https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/user-129-melden-fred en 2005-2012 shakespearesmonekys@gmail.com 42.65593 -71.33391 Mon, 08 Jun 2026 19:51:36 GMT yacs http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 70 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-7264-how-much-of-art-comes-from-the-artist https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-7264-how-much-of-art-comes-from-the-artist I had an online conversation with someone over a poem that had been computer-generated. I said I felt it wasn't art, and she responded with, "I think the lesson here is that art is as much the product of the recipient as of the artist. It's a conversation between intent and reality, on the active end, and between reality and perception, on the passive side. So there's not really any such thing as counterfeit vs. real art, only deliberate vs. accidental. The complication comes from assuming that art is strictly a vehicle for communication between people, which simply isn't true. While art excels in this capacity, it's a bit like saying that water's purpose is to quench thirst. It's an arbitrary and inaccurate limitation that overlooks other functions." I disagreed and responded with, ... more Alcuin of York General discussion of professional poets, and their works Sun, 03 Feb 2008 21:46:05 GMT /section-217-general-discussion-of-professional-poets-and-their-works#comments 24 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/7264 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/7264 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A7264 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-5676-dreams-a-collection https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-5676-dreams-a-collection Success It's said ‘success comes not to the faint of heart'. Indeed, it calls on those whose practiced arts are feigning smarts and quick-time verbal darts and teethy smiles, disarming wiles and deals in secret swung and genuflections sung to those with purse well-hung. Career Men mingle, paired or single, round a room, propelled by pasted smiles - to orbit whom? They seek the sun for warmth - return to womb, or hope in turn themselves to burn. Bizarre, this solar system - gaseous giants spin nearest Sol, yet barely move - pretense                       of proper orbit, faking comet's brilliance. Money Discovered destitution disappoints. Impaled by chance on economic points, your snazzy home or sporty car disjoints. Perhaps someday you'll make your way to sunny Shangri-la - like salmon you once saw, regain U-to-pi-a. Sex Nocturnal dreams come either dry or wet; diurnal thoughts envision perfect pet - another's mate or office bait - and yet when heart impels to ring their bells your partner will suffice. Imagined bods entice - and make you do it twice. Sleepless Dreams I've seen the harried man whose nights were tossed by hopes that morphed to monsters, sourly sauced by thoughts his aspirations might be lost: What never was and never does might never do or be - from nothing gained, you see, regards himself in poverty. Dreamless Sleep I've seen spent men with minds devoid of dreams - who lost the gleam that lit their morning schemes; or never gazed at stars or mused extremes; the young heart idled from passions bridled - complacent sauntering cow; compliant mule at plow, now stuck in the ruts of his brow. ... more Alcuin of York Poetry and other writes of Alcuin of York Wed, 26 Aug 2009 20:40:58 GMT /section-216-poetry-and-other-writes-of-alcuin-of-york#comments 9 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/5676 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/5676 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A5676 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-5509-an-open-letter-to-right-wingers https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-5509-an-open-letter-to-right-wingers Response to reactions to Leanne's write Alcuin of York Poetry and other writes of Alcuin of York Sat, 11 Aug 2007 23:28:25 GMT /section-216-poetry-and-other-writes-of-alcuin-of-york#comments 7 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/5509 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/5509 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A5509 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-5475-warp https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-5475-warp FYI: 'Mondo'=zen technique, not modern slang Alcuin of York Poetry and other writes of Alcuin of York Wed, 08 Aug 2007 15:20:17 GMT /section-216-poetry-and-other-writes-of-alcuin-of-york#comments 3 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/5475 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/5475 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A5475 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-5288-lamentations-on-a-free-market https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-5288-lamentations-on-a-free-market Chapter 6 of 6 - Revelation Alcuin of York Poetry and other writes of Alcuin of York Thu, 12 Jul 2007 15:43:08 GMT /section-216-poetry-and-other-writes-of-alcuin-of-york#comments 0 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/5288 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/5288 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A5288 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-5279-lamentations-on-a-free-market https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-5279-lamentations-on-a-free-market Chapter 5 of 6 - Scarcity Alcuin of York Poetry and other writes of Alcuin of York Sat, 14 Jul 2007 23:13:47 GMT /section-216-poetry-and-other-writes-of-alcuin-of-york#comments 0 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/5279 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/5279 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A5279 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-5257-lamentations-on-a-free-market https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-5257-lamentations-on-a-free-market Chapter 4 - Selfishness (The chorus is sung to the tune of "My Favorite Things") Alcuin of York Poetry and