Fred,
I recently happened upon an excellent first edition of The Letters of Mercurius. Soon I shall delve into the mind of that anonymous and "slightly crotchety" master of Oxfordian prose, and when I do, I will write more about it later.
A few days ago I came across this line somewhere during my reading: academic of the avant-garde. I thought it was interesting but I can no longer place where I first read it. I have added a few words of my own--a mere academic of the avant-garde genre. Whenever I read and find a line that I like very much and wish to use it, hopefully I will not misuse the opportunity without proper identification of the original author. Training myself to slow down while at the same time trying to teach myself about writing and how to write, seems daunting. There is so much to learn. English! How I ever stumbled across this infernal language I will never know. But, sometimes words must be appropriated and rephrased, to be used in a new context in a new age with a new meaning, and this is probably the most difficult task of all for me. One must work at it. Go back and reread, pour over everything one has written, clarify, make notes etc.
On that matter we spoke of yesterday: it is not to the American liberal's taste to read my writings with any kind of fondness and I am glad of that. I believe that some of them are searching for an "intellectual totalitarianism" of a sort, one which will please their soidisant post-modern tastes and does not confuse their hastily constructed consciences. Do not hold it long against them for some of them are our friends, and with friends one uses wit not venom in the social areas.
I still think of our kayak trip on the Mohican in Ohio with M in June. What a great time we had. This fall I will surely set aside time to meet you in the mountains, near where you spoke about on the telephone. I have always wanted to take a trip down the Clarion River. Pack lunch. Vino!
Giovanni
July 31, 2009
I recently happened upon an excellent first edition of The Letters of Mercurius. Soon I shall delve into the mind of that anonymous and "slightly crotchety" master of Oxfordian prose, and when I do, I will write more about it later.
A few days ago I came across this line somewhere during my reading: academic of the avant-garde. I thought it was interesting but I can no longer place where I first read it. I have added a few words of my own--a mere academic of the avant-garde genre. Whenever I read and find a line that I like very much and wish to use it, hopefully I will not misuse the opportunity without proper identification of the original author. Training myself to slow down while at the same time trying to teach myself about writing and how to write, seems daunting. There is so much to learn. English! How I ever stumbled across this infernal language I will never know. But, sometimes words must be appropriated and rephrased, to be used in a new context in a new age with a new meaning, and this is probably the most difficult task of all for me. One must work at it. Go back and reread, pour over everything one has written, clarify, make notes etc.
On that matter we spoke of yesterday: it is not to the American liberal's taste to read my writings with any kind of fondness and I am glad of that. I believe that some of them are searching for an "intellectual totalitarianism" of a sort, one which will please their soidisant post-modern tastes and does not confuse their hastily constructed consciences. Do not hold it long against them for some of them are our friends, and with friends one uses wit not venom in the social areas.
I still think of our kayak trip on the Mohican in Ohio with M in June. What a great time we had. This fall I will surely set aside time to meet you in the mountains, near where you spoke about on the telephone. I have always wanted to take a trip down the Clarion River. Pack lunch. Vino!
Giovanni
July 31, 2009
