humor seemed to set up a "this is how we cope with and accept it all, we'll play along." That we don't hold anyone accountable for promoting and continuing a bad system, we just throw up our hands and accept that's the way it is and its out of our control.<br /><br />We live with it with no resistance! We're trapped! <br /><br />So I don't know, is <i>that</i> funny?RLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11664518356375046609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6221959636094249465.post-18540599839648138922009-08-06T12:10:48.424-04:002009-08-06T12:10:48.424-04:00Hey Reb, Yeah, I found myself unamused by Steven&#...Hey Reb, Yeah, I found myself unamused by Steven's point system thing, and I wonder if it's because I need a sense of humor in all this po-biz stuff. <br /><br />Also, I really like that Auden excerpt. Thanks for linking to it!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6221959636094249465.post-91749802375940237082009-08-05T16:25:08.652-04:002009-08-05T16:25:08.652-04:00I think one of our greatest powers as human beings...I think one of our greatest powers as human beings is the ability to imagine something better. I think that might actually be a quote I heard (or maybe not) but I still love it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6221959636094249465.post-78939630002950033822009-08-05T02:20:35.572-04:002009-08-05T02:20:35.572-04:00Bravo, John Brown Hornsby.Bravo, John Brown Hornsby.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6221959636094249465.post-55774150652709354282009-08-04T21:46:39.246-04:002009-08-04T21:46:39.246-04:00W.H. Auden's take (via Dan Nester): http://bi...W.H. Auden's take (via Dan Nester): <a href="http://bit.ly/1GCESY" rel="nofollow">http://bit.ly/1GCESY</a>RLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11664518356375046609noreply@blogger.com