other writes of Alcuin of York Sat, 14 Jul 2007 23:12:27 GMT /section-216-poetry-and-other-writes-of-alcuin-of-york#comments 0 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/5257 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/5257 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A5257 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-5238-lamentations-on-a-free-market https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-5238-lamentations-on-a-free-market Chapter 3 of 6 - News as a commodity Alcuin of York Poetry and other writes of Alcuin of York Wed, 11 Jul 2007 02:14:49 GMT /section-216-poetry-and-other-writes-of-alcuin-of-york#comments 0 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/5238 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/5238 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A5238 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-5230-lamentations-on-a-free-market https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-5230-lamentations-on-a-free-market Chapter 2 of 6 - Health care Alcuin of York Poetry and other writes of Alcuin of York Wed, 11 Jul 2007 17:09:27 GMT /section-216-poetry-and-other-writes-of-alcuin-of-york#comments 4 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/5230 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/5230 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A5230 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-5229-lamentations-on-a-free-market https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-5229-lamentations-on-a-free-market Chapter 1 of 6 - The Introduction Alcuin of York Poetry and other writes of Alcuin of York Wed, 11 Jul 2007 02:28:38 GMT /section-216-poetry-and-other-writes-of-alcuin-of-york#comments 4 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/5229 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/5229 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A5229 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-5028-the-dangers-of-pornography https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-5028-the-dangers-of-pornography Help stamp out pornography! Stop those who treat women as sex objects! Alcuin of York Poetry and other writes of Alcuin of York Tue, 26 Jun 2007 22:42:15 GMT /section-216-poetry-and-other-writes-of-alcuin-of-york#comments 5 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/5028 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/5028 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A5028 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-4753-translations-from-the-pekingese https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-4753-translations-from-the-pekingese For those who don't know, Bast was the name of the Egyptian cat god, whose significance varied throughout the centuries of Ancient Egypt Alcuin of York Poetry and other writes of Alcuin of York Thu, 14 Jun 2007 16:17:49 GMT /section-216-poetry-and-other-writes-of-alcuin-of-york#comments 3 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/4753 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/4753 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A4753 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-4661-the-case-against-free-market-values https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-4661-the-case-against-free-market-values The real problem with our modern free-market mentality is that marketing values have supplanted the other values Alcuin of York General discussion of professional poets, and their works Mon, 27 Aug 2007 16:13:38 GMT /section-217-general-discussion-of-professional-poets-and-their-works#comments 6 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/4661 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/4661 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A4661 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-4237-bad-education https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-4237-bad-education What I believe to be the primary cause of the poor state of education in this country Alcuin of York General discussion of professional poets, and their works Fri, 18 May 2007 22:34:29 GMT /section-217-general-discussion-of-professional-poets-and-their-works#comments 15 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/4237 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/4237 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A4237 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-4232-family-values https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-4232-family-values Alcuin of York Poetry and other writes of Alcuin of York Sat, 19 May 2007 14:24:31 GMT /section-216-poetry-and-other-writes-of-alcuin-of-york#comments 6 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/4232 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/4232 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A4232 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-3895-bad-poetry https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-3895-bad-poetry Is there such a thing as bad poetry, and how do we determine when such exists? Alcuin of York General discussion of professional poets, and their works Sat, 22 Aug 2009 13:53:54 GMT /section-217-general-discussion-of-professional-poets-and-their-works#comments 49 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/3895 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/3895 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A3895 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-3675-why-is-poetry-important-or-not https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-3675-why-is-poetry-important-or-not Poetry is little valued economically, but is it beneficial to society? If so, in what ways, and to what extent? Alcuin of York General discussion of professional poets, and their works Tue, 04 Mar 2008 18:09:09 GMT /section-217-general-discussion-of-professional-poets-and-their-works#comments 16 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/3675 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/3675 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A3675