Re: [New-Poetry] An Era of DÃ(c)tente for Creative- Wri ting Programs

[Chris Lott]

I don't know who you are talking to Bob, as I've made none of these
claims. All I've said is that there is a part of aesthetic experience
that is inexplicable and that it strikes me as a bit hypocritical that
where the line is drawn for that being a reasonable and sufficient
position is often drawn in order to suit the agenda of the person
doing the drawing.

I can give all kinds of explanations why I like a poem, Bob, but in
the end there will always be parts that remain inexplicable. You can
talk about the repetition and the biology, but what about something
that you find beautiful that I do not? It can't all be explained and
sometimes reasonable people disagree. Does that make them
anti-intellectual?

c

On Sat, Jul 4, 2009 at 3:52 AM, Bob Grumman<bobgrumman at nut-n-but.net> wrote:
> Chris, I can tell you that some jingle gives me pleasure because it rhymes.
>  That it rhymes is an objective fact.  Then I can tell you that human beings
> are designed to react with pleasure to repetition--unless it is too
> expected, which results in boredom. Why human beings react that way I can't
> explain.  But an objective explanation can't be objective all the way down
> to the premise you derive it from.  That doesn't make it wholly subjective.
>  Wholly subjective, in this case, is "I like this jingle 'cause I like it.
>  Can't explain why and don't have to."  I would, by the way, agree you don't
> have to--unless you want to convince others you're not a solipsist.
>
> --Bob
>
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