tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8371628584376797540.post4214305258899927515..comments2023-12-26T23:07:08.005-08:00Comments on TOMORROWVILLE: Talent, Success, and Other Such MattersDavid Isaakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04928598446742324391noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8371628584376797540.post-38830973221523145062009-07-15T14:24:56.680-07:002009-07-15T14:24:56.680-07:00Hi, Alis--
Yeah, reminds me of how the Dadaists d...Hi, Alis--<br /><br />Yeah, reminds me of how the Dadaists discovered that you could make anything seem like art if you put a frame around it.<br /><br />What it makes clear to me is how much collaboration there is in art--between performer and audience, between artist and viewer, and, most intimate of all, between writer and reader.David Isaakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04928598446742324391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8371628584376797540.post-23288451456575340852009-07-15T14:22:49.965-07:002009-07-15T14:22:49.965-07:00Hi, Janet.
Thumb is now back to normal.
I also ...Hi, Janet. <br /><br />Thumb is now back to normal.<br /><br />I also like to believe I would have stopped, transfixed...but maybe not. Subways by their nature are full of people rushing...David Isaakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04928598446742324391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8371628584376797540.post-49135710489578069982009-07-15T01:45:59.359-07:002009-07-15T01:45:59.359-07:00How true... it's all about setting up expectat...How true... it's all about setting up expectations, isn't it - you go to a professional performance and you're primed to find it more amazing than if you'd gone to hear the same performer in a church hall with no posters up. <br />I think it's the same with big-name writers - we're primed to find their work good, though occasionally people will put their head up above the parapet and point out that if they had submitted the same work it would have been rejected with 'seen too much of this' or some such comment. <br />Once you've established your talent (and I don't for a second underestimate the difficulty of doing that) it's all about branding, innit?Alishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18406189984167289987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8371628584376797540.post-41915294021865313322009-07-10T17:16:49.918-07:002009-07-10T17:16:49.918-07:00I saw that video. I like to think I would have st...I saw that video. I like to think I would have stopped, but if I'd been in a terrible hurry, I probably wouldn't have.<br /><br />Best wishes to your thumb... ;o)Janethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04600030574995481267noreply@blogger.com