Comments on: Roach Spray, Batteries, Water Mellon http://zuihitsu.org/etc/archives/2007/02/not-from-atoms/ trivia since two thousand two Thu, 08 Jan 2009 21:51:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Sophie http://zuihitsu.org/etc/archives/2007/02/not-from-atoms/comment-page-1/#comment-21489 Sophie Mon, 28 May 2007 11:50:09 +0000 http://zuihitsu.org/etc/archives/2007/02/not-from-atoms/#comment-21489 This reminds me of a Spanish poetry lecture I went to where the lecturer began: 'Poetry is not like shopping lists.' By which he meant that poetry is deliberately and carefully organised in a particular order, not just slapped down in any old order. But you're right. There is something artistically pleasing about a shopping list. Thanks for alerting me to this obvious truth! This reminds me of a Spanish poetry lecture I went to where the lecturer began: ‘Poetry is not like shopping lists.’
By which he meant that poetry is deliberately and carefully organised in a particular order, not just slapped down in any old order. But you’re right. There is something artistically pleasing about a shopping list. Thanks for alerting me to this obvious truth!

]]> By: Brad http://zuihitsu.org/etc/archives/2007/02/not-from-atoms/comment-page-1/#comment-20827 Brad Mon, 14 May 2007 08:41:00 +0000 http://zuihitsu.org/etc/archives/2007/02/not-from-atoms/#comment-20827 <blockquote>I remarked earlier that the lists of qualities produced were very short, and very similar. When I consider them I am reminded of a sign I once saw outside a shop in a small village in Wales. It read: 'Butter, Eggs, Bed & Breakfast, Woolen Goods, Souvenirs, Milk, Pop, Books, Etc.' Like the bewildered character who plays so large a part in the Wittgensteinian corpus, I'm uncertain how to go on.</blockquote> J. J. Mackintosh, "Primary and Secondary Qualities", in <em>Studia Leibnitiana</em>, Vol. 8, 1976, p. 101.
I remarked earlier that the lists of qualities produced were very short, and very similar. When I consider them I am reminded of a sign I once saw outside a shop in a small village in Wales. It read: ‘Butter, Eggs, Bed & Breakfast, Woolen Goods, Souvenirs, Milk, Pop, Books, Etc.’ Like the bewildered character who plays so large a part in the Wittgensteinian corpus, I’m uncertain how to go on.

J. J. Mackintosh, “Primary and Secondary Qualities”, in Studia Leibnitiana, Vol. 8, 1976, p. 101.

]]> By: mapsadaisical http://zuihitsu.org/etc/archives/2007/02/not-from-atoms/comment-page-1/#comment-20826 mapsadaisical Mon, 14 May 2007 08:19:55 +0000 http://zuihitsu.org/etc/archives/2007/02/not-from-atoms/#comment-20826 Roach spray...batteries...water melon...I swear that dude has forgotten something. Hang on, I know - nappies (or should that be diapers?). Roach spray…batteries…water melon…I swear that dude has forgotten something. Hang on, I know – nappies (or should that be diapers?).

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