OF BOOKSHELVES AND RECORD CABINETS

I'm a published poet and short story author where music and books were the load bearing walls of my childhood. This led to a love of movies, anything from Bogart to Clooney. My heros are Margaret Atwood, Hugh Laurie, and The Beatles. I was lucky enough to have met Ms. Atwood, taught by Thomas Lux, and to have heard Drake Bell play his own music and cover The Beatles three times. My name is Veronica. Let's get passionate.
August 16
patricksomerville: I liked Dwight Garner’s riff in the NYT Magazine; I thought it was spot on. And Elliott Holt’s post about it just reminded of my favorite part, which comes when Garner is looking for a definition of criticism: It means making fine distinctions. It means talking about ideas, aesthetics and morality as if these things matter (and they do). It’s at base an act of love. Our critical faculties are what make us human. That’s it.

patricksomerville:

I liked Dwight Garner’s riff in the NYT Magazine; I thought it was spot on. And Elliott Holt’s post about it just reminded of my favorite part, which comes when Garner is looking for a definition of criticism:

It means making fine distinctions. It means talking about ideas, aesthetics and morality as if these things matter (and they do). It’s at base an act of love. Our critical faculties are what make us human.

That’s it.

(via elliottholt)