tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21999805.post1200466074242600425..comments2024-03-28T19:56:32.848-05:00Comments on Anecdotal Evidence: `First Out of Pride, Then Out of Humility'Patrick Kurphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08436175583386298032noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21999805.post-13458114359938087662010-09-08T13:22:46.377-05:002010-09-08T13:22:46.377-05:00You inspire me: http://tiny.cc/7v22uYou inspire me: http://tiny.cc/7v22uCynthia Havenhttp://bookhaven.stanford.edunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21999805.post-33152569784551373732010-09-07T13:06:01.626-05:002010-09-07T13:06:01.626-05:00A new pleasure, a new pleasure! Thanks!A new pleasure, a new pleasure! Thanks!The Sanity Inspectorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04808433661634318393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21999805.post-50883898959625458502010-09-07T09:08:21.009-05:002010-09-07T09:08:21.009-05:00I gotta say, the more I read of Winters’ criticism...I gotta say, the more I read of Winters’ criticism, the more convinced I am that he had, in the parlance of today, “issues.” If one were to substitute painter and colors or composer and notes for writer and language in his quote, one would readily see the absurdity of what he’s saying. This privileged place of words in the pantheon simply because of the highly debatable proposition that the mind is rational is a tad high and mighty, even for a writer, about the “public” nature of the enterprise. Yes, words are the preferred medium of exchange in society, but the art of using words is something altogether different, and language is in many ways a more nebulous means of expression, because connotation is such a deeply personal thing, whereas colors and notes generally appeal to a part of the brain that is less cognitive (ie convinced it is perceiving something).WAShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10403669322174979974noreply@blogger.com