“Let me put this bluntly, in language even a busy blogger can understand: Criticism — and its humble cousin, reviewing — is not a democratic activity. It is, or should be, an elite enterprise, ideally undertaken by individuals who bring something to the party beyond their hasty, instinctive opinions of a book (or any other cultural object). It is work that requires disciplined taste, historical and theoretical knowledge and a fairly deep sense of the author’s (or filmmaker’s or painter’s) entire body of work, among other qualities.
Opinion — thumbs up, thumbs down — is the least important aspect of reviewing. Very often, in the best reviews, opinion is conveyed without a judgmental word being spoken, because the review’s highest business is to initiate intelligent dialogue about the work in question, beginning a discussion that, in some cases, will persist down the years, even down the centuries.”
Opinion — thumbs up, thumbs down — is the least important aspect of reviewing. Very often, in the best reviews, opinion is conveyed without a judgmental word being spoken, because the review’s highest business is to initiate intelligent dialogue about the work in question, beginning a discussion that, in some cases, will persist down the years, even down the centuries.”
I got this from the weblog of Marc Goossens, responsable for Dance at the Cultural Centre of Berchem (Antwerp).
http://www.daprice.be
Marc Goossens just received a price for best cultural weblog, one of 18 categories at the annual Satin Pajama Awards for European blogs. It’s organised by A Fistful of Euros. These ar some pretty farcical, quite obscure names but what Marc wrote about criticism, reviewing and opinion is correct.
I almost put down brilliant in stead of correct. Sometimes I’ve got the urge to overdo things. But I fight against it and from time to time I win.
Anyway.
I really believe in the principle or the philosophy I discovered in blogging: it’s an instrument to get in touch with an opinion, a world or a part of it, or to be confronted with ideas you did not know before. It could just kickstart you to create a piece of genius and to win a nobel prize. Or it can just amuse you. And that’s what I like most about blogs or blogging.
http://www.daprice.be
Marc Goossens just received a price for best cultural weblog, one of 18 categories at the annual Satin Pajama Awards for European blogs. It’s organised by A Fistful of Euros. These ar some pretty farcical, quite obscure names but what Marc wrote about criticism, reviewing and opinion is correct.
I almost put down brilliant in stead of correct. Sometimes I’ve got the urge to overdo things. But I fight against it and from time to time I win.
Anyway.
I really believe in the principle or the philosophy I discovered in blogging: it’s an instrument to get in touch with an opinion, a world or a part of it, or to be confronted with ideas you did not know before. It could just kickstart you to create a piece of genius and to win a nobel prize. Or it can just amuse you. And that’s what I like most about blogs or blogging.
Cloth Fair, London_2007
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