Essay
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AN OPPOSITE PLACE
Remote areas that allow for exploration, introspection, and recreation are, like honest men, difficult to find. But those who are confined by chance or choice have discovered a wilderness closer at hand, an abundant, limitless region which is accessible without the need to leave one’s arm chair. Here is the domain of the philosopher, the… Continue reading
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AN INCURIOUS SEEKER
To find a form that accommodates the mess, that is the task of the artist now. So said Samuel Beckett (1961 interview; dated but relevant). The words have become a ‘famous’ quote, repeated within the small circle of literati who ponder such abstractions. Outside my window, sitting on a limb of the flowering cherry, is… Continue reading
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A Brief Note On Literature
The road less traveled by has always been my chosen path. Literature certainly is a grassy path that wants wear. I use the word in a modern (hairsplitting?) sense. The Compact Edition of the Oxford English Dictionary, 1979, has, for its second entry, that ‘literature is a literary work or production.’ Any written work or… Continue reading
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John Ruskin
John Ruskin (1819 – 1900) was an English polymath – a writer, lecturer, art historian, art critic, draughtsman and philanthropist. He was one of the dominant figures of the Victorian era. His writing, when catalogued, covered 35 volumes. His subjects were as varied as art, architecture, political economy, education, museology, geology, botany, ornithology, literature, history,… Continue reading
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Wordsmith
All wordsmiths are writers. Not all writers are wordsmiths. The distinctions between the two are many and varied. Language elements such as grammar and punctuation are employed differently; aesthetics occupy the wordsmith more frequently; while practical matters occupy the writer’s attention. The writer has targeted an audience; but the wordsmith seeks only some abstract ideal… Continue reading
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