http://www.circelink.com/2010/01/dead-babies-folkies-and-lyrical-regrets/ Music Art Poetry from Circe Link Wed, 28 Jul 2010 19:46:03 -0500 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://www.circelink.com/2010/01/dead-babies-folkies-and-lyrical-regrets/comment-page-1/#comment-21 phaedral Tue, 26 Jan 2010 17:47:20 +0000 http://www.circelink.com/?p=123#comment-21 On a less personal note, I think generally fans, non-creators, tend to want consistency more than art. That's part of why MacDonalds outsells Cordon Bleu. Think about the crap Heinlein got for evolving from juvies to adult fiction. If one creates for commercial success then one is constrained differently than if one creates for the sake of creating. (Although Heinlein claimed to only ever write for sheckles...must ponder.) On a less personal note, I think generally fans, non-creators, tend to want consistency more than art. That’s part of why MacDonalds outsells Cordon Bleu. Think about the crap Heinlein got for evolving from juvies to adult fiction. If one creates for commercial success then one is constrained differently than if one creates for the sake of creating. (Although Heinlein claimed to only ever write for sheckles…must ponder.)

]]> http://www.circelink.com/2010/01/dead-babies-folkies-and-lyrical-regrets/comment-page-1/#comment-20 phaedral Tue, 26 Jan 2010 17:42:43 +0000 http://www.circelink.com/?p=123#comment-20 It would be really groovy to see some of your earlier painting online; I think it would give another layer of context through which folks could come to appreciate your work. $.02 It would be really groovy to see some of your earlier painting online; I think it would give another layer of context through which folks could come to appreciate your work. $.02

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