tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20990868.post113909908553360587..comments2024-01-29T10:50:15.619-08:00Comments on Modern Americans: T.S. Eliot – the [post?]modern manrodney khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10515711262628729312noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20990868.post-1139718109863427222006-02-11T20:21:00.000-08:002006-02-11T20:21:00.000-08:00These are helpful & thought-provoking analogies. W...These are helpful & thought-provoking analogies. Wanted to spin it in a slightly different direction, more towards "Tradition and the Individual Talent," by asking: how aware should the artists themselves be of what they're referencing? If Clapton played Crossroads and didn't seem to know he was using a Robert Johnson riff, just kind of took it because it was in the air, or he happened to like the sound but didn't know a lot about the Mississippi blues tradition it was coming out of, would he be a lesser artist? <BR/><BR/>Thinking a lot since our class about Eliot's comment: "the bad poet is usually unconscious where he ought to be conscious, and conscious where he ought to be unconscious." What constitutes the latter case?rodney khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10515711262628729312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20990868.post-1139424221355006022006-02-08T10:43:00.000-08:002006-02-08T10:43:00.000-08:00To clarify what I mean about disregarding the foot...To clarify what I mean about disregarding the footnotes ...<BR/>When Jimi Hendrix plays "All Along the Watchtower" we don't need to know that Bob Dylan wrote the song to enjoy it; when Cream plays "Crossroads" we don't need to know that Robert Johnson wrote it for it to still hold poignancy ... I hope that makes sensejeffrey schraderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04254438066982008566noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20990868.post-1139354376128536592006-02-07T15:19:00.000-08:002006-02-07T15:19:00.000-08:00This is such a rich post. A comment in the comment...This is such a rich post. A comment in the comment box can't do it justice, but I wanted to put a lonely "1" in the comments field just so you know we're out here. Hope we'll get a chance to discuss your interpretation (and see how others respond to it) in class tonight. Hold those thoughts!rodney khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10515711262628729312noreply@blogger.com