tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post4843300662221221933..comments2023-11-03T11:32:01.540+00:00Comments on Thought Experiments : The Blog: Against AccessibilityBryan Appleyardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08276787058430388582noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-88875300168626928852009-04-30T20:49:00.000+00:002009-04-30T20:49:00.000+00:00An LA Times Jacket Copy blogger comments on the pu...An LA Times <A HREF="http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/jacketcopy/2009/04/geoffrey-hill-the-poets-public-burden.html" REL="nofollow">Jacket Copy</A> blogger comments on the public and private Hill: "Geoffrey Hill’s 'Selected Poems' (Yale University Press) comes with a confrontational cover . . . with the British poet’s face looking agitated, if not angry, at the thought that you might dare to Dave Lullhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01053227199985293516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-7488163185958101612009-04-28T08:31:00.000+00:002009-04-28T08:31:00.000+00:00I take the view that there's plenty of room in thi...I take the view that there's plenty of room in this world for all of it - from the populist to the most obscure. I appreciate that this is so dull and uncontroversial a view that's it's hardly worth the time it takes to read it, so if you have read this far, sorry.Brithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00390560583798960760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-76632906883014329852009-04-28T08:19:00.000+00:002009-04-28T08:19:00.000+00:00poetry, is it? I have no time for it if it has no ...poetry, is it? I have no time for it if it has no time for me.Ian russellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11106519805045337505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-21394719634053586732009-04-28T04:35:00.000+00:002009-04-28T04:35:00.000+00:00i like the idea of living a decent life, dying, an...i like the idea of living a decent life, dying, and being utterly forgotten. To have nothing to be ashamed of in your life - that's enough. It's true i did once dream of leaving my mark, but that sort of thing seems silly now, trivial. <br /><br />i don't know if great art has been created in every period of human history - there have been some awfully unremarkable eras in history. But it is Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-38256191350881502332009-04-27T20:26:00.000+00:002009-04-27T20:26:00.000+00:00Patrick Kurp comments on this "statement of Hill's...Patrick Kurp comments on this "statement of Hill's poetics" <A HREF="http://evidenceanecdotal.blogspot.com/2007/03/that-which-is-difficult-preserves.html" REL="nofollow">here</A>, and quotes Hill from a profile in the Guardian:<br /><br />"Hill says of the accusation of 'inaccessibility' that 'the word accessible is fine in its place; that is to say, public toilets should be accessible to people Dave Lullhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01053227199985293516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-70214219603138586652009-04-27T19:27:00.000+00:002009-04-27T19:27:00.000+00:00Thats Bollocks Elb, great art has been created in ...Thats Bollocks Elb, great art has been created in all periods of human history.<br /><br />I think what we regard as "great" is what marks out the era.<br /><br />As the essence that is mine to the all pervading sea,<br />Turneth, all my atoms shine in sublime resplendency.<br />On the road of Love, behold! like a candle I do blaze,<br />That one moment may enfold all the moments of my days.<br /Seanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04362169593902131947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-67212152057742811472009-04-27T19:16:00.000+00:002009-04-27T19:16:00.000+00:00i was just reading Cynthia Ozick's fine essay on G...i was just reading Cynthia Ozick's fine essay on George Steiner's 'Archives of Eden' - Steiner's argues that democracy cannot create great art, that it requires an elitist, cruel culture. i think he's mistaken, though - it's rather that great artists tend to be elitist and cruel - they can quite easily manage that in a democratic culture, it just costs them more, personally.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com