Comments on: “The Waste Land” vs. Boing Boing http://www.levjoy.com/blog/2008/08/08/the-waste-land-vs-boing-boing/ Mon, 19 Dec 2011 21:31:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: rb http://www.levjoy.com/blog/2008/08/08/the-waste-land-vs-boing-boing/comment-page-1/#comment-53982 rb Sat, 09 Aug 2008 18:09:53 +0000 http://www.levjoy.com/blog/2008/08/08/the-waste-land-vs-boing-boing/#comment-53982 actually, i should clarify. i dont think that they need to be mutually exclusive. after all, someone thought it important enough to transcribe the waste land onto the internet. http://www.bartleby.com/201/1.html actually, i should clarify. i dont think that they need to be mutually exclusive. after all, someone thought it important enough to transcribe the waste land onto the internet.

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]]> By: rb http://www.levjoy.com/blog/2008/08/08/the-waste-land-vs-boing-boing/comment-page-1/#comment-53980 rb Sat, 09 Aug 2008 18:04:14 +0000 http://www.levjoy.com/blog/2008/08/08/the-waste-land-vs-boing-boing/#comment-53980 even if you dont understand a single reference in the waste land, there is an undeniable beauty in the words and if you dont understand the words, just listen to the sounds. granted, i had the path towards an ivy league education even if i didnt end up going in that direction. but i feel like people often discount the final product because of the means of production. or maybe that's vice versa, they forgive the final product its flaws because of the means of production. yes, everyone should have a voice and an now it is a wonderful and amazing thiing that there are outlets for that voice, i completely agree with you. but i think that to simply dismiss what has been previously considered "high art" as intellectual and cultural snobbery and something to be looked at as irrelevant in the new age does a disservice to the population in general. there's a reason that the fine arts have lasted and it's not only the perpetuation of the ruling classes. in my mind, the day we teach our children to leave behind the pursuit of beauty in favor of culture is a sad one. even if you dont understand a single reference in the waste land, there is an undeniable beauty in the words and if you dont understand the words, just listen to the sounds. granted, i had the path towards an ivy league education even if i didnt end up going in that direction. but i feel like people often discount the final product because of the means of production. or maybe that’s vice versa, they forgive the final product its flaws because of the means of production.

yes, everyone should have a voice and an now it is a wonderful and amazing thiing that there are outlets for that voice, i completely agree with you. but i think that to simply dismiss what has been previously considered “high art” as intellectual and cultural snobbery and something to be looked at as irrelevant in the new age does a disservice to the population in general. there’s a reason that the fine arts have lasted and it’s not only the perpetuation of the ruling classes. in my mind, the day we teach our children to leave behind the pursuit of beauty in favor of culture is a sad one.

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