Re: Lighting Some Flames: Towards conlang artistry

John Cowan:
> Raymond Brown scripsit:
> > Long live the hobbyists and the humble craftsmen, I say.
>
> Hear, hear.  And while we're at it, let us repudiate the notion
> of artists who aren't craftspeople.  Did anyone ever hear of a
> great painter who didn't happen to paint very well?
Manet is a bit clumsy, by the standards of his contemporaries.
It's hard to tell how 'well' Pollock and Rothko could paint.

Walt Whitman would be a prime example of a great writer who didn't
happen to write very well.

And of course, everyone agrees that Bob Dylan is a great singer
who can't sing very well.

--And.

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