My “Uncreative” Response to Kenneth Goldsmith

Published on: Author: Benjamin Fisher 1 Comment

Everything is a masterpiece; nothing is a masterpiece. It’s a masterpiece if I say it is. (Kenneth Goldsmith) If all those details are to be recorded and put into consideration our heads would explode. (Nouf) The in-depth studier of postmodernism comes up with connections and sense from any nonsense. (Tariq) In other words, whether the text is readable or not is not of his concern, but the reader should “read the way [Goldsmith] write[s].” (Issam) However, when Goldsmith, along with Marjorie Perloff, promoted the idea that the “new” literature is about playing with information [that] already exists, do they suggest that there is no authenticity or originality in this new type of literature? Does the traditional literature also lack originality? (Ziyad) Accordingly, I think that even what he calls unoriginal or uncreative texts are original and creative if readers and critics do not conform them to traditional judgment approaches. (Asmaa) It is incredibly difficult to not really care if you offend a small portion of the public, while still be[ing] mindful of the majority of your audience. (Mikiel) A piece or a work becomes valuable according to the effort you put in. A good work of art needs more effort than just copying and pasting. (Hediye) The ideas themselves are already prepackage in the form of words, and each individual is not making up words, not if he or she wants to be understood. (Jed)

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  1. I think it is really interesting how it is collaged piece but many of the sentences fit together really well with a lot of sentences starting with “however” and “accordingly”. It fits together better than I would think a dozen individual blog posts would.

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