There are editing procedures for talks just as there are editing procedures in jazz improvisation. David Antin editimprovisationjazz Change image and share on social
When you grow up in a family of languages, you develop a kind of casual fluency, so that languages, though differently colored, all seem transparent to experience. David Antin casualcoloredevelop Change image and share on social
There is probably no oral society that fails to mark the spatial distinction of left and right, peculiar as this distinction may be. David Antin distinctionfailleave Change image and share on social
I'm aware of my audience in a way, and I do try to engage with them while I'm trying to go about my business of thinking. I believe they help me by providing a focus. David Antin audienceawarebusiness Change image and share on social
It's hard being a hostage in somebody else's mouth - or a character in somebody else's novel. David Antin characterhardhostage Change image and share on social
I am quite unsatisfied by the distinctions between the oral and literate. David Antin distinctionliterateoral Change image and share on social
When my mother left her second husband, she wrote her autobiography and presented it to him for his approval. David Antin approvalautobiographyhusband Change image and share on social
The Sophists' paradoxical talk pieces and their public debates were entertainment in 5th century Greece. And in that world, Socrates was an entertainer. David Antin 5thcenturydebate Change image and share on social
From this entertainment industry, may the gods of language protect us. David Antin entertainmentgodindustry Change image and share on social
Disney made a fortune out of inventing the businessman's idea of the imaginary as the contradictory of the businessman's idea of the real. David Antin businessmancontradictorydisney Change image and share on social
