tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4025264318423694875.post9223021220459887815..comments2024-02-05T10:41:31.777-05:00Comments on I Saw Lightning Fall: Sensitized To SubjectivityLoren Eatonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12488412683340389286noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4025264318423694875.post-10227350819267087362010-09-11T07:01:55.005-04:002010-09-11T07:01:55.005-04:00Jim,
The problem is that you have absolutely no i...Jim,<br /><br /><i>The problem is that you have absolutely no idea who that reader will be or what he will bring.</i><br /><br />You're absolutely right. We can't possibly plan for <i>every</i> subjective response. That would cripple our creativity. But we can pick some of the big areas and skirt around them. Sexualized violence, for example, is one I think should be generally left alone.Loren Eatonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12488412683340389286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4025264318423694875.post-57761861975393052032010-09-11T06:58:59.594-04:002010-09-11T06:58:59.594-04:00Ben,
How interesting: I've had very much the ...Ben,<br /><br />How interesting: I've had very much the same development over the years. My tolerance for over-the-top violence has drastically diminished from my mid-twenties on. It's not that I'm inherently against gritty subject matter anymore; I just like for it to be handled with a delicate touch.Loren Eatonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12488412683340389286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4025264318423694875.post-59725321779904539322010-09-10T12:19:48.481-04:002010-09-10T12:19:48.481-04:00The problem is that you have absolutely no idea wh...The problem is that you have absolutely no idea who that reader will be or what he will bring. That paragraph didn’t faze me at all. But then my daughter is thirty. It reminded me strangely enough of the scene in Woody Allen’s <i>Annie Hall</i> where an adult Woody gets to sit in on one of his childhood classes and the kids say where they’re going to be when they’re his age. I believe the last one, a plain, bespectacled girl announced she was either going to be into S&M or crack.<br /><br />Now, if Hauer had then said, “So think of this as me doing you a favour,” and shot the lot I might not be quite so philosophical. Then again the scene in <i> Alien V Predator: Requiem</i> in the postnatal wing didn’t bother me either. I guess I must be getting callous in my old age. That said I still thought the film sucked so I mustn’t be dead yet.<br /><br>Jim Murdochhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12786388638146471193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4025264318423694875.post-26660500596766002752010-09-10T03:49:01.857-04:002010-09-10T03:49:01.857-04:00I think we sometimes forget that our own tastes ch...I think we sometimes forget that our own tastes change. While I didn't mind the occasional gory movie in my twenties, now I have two young children I find my tastes for such fiction (and others) has changed. My change follows the change in perspective that I think many parents go through: Seeing not only a child's future played out or observing his reaction to something scary, but also considering what sort of society these stories represent.<br /><br />While I believe such changes in perspective are normal, I'm also convinced they're particularly beneficial to us as writers. When we choose to ask <i>why</i> we're feeling sensitive to a particular issue we can then most effectively <i>show</i> that emotional content through our characters.<br /><br />Therein lies much of my theory behind theme, anyway. ;)Ben Mannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03237990156034508963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4025264318423694875.post-20261032433994079372010-09-09T12:18:31.541-04:002010-09-09T12:18:31.541-04:00I actually thought I learned a bit through that ex...I actually thought I learned a bit through that exchange. Most of our cats just prowled around outside eating mice or lizards and then disappeared. Never spent all that much time watching them or their behavior.Loren Eatonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12488412683340389286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4025264318423694875.post-52072591910437724302010-09-09T11:23:48.924-04:002010-09-09T11:23:48.924-04:00No graphic you post will ever create as much comme...No graphic you post will ever create as much commentary and controversy as that last cat picture.C. N. Nevetshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00375714948653196993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4025264318423694875.post-90849592078831176362010-09-09T11:20:58.462-04:002010-09-09T11:20:58.462-04:00Gracias, sir. Although looking at that graphic, I ...Gracias, sir. Although looking at that graphic, I think I could've exercised some more sensitivity in selecting it.Loren Eatonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12488412683340389286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4025264318423694875.post-81381529731339300462010-09-09T11:19:08.049-04:002010-09-09T11:19:08.049-04:00Well said, Loren.Well said, Loren.C. N. Nevetshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00375714948653196993noreply@blogger.com