tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23471801.post3580263417202479728..comments2023-10-21T07:44:20.549-04:00Comments on The Existence Machine: Writing that is an eventRichardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08014014605639738887noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23471801.post-27352435683169682012008-12-29T20:53:00.000-05:002008-12-29T20:53:00.000-05:00I hear what you're saying, Lloyd, but I think perh...I hear what you're saying, Lloyd, but I think perhaps you're over-reading into Maso's comment. I seriously doubt she'd disagree with the main thrust of your point. When she says her "forms are not borrowed or inherited or already decided", I read that is simply saying that she cannot simply fill her "content" into some accepted form, but has to find the correct one. If some earlier, more "original" writer happened upon a similar form, then so be it.<BR/><BR/>I'm curious, have you read Maso's fiction?Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08014014605639738887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23471801.post-32855060503696389342008-12-24T08:37:00.000-05:002008-12-24T08:37:00.000-05:00"I also tend to favor writing that is an event in ..."I also tend to favor writing that is an event in some way, and not just the record of an event; it creates a more vulnerable, fluid space, where the unforeseen, or the errant, or something a a little wild is allowed to enter. It's quite thrilling."<BR/><BR/>Yes. And I wish more writers thought of it that way.akhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15385267278249934192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23471801.post-78024502246255643552008-12-24T03:15:00.000-05:002008-12-24T03:15:00.000-05:00In my experience "experiment" in literary expressi...In my experience "experiment" in literary expressions leads one wily-nily into history, where one is embarrassed, if they are honest, at just how unoriginal they are. Not, as CM seems to say, away from it into some land of free thought. The only way to achieve something novel (which is imperative) is by learning and plodding.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com