07-16-2011, 01:48 PM
Came across this clip from Dead Poets Society and it really inspired me: to puke.
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This is, in my opinion, a load of crap. If we can't measure poetry then where does quality control come in? The graph isn't demeaning literature. On the contrary, it helps give the serious reader a refined understanding of it. Does the Williams character think that Shakespeare and Byron just went with the flow and drummed out whatever popped into their heads? No. They worked at their craft. Creation requires effort. Beauty doesn't just pour out of your arse.
[youtube]wOENu0fK0uM[/youtube]
This is, in my opinion, a load of crap. If we can't measure poetry then where does quality control come in? The graph isn't demeaning literature. On the contrary, it helps give the serious reader a refined understanding of it. Does the Williams character think that Shakespeare and Byron just went with the flow and drummed out whatever popped into their heads? No. They worked at their craft. Creation requires effort. Beauty doesn't just pour out of your arse.
"We believe that we invent symbols. The truth is that they invent us; we are their creatures, shaped by their hard, defining edges." - Gene Wolfe