tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7983372.post619347406470866395..comments2023-11-05T04:04:12.442-05:00Comments on Short Schrift: The Virtues of Conservative CinemaTimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13026955797817424956noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7983372.post-33364606102045294162008-10-07T06:31:00.000-04:002008-10-07T06:31:00.000-04:00Light is obviously important for visible media, bu...Light is obviously important for visible media, but it's arguably increasingly important for all media. Think about trying to navigate an iPod, or a cellular phone.<BR/><BR/>This is something I spend a lot of time discussing with my students: writing is visible language.<BR/><BR/>Ezra Pound: <I>Man reading should be man intensely alive. The book should be a ball of light in one's hand.</I><BR/><BR/>I'm also deeply attached to this quote from Franz Kafka: <I>The lighted electric lamp, the quiet room, the darkness outside, the last moment of waking, they give me the right to write even if that is the most miserable. And this right I use hurriedly. That’s how I am.</I>Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13026955797817424956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7983372.post-34250261792352266282008-10-07T01:36:00.000-04:002008-10-07T01:36:00.000-04:00I love the bit about the light coming from behind ...I love the bit about the light coming from behind you. I'd never thought of that; it's great.<BR/><BR/>This question deeply affects most media, I think: Where is the light coming from?? Think of a book vs. a laptop. A painting vs. a screen.Robin Sloanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14544600054056664342noreply@blogger.com