tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11295909.post111648119090989304..comments2024-02-23T03:28:33.435-05:00Comments on Culture Industry: Williams: "Picture showing"Mark Scrogginshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01431113440875342809noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11295909.post-1116618021391752262005-05-20T15:40:00.000-04:002005-05-20T15:40:00.000-04:00Hey, Mark! Heck of a post. You sound like Guy or...Hey, Mark! Heck of a post. You sound like Guy or HK here: smart, authoritative, muscular prose; judicious, fresh insights (I like your aside about bad poems, then and now); a pleasure to read. <BR/><BR/>One more thought about that poem: it's awfully small, and willing to be small, isn't it? By which I mean, it doesn't try to do much, doesn't stick in the mind much after you read it, other than perhaps that closing quip. There's a modesty to the project here that appeals to me, and leads to the more casual productions of Berrigan, et. al., for better and (alas!) for worse.E. M. Selingerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00426524354823232002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11295909.post-1116527147392403922005-05-19T14:25:00.000-04:002005-05-19T14:25:00.000-04:00You write, "It’s a well-established subgenre: the ...You write, "It’s a well-established subgenre: the poem in response to the mass media, and I suppose it’s become more ubiquitous as the media has become more “mass,” more omnipresent."<BR/><BR/>Have you read David Citino's <I>The News and Other Poems</I> (2002)? I've returned to this one recently because of its relationship with reflecting upon what we see in the media.<BR/><BR/>Williams' reflection is introduced to us with a conscious effort to reveal that this image is a product of the media, of a particular medium (not a painting or drawing) - a "picture showing." But it seems to me that we've moved away from recognizing or acknowledging the media/medium in observation, and instead seem to be reflecting upon media as almost experiential.Suhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04433373615583845484noreply@blogger.com