> 'spontaniety' okaTE saripOdu. entO paanDityam kaavaali, dhaaraNa kaavaali,
> paatralani nirmincE kauSalam kaavaali, sannivESaalani citrincE Silpam
> kaavaali. paatraloo, sannivESaaloo sahajam gaanoo, 'consistent' gaanoo
> unDaali. bhaarata bhaagavataala laanTi mahaa kaavyaalu raasina kavulu, EdO
> divya prEraNatO raasi unTaarani naa bhaavana. vaariki ee dhaaraNa Sakti
> sahajamgaanO, entO pariSrama valanO, marE vidhamgaanO abbi vuunTundi. oka
> maamoolu kaviki, teeri koocuni, inni paatrala, sannivESaala 'consistence &
> continuity' cooDDam asambhavam. inta pratibhaavantulakee akkDakkaDaa
> porabaDaDam jarugutoo unTundi. oka cinna udaaharaNa:
adi gAka, kAgitamu, kalamu, kAvAli. enni sArlu kalisi vastAyi ivanni? nA
greatest ideas eppuDu naDustU unDangA, esp. haDAviDi lO unnapuDu vastAyi.
appuDu vrAyaTam kudurutundA? vrAsina kuDa, publisher kAvAli, market
kAvAli, newspaper lO review paDAli ... ivanni jarigitE kAni kavitvam mana
cEtiki rAdu. spontaneous gA puTTina kavitAlu mostly marOkshaNam mOksham
pondutAyi. only those willing to undergo the rebirths imposed upon them
in the author's revisions, the self-censoring in anticipation of audience
reception, the comments of the editor, the marketing strategies of the
publishing house, the book-cover design, the typesetting, the choice of
paper, the classification schemes of the National Library, the categories
used by the bookstore ... only those take a durable material form. If
you are interested in seeing one graphic model of the circuit of
communication from author to reader, try
http://www.columbia.edu/~zll1/comm.html
just a project for a class I took. The site above was made by one of my
classmates. It would be interesting to design one for telugu literature
at the time that print was coming on the scene. any takers?
-- Aravinda
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"This law is a rag worthy of the dust
off the rebels' feet" -- Fahmida Riaz, "The Interrogator"
http://www.columbia.edu/~ap191
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