Re: OT: Tinkering versus creativity
| From: | Sai Emrys <sai@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, June 29, 2006, 18:17 |
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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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