05-30-2014, 12:56 AM
Enigma,
Bravo for getting past the goats....I couldn't! And bravo also for the idea that a bit of emotive stuff (I paraphrase) might produce the beginnings, or outline, or rough draft, but a cooler head might knock it into shape....kind of like, well, work-shopping, but being oneself one's own severest critic. The Romans weren't averse to a bit of collaboration, either: Sallust was so enamoured of rare or archaic expressions, that he had a mate running around collecting them. An early me, really....
Loretta,
Lucky you! I often thought my job was driving me nuts...... but then, I spent my days dealing with people who were...er...suffering from mental disorder....... It did not strike me previously, but I suppose the lesson Ovid teaches, is that the raw feelings which people often begin by thinking will produce master-pieces, are, in truth, only brought out, through the Narrow Way of the technicalities etc you mention. Raw feeling is not lessened, but heightened, by being expressed well, in other words. Cripes, I learn with every response! Maybe I'll have a go myself one day.....
Bravo for getting past the goats....I couldn't! And bravo also for the idea that a bit of emotive stuff (I paraphrase) might produce the beginnings, or outline, or rough draft, but a cooler head might knock it into shape....kind of like, well, work-shopping, but being oneself one's own severest critic. The Romans weren't averse to a bit of collaboration, either: Sallust was so enamoured of rare or archaic expressions, that he had a mate running around collecting them. An early me, really....
Loretta,
Lucky you! I often thought my job was driving me nuts...... but then, I spent my days dealing with people who were...er...suffering from mental disorder....... It did not strike me previously, but I suppose the lesson Ovid teaches, is that the raw feelings which people often begin by thinking will produce master-pieces, are, in truth, only brought out, through the Narrow Way of the technicalities etc you mention. Raw feeling is not lessened, but heightened, by being expressed well, in other words. Cripes, I learn with every response! Maybe I'll have a go myself one day.....
(05-29-2014, 10:45 AM)milo Wrote:Better than guns and God....(05-29-2014, 07:25 AM)tectak Wrote: [quote='milo' pid='165918' dateline='1401314907']Though not entirely antipasto I believe that we all make our own contributions to the maximum of of our ability whether we realise this or not. I am always charmed and encouraged by the maxim (anon) that states:
I would think the Ovid quote should reasonably impress.
"If a man has been a herder of goats all his life and you give him LSD he will hallucinate about goats".
Isn't that just the way of it?
Best,
tectak
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How does every discussion always turn to LSD and goats?