posted by David Need at
1:48 PM
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
About Me
- Name: David Need
I currently keep five linked blogs on poetry and aesthetics: 1. andersonsisters.blogspot.com (on animina/feminine in dream/life/poetry) 2. arcadetaberna.blogspot.com (films of readings at our long poem reading series "Arcade Taberna") 3. noonesrose.blogspot.com (copies of papers, articles, and drafts) 4. opurecontradication.blogspot.com (musings on philiosophy/critical theory and poetry) 5. gdnightiren.blogspot.com (a monthly posting of a year long memoir piece I am doing in relation to my mother's death in Oct 2010)
Previous Posts
- From "Orphans"Alan sits out on a bench down by the...
- IOne of the first lessons of telepathy is that it ...
- "When pacifists, or people trying to limit war, de...
- interesting that I cannot create spaces
- poetry as by the ear, thus opens up a near space r...
- Experiments
Subscribe to
Posts [Atom]
1 Comments:
Hello David. I thought about sending this reply backchannel, but since you posted it publicly I guess a public response is appropriate.
A few points:
1) Tecate Noir is not a Lucipo endeavor. It is something that Tony, Chris, Ken, and I elected to do together, based on our private relationships. It has nothing to do with who's "good enough" or "not good enough" to be in it; it is a casual and laid-back thing that organically emerged among we individuals, who also happen to be on the same poetry listserv.
2) Tecate Noir is not about competition--just the opposite, in fact. It is about learning to listen to each other, develop sensitivity, mesh, and explore.
3) I could better understand your feelings of exclusion if Tecate Noir included the whole of Lucipo, except for you. But this is not the case--almost everyone is "excluded" from Tecate Noir in this sense. Tecate Noir has never espoused absolute "openness." Anyone who feels simpatico with what we do is welcome to come play, but at its core, yes, it's me and Tony and Ken and Chris, developing together as a musical unit. Why is that not ok?
4) I didn't realize you even desired to play with us. I know you have some issues with group dynamics and I know you have a lot of issues with Ken. Seeing as how Ken is at the center of this collaboration among a few individuals, it didn't occur to me that you'd want anything to do with it. I wish you'd just said, 'Hey, I'd like to come play some time.' And in theory I would still like to see that happen--it was good, that night we all played at kate and Maggie's old place. But now there is weird energy around it to overcome.
5) And as for this--"Brian’s been here for over a year. I reached out a few times about seeing his place, but he was busy & he’s never checked back."--David, I am kind of neurotic. Tony's never seen my apartment. Ken seldom has. My closest friends don't see me for long periods of time. I walk the margins of the world, alone, more often than not, because that is my nature. I don't like making plans. My social time is very focused; I spend most of time privately working on my art, my journalism, and spending time with Ashley. It seems as if you're taking something personal which is not at all personal--it's just me, being how I am in the world. If my nature ever causes you pain, I regret that--but I do not apologize for my willful and lonesome nature. That is my right, and it does no harm.
7) & yes, I *do* want my moves to be seen. I'm not ashamed of that either. I've got some nice moves. Wanting one's moves to be seen is not necessarily equivalent to a disinterest in the moves of others.
8) You use the word "liar" too freely.
Sincerely,
Brian Howe
Post a Comment
Subscribe to Post Comments [Atom]
<< Home