Cheerskep wrote:
"So the response to the quote from Chris above is this: In general, writers
will "please themselves" the most when a bit works for BOTH themselves and the
audience."
... and I'm wondering if we can't just replace the word "writers" with the
phrase "professionals of any kind" --- to include not just painters and
musicians -- but anyone who is responsible to a client - whether that client
is an investor or a consumer.
Responsibility is testable --- it's either there -- or it isn't -- the client
is either pleased or he's not --- which is more than could be said about
inspirations and intentions which seem to flicker on and off with personal
whimsy.
And then Cheerskep wrote:
But Chris appears not to appreciate that both clarity and ambiguity are a
matter of degree. Every work of art is a composite of many bits ("No work is
ever just a single work.")
There are bits that are themselves composites of bits -- and it appears to me
that only the smallest bits can be understood with clarity.
Did the Richard Gere character learn some fighting techniques on the streets
of Manilla ? Yes -- he did -- that much is clear. But what that says about
his relationship with a martial arts tradition -- and his character -- that
can only be ambiguous -- as well as the big question of why we should care
about his story at all.
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