fishingpoetMon, Apr 7, 2008 Thanks for the reply...I know there we're no fingers being pointed in my direction. I just felt this a worthwhile place to jump into the fray...
That said...
Intention and intelligence are exactly the crux. Which makes writing, at its best, a mess and glorious all at the same time. Much like the human condition. Like life.
I used to perform autopsies while in college. Actual procedures at a city hospital, not preserved cadavers. My first autopsy showed me two things: my anatomy and physiology books are all painfully inadequate (there is nothing organized about the viscera of a human being), and the unbelievable organization in the midst of the mess.
I think of my writing, and that of others I admire, stumble across, search out, like this. Online or hard-bound. There is something vital in the gore. interesting that in this way the search is as much about intention and intelligence as what's being sought.
Thanks for the reply...I know there we're no fingers being pointed in my direction. I just felt this a worthwhile place to jump into the fray...
That said...
Intention and intelligence are exactly the crux. Which makes writing, at its best, a mess and glorious all at the same time. Much like the human condition. Like life.
I used to perform autopsies while in college. Actual procedures at a city hospital, not preserved cadavers. My first autopsy showed me two things: my anatomy and physiology books are all painfully inadequate (there is nothing organized about the viscera of a human being), and the unbelievable organization in the midst of the mess.
I think of my writing, and that of others I admire, stumble across, search out, like this. Online or hard-bound. There is something vital in the gore. interesting that in this way the search is as much about intention and intelligence as what's being sought.