Comments on: Shotgun and Paintbrush: Acker interviews Burroughs http://coilhouse.net/2009/05/shotgun-and-paint-brush-kathy-acker-interviews-william-burroughs/ Coilhouse Wed, 23 May 2012 21:15:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Burroughs vs Kathy Acker « Another Lost Shark http://coilhouse.net/2009/05/shotgun-and-paint-brush-kathy-acker-interviews-william-burroughs/comment-page-1/#comment-15979 Burroughs vs Kathy Acker « Another Lost Shark Sat, 30 May 2009 22:35:28 +0000 http://coilhouse.net/?p=7645#comment-15979 [...] Shotgun and Paintbrush: Kathy Acker talks to William Burroughs. [...] [...] Shotgun and Paintbrush: Kathy Acker talks to William Burroughs. [...]

]]> By: Poetry News For May 23, 2009 | Poetry Hut Blog http://coilhouse.net/2009/05/shotgun-and-paint-brush-kathy-acker-interviews-william-burroughs/comment-page-1/#comment-15787 Poetry News For May 23, 2009 | Poetry Hut Blog Sat, 23 May 2009 05:00:36 +0000 http://coilhouse.net/?p=7645#comment-15787 [...] Here is one of the holy grails of interviews, with visionary writer Kathy Acker quizzing the legenda... and William Burroughs [...] [...] Here is one of the holy grails of interviews, with visionary writer Kathy Acker quizzing the legenda… and William Burroughs [...]

]]> By: Vivacious G http://coilhouse.net/2009/05/shotgun-and-paint-brush-kathy-acker-interviews-william-burroughs/comment-page-1/#comment-15771 Vivacious G Fri, 22 May 2009 20:19:44 +0000 http://coilhouse.net/?p=7645#comment-15771 Hey, thanks for this! I was just thinking about this today. I am guilty of the "spewing up one’s subconscious visions", I don't think it makes good art though. It's just that I'm extremely shy, so the things I end up showing others are superficial and meaningless. I don't want anyone to see what's really going on inside. Something to work on. Maybe. Hey, thanks for this!

I was just thinking about this today. I am guilty of the “spewing up one’s subconscious visions”, I don’t think it makes good art though. It’s just that I’m extremely shy, so the things I end up showing others are superficial and meaningless. I don’t want anyone to see what’s really going on inside. Something to work on. Maybe.

]]> By: Mer http://coilhouse.net/2009/05/shotgun-and-paint-brush-kathy-acker-interviews-william-burroughs/comment-page-1/#comment-15766 Mer Fri, 22 May 2009 17:59:47 +0000 http://coilhouse.net/?p=7645#comment-15766 Woot! "I think many people wrongly draw the lesson from both that simply spewing up one’s subconscious visions makes for good writing or art, while missing the considerable craft they put into honing those thoughts into glistening brain-gems." Yes. A hugely important distinction to make. In my opinion, that conscious attention and craft is what makes both these writers far more enjoyable for me to read than, say, Kerouac. Woot!

“I think many people wrongly draw the lesson from both that simply spewing up one’s subconscious visions makes for good writing or art, while missing the considerable craft they put into honing those thoughts into glistening brain-gems.”

Yes. A hugely important distinction to make. In my opinion, that conscious attention and craft is what makes both these writers far more enjoyable for me to read than, say, Kerouac.

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