By: Hal

Hal — Fri, 21 Sep 2012 20:10:31 +0000

Without pretending to know the mysterious Mr i’s mind, I believe s/he’s quotation of that piece of Inchworm’s lyric is meant to convey the idea that reviewing things is a pointless activity obscuring the “beauty” of said things. This is, of course, nonsense and it’s particularly odd that s/he would quote the “measuring the marigolds” section as a rebuke when you so obviously *enjoyed* The Mahogany Murders. How curiously conservative, if my deduction is correct.
Apart from anything else, no one is forced to read reviews! The idea that reasonable criticism is negative makes no sense, criticism helps adults understand things better, it helps us appreciate the good in things more and can explicate why certain things are worthy of appreciation; skilled critics bring their personal interpretive framework to bear on a subject and can make said subject’s qualities clearer, this does *not* lessen the subject’s worth it deepens the appreciation and enjoyment. Also, if a critic responds negatively to something and they can explain why and what the flaws in a subject are (no matter how many others like it) this, too, is useful.
Finally, I’ll quote from tvtropes.org of all places (!) on “measuring the marigolds”: “()despite the somewhat popular opinion that those who analyse things for a living are boring, stilted, unemotional, and closed-minded, most…scientists would be quick to correct such assumptions, saying that discovery and understanding don’t remove any magic…”. Nuff Said. Perhaps i is just a Danny Kaye fan though?!

By: dailypop

dailypop — Fri, 21 Sep 2012 19:17:31 +0000

Thanks for visiting. I get the reference, but not the meaning. Could you explain?

By: i

Fri, 21 Sep 2012 11:42:26 +0000

Inchworm, inchworm, measuring the marigolds…

By: Hal

Hal — Fri, 21 Sep 2012 00:21:23 +0000

It’s great that Benjamin and Baxter are still going strong, as Jago and Lightfoot yet! Have you ever read any of Lane’s Doctor Who Virgin New Adventures?
Wordpress seems to have changed the look of your weblog, I had trouble accessing it with my phone. Hope I am still able to in future (tho’ you may hope differently!)

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