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Showing posts with label Writing game (3. course) - Author function. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Writing game (3. course) - Author function. Show all posts

Tuesday, January 17, 2012

Everything's gonna be allright

Alright-is the word of no regrets, is the word I should forget cause nothing is alright
Alright are miracles and teddybears and princes on horses
Alright are sunny days and simple ways of true love, of true love
-but everything else is wrong

Alright-is the word of great perfection is the word of true affection but nothing is alright
Alright are candybars and barbecues and princes on horses
Alright is a love shade and nothing's late for true losive for true love
-but everything else is wrong

I was once alright I was once alright I was once alright...

Alright-is the word of no more pain is the word turning mad to sain but see nothing is alright
Alright is sincerity and honesty and princes on horses
Alright is a fairytale a damn fairytale of true love of true love
-and now it sounds so wrong

Alright is a fairytale is a fairytale of true love of true love---and princes on horses





Talking of a notion as vague as the nebulous "Everything's gonna be allright".
It seemed to me most likely to be dealt with in a song. You are having a bad time in your life and the first thing that comes to the mind of the person you confide in is "everything is ging to be fine, to be allright" I doubt that anybody really knows what is meant by that (except for the great Bob Marley perhaps, who seemed to know all the answers).
Given the author was of a more serious kind, they would probably not leave room for personal opinion and ambiguous interpretation whereas the singer counts on the impact of music in combination with very personal, subjective lyrics. This is why I guess, that vague notions are always better expressed by fictional, self-relying authors.

Monday, September 26, 2011

Writing Game: Author Function

Author Function: Philosopher

Abstract Notion: Aesthetics

How to define aesthetics, you might ask. Aesthetics is the ability to form your own inner opinion about something at a level where you find your ‘true opinion’ within. It is our response to the thing, phenomenon or sense that is our aesthetical opinion. It is an understanding of both art, beauty and taste – it is an understanding of beautiful things.

How do we understand beauty? Beauty is something we understand individually – it is a notion we bring forward from within and is judgemental about.

Aesthetics is an individual opinion – it is the taste of the individual human being, that determines the aesthetical level of the thing or phenomenon in question. Logically speaking, what might be aesthetically beautiful to some people might be ‘not’ aesthetically beautiful to others. That being said, aesthetics is a notion that all possess – therefore, claiming that all people have the ability to find something aesthetically beautiful in the world – the ability to find their inner sense of taste within themselves.

When it comes to aesthetics – you be the judge. Do not think about what other people find aesthetically beautiful, but bring forward your knowledge and create your own opinion about what you think is beautiful aesthetically in your mind.


If I had written about this abstract notion in another author function the outcome would have been completely different. By writing as a philospher I feel that I can approach this particular subject from the point of view that is appropriate for this type of subject. If I had written the text from another author function's point of view I would not have had the opportunity to wonder as much and question the notions behind the subjuct in the same way. Aesthetics is a subject which I think should be wondered about and therefore the approach to the subject would be more decisive in its structure, which would be the case if i had for example chosen the author function of a theorist.