tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8470094.post7277865052208820331..comments2024-03-18T16:55:31.971+00:00Comments on This Space: Double-headed monsterStephen Mitchelmorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01658772259307446873noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8470094.post-32873549582696863552010-07-01T22:06:04.199+01:002010-07-01T22:06:04.199+01:00And this from Molloy:
'Not to want to say, no...And this from <em>Molloy</em>:<br /><br />'Not to want to say, not to know what you want to say, not to be able to say what you think you want to say, and never to stop saying, or hardly ever, that is the thing to keep in mind, even in the heat of composition.'Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13791719689097968378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8470094.post-88013036733843864612010-06-30T12:53:16.021+01:002010-06-30T12:53:16.021+01:00These put me in mind of:
'I have nothing to...These put me in mind of:<br /> 'I have nothing to say <br />and I’m saying it and that is<br />poetry as I need it'<br /><br />John Cage, ‘Lecture on Nothing’ printed in Incontri Musicali, August, 1959 [I tried to approximated his spacing but it didn't come out in the post]<br /><br />The nothingness and the need are both there - a 'need', not a necessity though.<br /><br />This 'lecture' concludes:<br /><br />'All I know about method is that when I am not working I sometimes think I know something, but when I am working, it is quite clear that I know nothing.'JAAChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17069803445911906934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8470094.post-25128671962125270222010-06-29T23:11:20.054+01:002010-06-29T23:11:20.054+01:00Hey that's brilliant. Well observed.Hey that's brilliant. Well observed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com