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Comment on Half-wit, worry about cleanliness, don’t worry about pleasure by Shauna_colnan

Shauna_colnan — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 16:45:56 +0000

This is really interesting. Reconciling the artist, his work (in this case), his temperament, words from his everyday life…..it's a labyrinth with no centre. But if there is a centre, yes, I'd like to think that it's art. Fitzgerald's letter is intriguing and perplexing, causing dissonance for those of us who find his prose so lyrical and … See Moreso fine. How could the artist who wrote The Great Gatsby write that letter to his 11 yr old daughter? It's strange. For me, ultimately the letter is flat and disappointing. It can't be reconciled with Fitzgerald's beautiful novel. In my experience artists don't tend to explain their work with words that well. And why should they? As Sylvia Plath said, 'I write only because there is a voice within me that will not be still'. Did Gatsby spring from Fitzgerald's inner life, his heart, his creative instincts that only revealed themselves when he wrote? Interesting to think also that the 11 yr old girl's mother was Zelda. I'd love to know more and now feel inspired to read some biographies of the Fitzgeralds and to read Heidegger. Thanks for this. A final thought: if Fitzgerald's daughter were to look back on the novel and the letter from her father, I wonder what she would make of it all?

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Comment on A call to arms and the absent other by Like a Virgin by Emily Maguire | The Jackette

Like a Virgin by Emily Maguire | The Jackette — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 05:25:41 +0000

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Comment on The Pregnant Widow by Martin Amis by Like a Virgin by Emily Maguire | The Jackette

Like a Virgin by Emily Maguire | The Jackette — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 05:13:58 +0000

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Comment on The reproduction of music and the ritual of listening by The Reproduction of Music and the Ritual of Listening | The Jackette

The Reproduction of Music and the Ritual of Listening | The Jackette — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 10:18:45 +0000

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