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Originally Posted by porkmarras
Right,back to more interesting things than Norma J's desperate calls for mummy and daddy.I'm not saying that if a person didn't get some formal artistic training they wont be able to produce beautiful art and,as you've rightly pointed out,Sonic Youth are one such example of that.I'm not sure if i 'm totally convinced about this 'divide' between audience and artist and quiete franklly i think that it is an idea that gets dusted out of the cupboard because of the notion of indie cred and that old and sterile punk rock way of thinking that has been perpetrated on musicians and scenes for a bit too long now.If the work of an artist is good enough,i shall think that it will still manage to communicate to me intimately even if it is being performed from the peak of a mountain.
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yeah, for sure, although what makes bukowski great to me (although not drastically original as glice pointed out. ) is the focus and insight on the unimportant everyday details which make up life.
"the miniscule is the proper domain for the artist" is a quote i remember from somewhere. (obviously joyce and co. were using this technique years before, and the buddhist zen poets centuries before)
but anyway, that's why i think he is wonderful, breaking down the barrier between artist and audience by describing easily relatable details that break down the alienation between writer and reader.