Is it in bad taste to point out the symbolism and themes in your own work?

[Karen Gray]

As in reefer?

Yup

 

[Stephen Drake]

Yup

Learn something new every day!

 

[Jennifer Stone]

Wow, I've stepped into a pharmacy here! Where's the rave?

 

[Karen Gray]

Wow, I've stepped into a pharmacy here! Where's the rave?

Haha good point!

Back to the OP!!!

I think if you're asked, then there is nothing wrong with explaining why and what certain symbolic things in your work mean

 

[Jason Byrne]

Wow, I've stepped into a pharmacy here! Where's the rave?

Jennifer — you just started it. Spread the Ching.

Haha good point!

Back to the OP!!!

I think if you're asked, then there is nothing wrong with explaining why and what certain symbolic things in your work mean

Karen, I defy your efforts to remain on-topic.

But I agree nonetheless.

 

[Karen Gray]

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Jennifer — you just started it. Spread the Ching.


Karen, I defy your efforts to remain on-topic.

But I agree nonetheless.

"You cannot defy me, boy. For I am the Wrathwind which you cannot outrun."

 

[Jason Byrne]

"You cannot defy me, boy. For I am the Wrathwind which you cannot outrun."

 

[Alistair Roberts]

Jason has been warned, but it's all airy fairy if you ask me!

 

[Jason Byrne]

Jason has been warned, but it's all airy fairy if you ask me!

The Wrathwind is nothing to sneeze at! Oh wait — no I suppose it is, actually...

 

[Karen Gray]

The Wrathwind is nothing to sneeze at! Oh wait — no I suppose it is, actually...

No. You'd be dead before you got cold and flu symptoms. It's like a super-subarctic galeforce wind.

 

[Jason Byrne]

No. You'd be dead before you got cold and flu symptoms. It's like a super-subarctic galeforce wind.

There you have it.

 

[Karen Gray]

There you have it.

Hehe and Jason's sub-zero cool... Perhaps you would survive.... Ok. I like you... you can stay

 

[Jason Byrne]

Hehe and Jason's sub-zero cool... Perhaps you would survive.... Ok. I like you... you can stay

See? Shades. Necessary part of any survival kit. In your face Bear Grylls.

 

[Karen Gray]

That's nae joke by the by...

If you don't get it...

 

[Jason Byrne]

That's nae joke by the by...

If you don't get it...

Just like that.

What were we supposed to be talking about?

 

[Jennifer Stone]

Wow, I've stepped into a pharmacy here! Where's the rave?

Well I suppose five people in a field is legally considered a rave, in the UK. Three people in a field is 'conspiracy to hold a rave', No joke!

 

[Karen Gray]

Well I suppose five people in a field is legally considered a rave, in the UK. Three people in a field is 'conspiracy to hold a rave', No joke!

Haha! Too true!!

 

[Jason Byrne]

Well I suppose five people in a field is legally considered a rave, in the UK. Three people in a field is 'conspiracy to hold a rave', No joke!

My shifty-looking college friends wouldn't have stood a chance.

 

[Karen Gray]

Oh wow... Office 365 just uploaded me to Office 2016 @Jennifer Stone make sure you update your system x

 

[Jennifer Stone]

Oh wow... Office 365 just uploaded me to Office 2016 @Jennifer Stone make sure you update your system x

These programs can be updated? I shall have a nosey, see what I can do.

 

[Karen Gray]

Because I have a 365 subscription I will always have the most up to date office version And you know what that means @Jennifer Stone

 

[Jennifer Stone]

Because I have a 365 subscription I will always have the most up to date office version And you know what that means @Jennifer Stone

CAKE???

 

[Karen Gray]

Aye... a big slice

 

[Karen Gray]

Oh man! This Litopia shaped procrastination train is running away with me! I have to get back to being productive damn it!

 

[Nicole Wilson]

 

[Jason Byrne]

Right up there among the main food groups, with candy canes, candy corns, and syrup.

 

[Jay Aitch]

I don't know if this is relevant, but an art history undergraduate once shared with me a quote from a famous artist/critic/somebody (sorry for the vagueness) to the effect that:

"any work of art, once released to the world, no longer belongs to the creator," (sic).

In this I understood him/her to mean that whatever intentions, themes and symbols you may have intended when you were creating, may or may not be recognisable to the recipient. Indeed other symbols and ideas may come to the reader or viewer that have nothing to do with the author/artist.

The intentions, both implicit and explicit, in our writing will always be there, but should we try to lead the reader to see them?

 

[Marc Joan]

I don't know if this is relevant, but an art history undergraduate once shared a quote from a famous artist/critic/somebody (sorry for the vagueness) to the effect that:

"any work of art, once released to the world, no longer belongs to the creator," (sic).

In this I understood him/her to mean that whatever intentions, themes and symbols you may have intended when you were creating, they are may or may not be recognisable to the recipient. Indeed other symbols and ideas may come to the reader or viewer that have nothing to do with the author/artist.

The intentions, both implicit and explicit, in our writing will always be there, but should we try to lead the reader to see them?

Good point. 'Truth is a shattered mirror strewn, while each believes his little bit the whole to own'. Same with art I suppose.

 

[Jay Aitch]

Oh man! This Litopia shaped procrastination train is running away with me! I have to get back to being productive damn it!

Ah but such delectable procrastination. Besides, some of us are downloading updates to software so have a perfect excuse to professionally procrastinate on purpose.

 

[KG Christopher]

@Karen Gray Have you seen Withnail and I ? a spliff is a camberwell carrot