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Re: OT: Tinkering versus creativity

From:Sai Emrys <sai@...>
Date:Thursday, June 29, 2006, 18:17
On 6/29/06, Sally Caves <scaves@...> wrote:
> > Nobody has been saying that personal artlangs are trying to think outside > > the box or reshape the landscape, and nobody has been saying that they > > should. Indeed, in the other message of mine that you mention favourably > > is quite clear on that. > > Yes but two people have been saying that most personal artlangs on the whole > are boring to them because of their lack of innovation. [...]
I've pretty clearly stated that this is a /personal preference/ rather than a statement about the languages themselves or anysuch. Like saying I don't happen to like country music (not true, incidentally); it doesn't disparage the quality of any particular country music, it's just not something I like listening to. FWIW, my original reason for posting this was not at all as a critique of anyone, but to share the essay and the possible usefulness of the distinction in kinds of creativity that he was making. - Sai

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Sally Caves <scaves@...>
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