erick waxes poetic:
>Words are like leaves
>and where most abound
>much fruit of sense beneath
>is rarely found.
>-- Alexander Pope, Essay on Criticism
excellent, erick. i almost mentioned this a few posts ago,
but i let it slide cuz i wanted to reread the the book before
discussing it, but anyway, my most favorite commentary on
criticism is willeford's _burnt orange heresy_. it was
wickedly and absurdly hilarious. the entire book is a running
commentary on the character and value of criticism. my
favorite part is when the dude hangs an EMPTY frame on his
wall and announces the work to the world. it raises an uproar
in the art criticism community. one camp says he has gone too
far, driving art into anarchy, while the other camp says he
hasn't gone far enough, and should dispense with the frame.
but nobody says the whole thing is ridiculous and absurd.
instead, they argue about issues such as whether it would be
the same if they hung it on another wall. there's a crack in
this wall, and, of course, it represents the rift between two
of the major schools of art.
it makes me laugh out loud even now.
miker
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