Slipping Into Poetry: A List by Paul Pearson
Paul Pearson writes: There is a very good reason why I didn't continue my studies and become an academic. I was terrible at it. Every time I try to write critically about a piece of art I care about, I slip into poetry. I just can't keep a grip on straight discourse. When I'm feeling uncharitable with myself I say that I have no ability to order my thoughts in a logical, rhetorical way. At best I am a mimic, squawking like that magpie sitting just out of reach. See, I'm doing it again. Here are just a few of the shiny things that I stole and heaped around Lunatic Engine