tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5767816.post110635860422134930..comments2024-02-20T03:18:43.590-05:00Comments on Magnificent Octopus: "Bach is boring"Isabella Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10735198478395875257noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5767816.post-1106927847920336282005-01-28T10:57:00.000-05:002005-01-28T10:57:00.000-05:00Hello Isabella, this is completely off topic from ...Hello Isabella, this is completely off topic from you post, sorry. I read one of your comments on Michele today and just wanted to say I would love to watch that spelling bee movie nobody else wats to watch! nobody wants to watch it with me either!Ms Machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08363385142330348970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5767816.post-1106919775309560182005-01-28T08:42:00.000-05:002005-01-28T08:42:00.000-05:00When I first read it, I was in my early 20s, and i...When I first read it, I was in my early 20s, and it left a great impression on me. I think though, at that age I had such an ego of my own, his didn't get in the way — it served only to reinforce my ideas.<br /><br />Flipping through now, I see the writing as scattered and unfocused (though it <EM>is</EM> a diary), and the ideas even a little simplistic. Still, almost every page elicits a "you're so right" or "you're full of shit," whether the subject be Hitler, newspaper editors, or Beethoven, and that's more than what most books offer.<br /><br />No, artists shouldn't take themselves too seriously, but that shouldn't stop them from keenly observing our world, from inciting reaction.Isabella Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10735198478395875257noreply@blogger.com