Creative, like beauty is in the eyes of the
beholder ... in this instance, most of the time,
the beholder is the artist him/herself. I know as
I'm proud of the XYWRITE use that allows me to
create my web site, but as far as some people
think, it is NOT very creative - to each his
own!!!
Dick Giering
Peter Evans wrote:
>
> Morris Krok:
>
> > Now with the computer,
> > the scanner, lazer and colour
printers and of
> > course, the wonderful word processing
language
> > of XyWrite we can all consciously create
> > and
emulate the geniuses of classical
> > thinking.
>
> This is technological determinism run riot. Letters, spreadsheets,
> corporate profiles, etc., may be produced more quickly, more prettily, or
> maybe even freer of errors than thirty years ago, but I haven't noticed any
> additional literary or verbal creativity that's attributable to the word
> processor. And while the scanner is a very handy tool (I have and use one
> myself), I don't see it as at all creative. Am I overlooking something?
>
> > Our search should be for
> > that single thought that is so
profoundly all
> > encompassing that it will reverberate around
the
> > ethers of the world for aeons to come.
>
> I humbly proffer my single thought of the day: "Eschew simplistic
> pseudo-solutions to complex problems."
>
> > I am old fashion guy who
> > prefers dos to windows.
>
> OK, but then why on earth use MS Outlook Express, or append (or allow that
> proggie to append) a screenful of junk -- viz.
>
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> etc. etc. -- to the end of the message?
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> Peter Evans