Posted Bykeiran. on October 25, 19101 at 16:27:19:
In Reply to: beef, and legit! posted byKunta Haley on October 20, 19101 at 10:48:47:
good one kunta,
i like to see someone fire a few well meant salvos at the intellectual class who have appropriated literature. the state of the novel is this: it's more about the presentation of the book in a waxy bright cover with a few choice quotes on the back. it's all about getting a modicum of acclaim for your first novel, and then living off that for a while. like miller stated, unless someone has lived a full life or they have a genuine love and admiration for literature (and not their own response to it) they should leave it to others.
however, what i would say is; the world is a different one to the one miller wrote in. the obvious targets for him, bigwigs in suits and with halitosis and no appreciation of art etc. those people no longer exist. art itself has been appropriated by commerce, creativity is packaged. what is the answer? i don't know. maybe the world is not as bad as when miller was here, i suspect that art is retreating further and further into itself and hiding from the populace.