[MD] A man of excellence?

[MarshaV]

Greetings again Michael,

Thought I'd give Burroughs another go, so I watched 'Destroy All Rational Thought' which is labeled as an Indie documentary on William Burroughs and Brion Gysin, two beat poets.  Fortunately, or unfortunately, or both, or neither, the next day I watched the documentary 'A Zen Life: D. T. Suzuki'.  Interesting juxtaposition.  


Marsha
 



On Nov 22, 2012, at 3:03 PM, MarshaV <valkyr at att.net> wrote:

> Hi Michael,
> 
> To be fair, I have not read his books or any other papers written by Burroughs.  And though 'yuck' is a dimwitted word, it was the most he inspired.  He seemed a witless and very sad little man.  And those guns?  I was astonished that so many musicians and creative types worshipped him.  
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> 
> Marsha
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> On Nov 22, 2012, at 1:58 PM, "Michael R. Brown" <mrb at fuguewriter.com> wrote:
> 
>> Marsha,
>> 
>> What elicited your YUCK!!! response about Burroughs? One can say YUCK!!! about anything. ; )
>> 
>> Burroughs has to be understood as not just a straight man - he's playing multiple games.
>> 
>> In Pirisigian terms, you could look at him as taking SQ so far it self-destructs.
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>> 
>> MRB
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>> On 11/22/2012 2:01 AM, MarshaV wrote:
>>> Michael,
>>> 
>>> I had never heard of William Burroughs, and being curious as to what might be seen as valuable to MD men I just watched 'William S. Burroughs: A Man Within'.  YUCK!!!   I found the whole scene presented in this documentary depressing and low-value.  Is Burroughs suppose to represent a man of excellence?  Yuck!  Yuck! Yuck!!!
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>>> 
>>> Marsha
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