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" It is probable that the value of poetry lies in the fact that it IS of little economic value."
I think that's an interesting point to make. It can be pure art, no "selling out" for financial considerations. Of course, a poet might compromise their vision for publication, or acceptance, purposes, but that could be either good or bad. "Good" if it's a matter of sacrificing artifice and affectation in favor of tighter craft and effective expression, "Bad" if it's sacrificing a talented individual voice for poetic fad or convention. But really, poetry is about loving the creative process of writing the stuff. I know people who roll their eyes because I devote so much of myself to poetry, which they don't even understand, because they really aren't exposed to much outside of greeting card verse. That's a real pity. The value of poetry is the same as it is for any art form - art for arts sake, the expression of a creative spirit. The lack of financial value takes nothing away from aesthetic value, except in the eyes of people unable to reckon value apart from remuneration.
Now I need to get back to smoking dope and being smelly.
I think that's an interesting point to make. It can be pure art, no "selling out" for financial considerations. Of course, a poet might compromise their vision for publication, or acceptance, purposes, but that could be either good or bad. "Good" if it's a matter of sacrificing artifice and affectation in favor of tighter craft and effective expression, "Bad" if it's sacrificing a talented individual voice for poetic fad or convention. But really, poetry is about loving the creative process of writing the stuff. I know people who roll their eyes because I devote so much of myself to poetry, which they don't even understand, because they really aren't exposed to much outside of greeting card verse. That's a real pity. The value of poetry is the same as it is for any art form - art for arts sake, the expression of a creative spirit. The lack of financial value takes nothing away from aesthetic value, except in the eyes of people unable to reckon value apart from remuneration.
Now I need to get back to smoking dope and being smelly.
by Derma Kaput on Apr. 18 2007