http://www.robertswartwood.com/insights/storytelling-to-be-read-not-heard/ Occasional News, Insights, Rants, and Other Miscellaneous Stuff Wed, 08 Sep 2010 05:36:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://www.robertswartwood.com/insights/storytelling-to-be-read-not-heard/#comment-770 Robert Swartwood Mon, 22 Feb 2010 20:36:17 +0000 http://www.robertswartwood.com/?p=925#comment-770 Wait. You mean everything Andy Dick does ... that's not all an act??? Wait. You mean everything Andy Dick does … that’s not all an act???

]]> http://www.robertswartwood.com/insights/storytelling-to-be-read-not-heard/#comment-769 Jeremy D Brooks Mon, 22 Feb 2010 19:39:11 +0000 http://www.robertswartwood.com/?p=925#comment-769 It crosses the line between literature and art, which is fine--unless they want to be known as writers. It's like painting with Word. Or words. Both, I guess. Just like Andy Dick will never be seen as a serious performer (or even a good comedian) and will always be known as the life-as-performance-artist known as "OMFG did you see what he did last night in the pool?!?" It's art, but maybe not "writing", per se. It crosses the line between literature and art, which is fine–unless they want to be known as writers. It’s like painting with Word. Or words. Both, I guess. Just like Andy Dick will never be seen as a serious performer (or even a good comedian) and will always be known as the life-as-performance-artist known as “OMFG did you see what he did last night in the pool?!?” It’s art, but maybe not “writing”, per se.

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