[New-Poetry] Self-literacy. And interesting concept?

[Anny Ballardini]

Dear Bob, several other people were there, me among them. This mail to
remind you that the Bible calls them "pearls"...

On Mon, Jul 13, 2009 at 3:15 AM, Bob Grumman <bobgrumman at nut-n-but.net>wrote:

> jforjames at aol.com wrote:
>
>> That term 'self-literacy' is attrociously bad and if there are literate
>> gods, won't gain traction.
>> Self-objective is too broad. It could apply to the ability to evaluate
>> your state of dress/psyche/driving/etc.
>> Why not say descriptively, that he/she was contientious and clear-eye
>> reviser of his/her own work.
>>
> You're late to the thread, James.  We've already agreed (me and Mole, and
> who else is there?) that we don't really need a name, and that neither term
> works too well.  The real subject (I think) is how we can know ourselves to
> be conscientious and clear-eyed about our own work.
>
> Relatedly, how much can we trust others' opinions of it?
>
> Of course, the thing to do is just create and hope others like our "gifts"
> to them for the right reasons.
>
>
> --Bob
>
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