From: "Eric" <ericandmary-AT-earthlink.net> Subject: RE: Off-shore, by islands hidden in the blood Date: Fri, 1 Aug 2003 06:57:03 -0500 Lois, But, I wasn't insulted. I think you are confusing an intellectual disagreement with an emotional response. I remain open to pursuing a conversation with you; one, as I implied, need not even involve Lyotard. I am perfectly fine with talking to you in my own voice. The reason I sent the previous posting was that I wanted to confront you the fact that the concept of invention you are putting forth seems fairly commonplace to me and quite in keeping with the reigning nonsense trumpeted by our media. Unfortunately, you mentioned Charles Olson as one of your inspirations (a poet I happen to know very well) and my reading of Olson (like that of Lyotard) seems to be very different from yours. In my view, his idea of the open field is emphatically not the "private-soul-at-any-public-wall" POV you seem to be advocating. But perhaps I am misunderstanding. Please explain. One suggestion I would make to you, however, is this. E-mail is not a therapy couch. If I write something, don't immediately ignore it out of hand and slip into your therapist mode. There are some (like me) who find this approach simply patronizing. I want to be heard first before you start doling out your advice. I hope we can learn to do better than that! eric
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