Comments on: Staring Too Long Into the Abyss http://www.ianmacleod.net/2007/11/27/staring-too-long-into-the-abyss/ Occasional text by Ian Macleod, often lacking context. Thu, 05 Jan 2012 14:27:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Joe http://www.ianmacleod.net/2007/11/27/staring-too-long-into-the-abyss/comment-page-1/#comment-696 Joe Wed, 28 Nov 2007 17:24:18 +0000 http://www.ianmacleod.net/2007/11/27/staring-too-long-into-the-abyss/#comment-696 Actually, given the amount of thought and effort I put into djing and making music in general, I'm equally ready to immediately dissect music to try and more directly understand which parts didn't work and why. I feel it's part of my creative process, and while discussions with other people about the art you're passionately interested in can be helpful, quite often a person's first and last judgement will be that they liked it, or didn't, and they're willing to stop their critique there. There's a semi-prevalent belief in society that this sort of analysis of art will somehow ruin the magic, which mostly sounds to me like an extended argument for "ignorance is bliss". You might need to try finding a webboard more directly suited to this sort of thing, and while you'd have less luck discussing local plays there, there's plenty of narrative with national or multinational distribution - go find other writers to tear into those instead. Also, I like your curmudgeonly nature. Your rants are fun, and since you're actually engaging your brain while you're going off, they've got real content to keep them interesting. Keep it up. 8) Actually, given the amount of thought and effort I put into djing and making music in general, I’m equally ready to immediately dissect music to try and more directly understand which parts didn’t work and why. I feel it’s part of my creative process, and while discussions with other people about the art you’re passionately interested in can be helpful, quite often a person’s first and last judgement will be that they liked it, or didn’t, and they’re willing to stop their critique there. There’s a semi-prevalent belief in society that this sort of analysis of art will somehow ruin the magic, which mostly sounds to me like an extended argument for “ignorance is bliss”. You might need to try finding a webboard more directly suited to this sort of thing, and while you’d have less luck discussing local plays there, there’s plenty of narrative with national or multinational distribution – go find other writers to tear into those instead.

Also, I like your curmudgeonly nature. Your rants are fun, and since you’re actually engaging your brain while you’re going off, they’ve got real content to keep them interesting. Keep it up. 8)

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