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This anecdote really changes my perception of her. It seems like one of the cases where you have to divorce the author from the author to appreciate the creatio
by coolandsmartrr 7y ago
This anecdote really changes my perception of her. It seems like one of the cases where you have to divorce the author from the author to appreciate the creation.
I was going to leave some comments about her other interesting works, but I don't this I can after reading this.
- coldtea 7y agoThe author's character doesn't really matter if what they say is interesting [1] If a serial killer had discovered Relativity, written the Goldberg Variations, or created a fundamental algorithm like FFT, would they have been any less good and usable? People with all kinds of faults, way worse than the hypocrisy/rudeness described above by Sontag have created all kinds of great things... [1] Motives, on the other hand do matter, as they can influence what they say, or what they want to achieve with saying it
- mellosouls 7y agoWhy? She may have been like that generally. She may have been having an off day. It's just one encounter, and one side of the story. An interesting anecdote, but not something to base an entire life assessment on.