tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-284610375501622201.post1314584342408467117..comments2008-03-31T13:19:22.420-07:00Comments on machine of doom: what comes nextamyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10774665699374492665noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-284610375501622201.post-2818229653357363282008-02-27T10:13:00.000-08:002008-02-27T10:13:00.000-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.Katiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05492213184212908754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-284610375501622201.post-57836764298711691002008-02-22T10:52:00.000-08:002008-02-22T10:52:00.000-08:00Amy,I'm gonna let Meghann's and Gary's comments ri...Amy,<BR/><BR/>I'm gonna let Meghann's and Gary's comments ride here, because they're both thoughtful and smart responses.<BR/><BR/>If you're interested in the demise of the avant-garde read all about it in The Last Avant-Garde by David Lehman. It's a pretty great book.<BR/><BR/>You might also really get something out of Ann Lauterbach's The Night Sky.<BR/><BR/>MattMatthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10965176324302181743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-284610375501622201.post-79345598240405866302008-02-20T21:50:00.000-08:002008-02-20T21:50:00.000-08:00two words for yer blog.\Information overloadand we...two words for yer blog.\<BR/><BR/>Information overload<BR/><BR/>and we wear it so well<BR/><BR/>RebeccaIsishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09500082732495116284noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-284610375501622201.post-39822383175597465292008-02-14T07:21:00.000-08:002008-02-14T07:21:00.000-08:00Amy,I think what you are expressing is what many t...Amy,<BR/><BR/>I think what you are expressing is what many thoughtful young people are expressing. And that is significant. I personally believe that the pace, flux and instability is just an appearance of the surface of things, which is where most of us live most of the time. The depth is still, more pure and more mysterious. I believe that going deep into oneself is a path to universal truths. And its worth the work.Garyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11977336384303490263noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-284610375501622201.post-56984261569720970792008-02-04T16:16:00.000-08:002008-02-04T16:16:00.000-08:00i have three things:a. this is meghann sommerb. i'...i have three things:<BR/>a. this is meghann sommer<BR/>b. i'm glad you read and enjooyed that essay.<BR/>c. i agree that all of this puts us in a strange place, and for many, one that makes us wish for a set of standards. being raised in a culture which sort of leaves open the possibility of being whatever you want to be, doing whatever you want to do, etc. etc. it's hard to pin-point our responsibilities as human beings. if we can be a rock-star, why would we worry about anything else? in art making it's even more evident. we can do and create anything. do we revert to traditionalism, or do we ride with the opportunities that postmodern (or maybe the possibility of the pseudo-modern) have opened up by creating works of art with distinct purpose and function bring the same sort of meaning back to "art"? <BR/>d. direct action is in need.meghannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18078698883452919567noreply@blogger.com