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Advice Given On Drama (Lyric) by Blake

If you must speak of drama, disapproving, Then why not walk this errant stage of life Making such pleasing use of furious strife To cheer an audience to its removing? Why shirk acting? By taken role, you learn; If life is but a masque, then seize the play! Perform you well enough, and so you may Cast costume off, to hear applause in turn. But if theater you choose, rehearse with care Above all skill, to keep clearly aware: A play, as all the world, runs means to end; Let acting not your dreams to others bend. Beyond spectators, truest critic lies: Insure that you know this, to win your prize.

Blake 30-Jul-02/3:10 PM
I draw a line between disliking someone's poetry and attacking them personally. A moment ago, your "review" was in front of me. Now it is behind me. One cannot compare Da Vinci to Dada. When I read Ginsberg or cummings, I can feel empathy. With your work, I simply can't. When you compare yourself to great artists, you seem to want respect... To display a vision to the world. Somehow, something, be it divine intervention, the ghost of Keats, or just plain common sense, tells me you aren't quite accomplishing that. Responding to me in a manner reminiscent of a low-rent Andrew Dice Clay won't get you any closer to it. I'd like to thank you for your time, (A great deal of which must have been spent to think of a way to involve calcium-rich leafy greens.) and wish you luck.




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