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Originally Posted by Sparrow
Reminds me of the Modest Mouse song 'Bukowski'.
"Woke up this morning and it seemed to me, that every night turns out to be a little bit more like Bukowski. And yeah, I know he's a pretty good read. But God who'd wanna be? God who'd wanna be such an asshole? God who'd wanna be? God who'd wanna be such an asshole?"
I'm not bothered about the personalities of the authors I read - it's not important to me.  |
I'm very interested in this approach, because it's something I just can't seem to do. If you found out your favourite author was a racist, a card carrying member of the Klu Klux Klan can you honestly say it wouldn't affect your reading of their material? It wouldn't inform your reaction to the material thereafter? I don't see how you can't be affected by the knowledge you have at hand. Any knowledge that is, not just knowledge that is distasteful.
I love Bradbury, but I can't stand his attitude toward the internet and now when I read certain stories I realise that my initial reaction was completely wrong. As the viewer I change the meaning of the viewed, and any information I have at hand also changes my reaction and by extension changes the viewed.
So how exactly do you ignore the information you have and not let it influence your reading?