ikan bilis are tasty only when they're in some dish you can eat. but it sucks when many of your *classmates* are ikan bilis! it's not a fun ballgame when people just gawk at hemingyay's brilliance instead of truly responding.
then again it's partly his own fault. the guy presents ideas in such a way that automatically locks out those who aren't familiar with whatever concepts he uses. so his stuff becomes more like an exhibit – gorgeous, yes – but not really sth that invites you to touch it and engage with it. x(
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Date: 2009-02-01 06:11 pm (UTC)then again it's partly his own fault. the guy presents ideas in such a way that automatically locks out those who aren't familiar with whatever concepts he uses. so his stuff becomes more like an exhibit – gorgeous, yes – but not really sth that invites you to touch it and engage with it. x(