Yvain once wrote a cute (but, to my mind, rather pointless) post about “rational poetry” or some such; but do rationalists even like poetry as a form of expression? Empirically?
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Poetry, along with some other art forms, always struck me as inherently uninteresting to the point where I find it hard to believe anyone actually enjoys it. I see some people who are obviously moved by poetry, so clearly I’m just at one end of the spectrum. To each their own.
I only rarely find interesting or moving visual art. I can be loads more interested by a description of a picture, but seldom to the same extent as by a piece of poetry. One co-worker (boss, actually) of mine said she just did not get poetry, and I tried to see other differences in how we tick—I think she’s more self-assured and appreciative of data drawn in tables, but that’s all. Sometimes, I really wonder if aesthetics are partly genetics...
I wouldn’t say I “like poetry” as such, but there are certainly poems I like; two that come to mind are If and Absolutely Nothing. Oh, and a lot of “lik the bred”s. I’ve sometimes listened to spoken poetry where I didn’t follow the words very well but enjoyed the rhythm.
I think Brienne Yudkowsky has written about poetry.
Yvain once wrote a cute (but, to my mind, rather pointless) post about “rational poetry” or some such; but do rationalists even like poetry as a form of expression? Empirically?
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If you want to say something in more detail, please leave a comment.
Poetry, along with some other art forms, always struck me as inherently uninteresting to the point where I find it hard to believe anyone actually enjoys it. I see some people who are obviously moved by poetry, so clearly I’m just at one end of the spectrum. To each their own.
I only rarely find interesting or moving visual art. I can be loads more interested by a description of a picture, but seldom to the same extent as by a piece of poetry. One co-worker (boss, actually) of mine said she just did not get poetry, and I tried to see other differences in how we tick—I think she’s more self-assured and appreciative of data drawn in tables, but that’s all. Sometimes, I really wonder if aesthetics are partly genetics...
I wouldn’t say I “like poetry” as such, but there are certainly poems I like; two that come to mind are If and Absolutely Nothing. Oh, and a lot of “lik the bred”s. I’ve sometimes listened to spoken poetry where I didn’t follow the words very well but enjoyed the rhythm.
I think Brienne Yudkowsky has written about poetry.
I like some poetry. Often in the form of song lyrics, or Shakespeare’s plays.