Music rec
I just found this over the weekend, and I've got it on repeat right now. Heather Thomas' "The Gun." I sort of want you to just experience it fresh, without any context, so I'm linking to her myspace rather than her lj post. Click "The Gun" in the media player, then ( come back and click the cut. )
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Yes! I didn't pick up anything spnny from them, not even the
"driving down an old country road
in a big black car
in the middle of the night".
So very pretty, that handprint verse, I agree! It stuck in my mind as something achingly lovely as I heard it. Also, I didn't know that Aqueduct song was from Princess Bride! I'll really have to watch it one of these days. :B
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I really really like the ambiguity of it (er, potential ambiguity? would-be ambiguity if she hadn't provided meta info linking it to SPN?), and I had to stop and think about why that is, because it sounds kind of like I'm making a value judgement about "original" works over fannish works. You know, like those arguments against fanstuff that go "But it can't stand on its own! It relies on a world somebody else built! That means it's without merit!" Barf. You know that kind of thing. And that's not how I feel at all. So I thought about it, and I decided that it's to do with my preference for subtext over text. (And I think that's something we've talked about before?) The suggested rather than the explicit, the hidden rather than the overt.
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*chortle*
There's something about the potential of subtext - it could go in infinite directions. Potential potential, perhaps? Plus, stating something boldly takes all the nuance out of it; each person's view of the subject will be less varied the more something is stated. Plus, it takes all the fun out of things. I'm guessing we're all about the undefined (malleable?) rather than the concrete.
I guess what I'm trying to say is "The suggested rather than the explicit, the hidden rather than the overt."?
Yes.
I wonder: We both make fanstuff. Would the preference for subtext be something that is as appreciated by people who aren't as involved in the production of stuffs?
those arguments against fanstuff that go "But it can't stand on its own! It relies on a world somebody else built! That means it's without merit!See, I just don't get that at all. I suppose the people who argue such things are basing merit on "originality" (even so, there are no 100% original ideas, etc, etc. Perhaps I mean single-person-created stuff). To ( ... )
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"stating something boldly takes all the nuance out of it; each person's view of the subject will be less varied the more something is stated." Yes!
From my (limited) understanding of personality types, I believe that this nuance kink may be something we share because of our similar temperaments. You're INFJ, right? I know that I, personally, am wired to respond STRONGLY to potential. Wide-open-ness really turns my crank, whereas answered questions and closed doors leave me cold.
"there are no 100% original ideas, etc, etc." Right, agreed.
"How is fanstuff different to working for one of the long-running tv shows, or comics?" I don't see a difference, myself! (Although fanstuff detractors invariably DO, and in ways that make no sense to me.) Same with, oh, ....can't brain. There are so many forms of work that tie in to previous works. And I can't remember any examples right now! Maybe I'll come back later. Or maybe you'll just get what I'm saying through osmosis ( ... )
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