I so agree. When a culture expects study, good, hard study, success follows. You can see this in some aspects of Asian cultures as well. China had an exam culture for a very long time - studying , including subjects like poetry that were hard and somewhat arbitrary makes for a lifetime of study.
This was a great conversation! A lot to agree with, but I especially appreciated Ted's point about poetry. Kudos for writing with rhyme and rhythm, this is what makes poetry challenging and worthy.
Excellent conversation, especially around the subject of Zionism and being a Zionist. Those words and their true meanings have been hijacked and made evil or wrong. I'm not an Israeli and not Jewish but in my mind, there should be no shame or apology needed for being a Zionist, a Jew or any other popular punching bag these days. I'm one of those old, white and conservative people mentioned and frankly can't believe where some of this country stands with hating the Jewish people.
Yeah and there are countless examples of great Jewish architecture and nation-building. Oh, wait. Well there's Freud, Marx and Einstein, Sure, they’ve all been exposed as charlatans, but very meritocratic for sure.
Fantastic podcast. My 1984 MFA cohort in painting had a die hard Derrida, Foucult follower, none of us, mid 20s, had the balls to ask “what the fuck is he writing about” Thank god post modernism didn’t infect our work.
My one nit with you guys is conflating transgender folks with godless individuals. If you had specific examples Id love to hear those
Spot on about Poetry journals. I was lucky to have 1 accepted per year. Then I submitted a 51 poem manuscript to Finishing Line Press. Publication release is November 2. They seem immune to identity poetry
I so agree. When a culture expects study, good, hard study, success follows. You can see this in some aspects of Asian cultures as well. China had an exam culture for a very long time - studying , including subjects like poetry that were hard and somewhat arbitrary makes for a lifetime of study.
This was a great conversation! A lot to agree with, but I especially appreciated Ted's point about poetry. Kudos for writing with rhyme and rhythm, this is what makes poetry challenging and worthy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zjCqkLxbWgI
It’s genetic.
Excellent conversation, especially around the subject of Zionism and being a Zionist. Those words and their true meanings have been hijacked and made evil or wrong. I'm not an Israeli and not Jewish but in my mind, there should be no shame or apology needed for being a Zionist, a Jew or any other popular punching bag these days. I'm one of those old, white and conservative people mentioned and frankly can't believe where some of this country stands with hating the Jewish people.
Good riddance. I am all for peacemaking but no one needs to appease those who hate Jews or any ethnicity or religious group.
Yeah and there are countless examples of great Jewish architecture and nation-building. Oh, wait. Well there's Freud, Marx and Einstein, Sure, they’ve all been exposed as charlatans, but very meritocratic for sure.
Einstein?
Yeah. To quote the great man himself: “I’m no Einstein”.
Fantastic podcast. My 1984 MFA cohort in painting had a die hard Derrida, Foucult follower, none of us, mid 20s, had the balls to ask “what the fuck is he writing about” Thank god post modernism didn’t infect our work.
My one nit with you guys is conflating transgender folks with godless individuals. If you had specific examples Id love to hear those
Spot on about Poetry journals. I was lucky to have 1 accepted per year. Then I submitted a 51 poem manuscript to Finishing Line Press. Publication release is November 2. They seem immune to identity poetry