Comments on: Another Blog About Blogging

By: Kwame Dawes

Kwame Dawes — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 00:22:54 +0000

Dear Rachel, that is quite a nice thought, and you are right.
Kenneth, you have to be wrong, I think. The day getting paid for art someone disqualified art is the day we will have to dismiss most of the great works of art of western civilization. Anyway, I am not blogging for the money–let’s not forget, the amount can’t come even close to the word count of my obsessive output. Not sure about you, but I NEED to do art.
Eno is wrong, even if he is clever and even if his work on Paul Simon’s new album was a touch of brilliance that has given Simon yet another life. He is wrong about art if that is what he really thinks about art. After all, by that definition, spitting on the sidewalk or pissing in public would be art. You see the problem?
And you, my daughter Sena Marie, yes we will go driving, but what do you think about my writing? (15 year olds with e-mail: yeesh!)
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By: Sena Marie

Sena Marie — Tue, 17 Apr 2007 20:45:17 +0000

this was quite hilarious to read. I never though you of all peopll would get sucked into the world of blogging. Tut tut tut. But still, quite entertaining. Keep up the good work *wink*.
p.s. can we go driving…pleeeeease!? 0-:
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By: Kenneth Goldsmith

Kenneth Goldsmith — Mon, 16 Apr 2007 23:49:50 +0000

Kwame, It’s clear to me why you feel the way you do: you’re getting paid to blog here. As Brian Eno says, “Art is everything we don’t need to do.” Blogging here is something you must do (at least for three months), hence it ain’t art. — Kenneth
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By: Rachel Zucker

Rachel Zucker — Mon, 16 Apr 2007 12:23:12 +0000

Kwame, I loved this post. I’ve been struggling with some of the same questions — the blog sucking my time, diverting poetry energy, making me wonder what the point of it, of poetry, of all writing is. Here’s something so obvious: you might not be famous now because of this blog, but you certainly have new readers (including me) who are so glad to be introduced to your writing.
Thanks for asking tough questions, RZ
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