What are the differences between Di Prima and Maso??
Both writers make excellent points about writing and breaking free from what is generally accepted.
I think the difference between the two is mainly....
what?
Both writers are very passionate and excited about what they are saying (I even say they are both ranting about what they think), di Prima says no one can fight our battle for us, while Maso indicates that everyone can do it together.
For di Prima, the battle with writing, words is one that is
internal...
"the guy at the gate w/ the flaming sword is yrself"
For Maso, there is more of an indication of
togetherness...
"Would disrupting or upsetting the lexical surfaces, and the deeper structures disrupt other contracts (social, political) we have entered with those who have continually tried to dismiss us?"
What I think Maso is telling us is that when we change the way and means we write (bringing it back to an art, or an expression of the self), we have the power and ability to change other things... bigger things... external things...
With di Prima, the battle is internal. When we change our thoughts, things outside of ourselves don't matter so much. If we have our own imagination... our own way of thinking and writing... nothing else can hinder us.
Nothing else matters.
Both writers make excellent points about writing and breaking free from what is generally accepted.
I think the difference between the two is mainly....
what?
Both writers are very passionate and excited about what they are saying (I even say they are both ranting about what they think), di Prima says no one can fight our battle for us, while Maso indicates that everyone can do it together.
For di Prima, the battle with writing, words is one that is
internal...
"the guy at the gate w/ the flaming sword is yrself"
For Maso, there is more of an indication of
togetherness...
"Would disrupting or upsetting the lexical surfaces, and the deeper structures disrupt other contracts (social, political) we have entered with those who have continually tried to dismiss us?"
What I think Maso is telling us is that when we change the way and means we write (bringing it back to an art, or an expression of the self), we have the power and ability to change other things... bigger things... external things...
With di Prima, the battle is internal. When we change our thoughts, things outside of ourselves don't matter so much. If we have our own imagination... our own way of thinking and writing... nothing else can hinder us.
Nothing else matters.
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