Date: Sun, 02 Nov 2008 14:56:15 -0800
From: "John Christopher"
Subject: Re: George: brilliant literary insights!
To: "George Bronax"
Hi George,
This is very helpful-- life as masturbation and write in a
very
"direct speech... not like most affected modern
authors."
George
Most modern authors suck. I think I stopped reading with
Joseph Concrad, who wrote English as a foreign language ( he was Polish), so he
had a layer of thought between his personality and his speach. This is probably
a good thing. Keeps one's dripping self away from the dinner table, at sunday
dinner ( i.e. formal writing for the public).
John
That's really good. In the spirit of direct communication, I
found a
paper I wrote at Brown University on Machiavelli in 1968,
forty years
ago almost to the day. The professor, Dr. Gleeson, awarded
it a B but
wrote, "Quite good and quite literate." I was
surprised how clearly
it was written. The sentences are short and choppy, a bit
repetive in
length, but the writing is good. I made a few youthful
vocabulary
mis-steps but that's understandable.
George
Keep re reading. That was when your mind was still pure and
true. Before you sold your soul to make a living and live in polite society.
John
So I found your email just an hour after I found the paper.
I guess the timing is good-- you give me good guidance here George on how to
avoid imitating modern writers and to get started on smaller project.
George
Life is always the smallest project. Just put one foot in
front of the other, and you will be fine. Look ahead at the destination, and
you always fall into the nearest hole, which you no longer see, because you are
looking at the horizon. Its like oine forgets women always look better just
before the bar closes.
John
Thanks so much! I kind of heeded your words to not look for
love and support-- at
work. You're right that I do like that kind of warmth.
George
We all like it. Some of us aren't afraid to mention it. I just
finished watching again a modern fairy tale about two daughters with a missing
father (Mel Gibson) who are watched over in England by faries from the forest.
I always just sob my way through this, realizing that as a child and even now I
long to spend my days warmed by a cacoon of love.
John
Funny that I get it from the students, who I deal with so
directly, but not from
the supervisor.
George
This is because the students are still truthful, and no
longer live with their game face on for money. They assume the paycheck will
suffice. Because they don't want to share emotions with you. To do so would
reveal to them the bad way they see you, as a machine they use
to get their job done, so they don't have to do it
themselves.
….
we are with another
person or persons. We are always
locked within our brains, only looking out at the world of
others."
This is actually a
fact. If you think otherwise, you have a bit of a delusion going.
John
I'll talk to you soon George-- we are wired together in this
Global
Village and McLuhan said that our central nervous systems
are wired
to the electric media.
George
I beg you just to
make your own comparisons and not whip out those of others. It stunts your
growth as a person, and your development as a writing person. You will never
have your own viewpoint if you keep using those of others.
Give it a try. Its really healing. It is ok to just be
yourself, have and show your own feelings, and have your own viewpoint. Don't
be acceptable nor polite. Just be you. That
is authentic.
George
