Joe Short

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• February 8, 2000, on Thoughts on Writing:

  I suppose it's the narcissism of these "Thoughts on Writing" I find so appealing. (Or maybe the naked--woman--obscuring--bookshelf photo under the link "a list of books I've found rewarding." Somehow I think the last line of this delicious narcissist's online resume may shed some light on the unintended metaphorical quality of this photo and his overall stance on the life of an artist/writer versus the life of a wealthy computer geek: "Never Married." Has this lack, and I'm being presumptuous here, of "good relations with the right woman," which D.H Lawrence noted as primary, caused philg to divorce himself from simple things, i.e. art and the "garret," and bury himself in pathetic (pathos being the root here) self adornment, i.e. Viking stove and Acura NSEX? Just a theory.) I think a quote is in order: "An enlightenment which requires to be authenticated, certified, recognized, congratulated, is a false, or at least an incomplete one." --Zen and Zen Classics, R.H. Blyth vi...