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Doublereed Archive - Posting 000084.txt from 2003/06

From: PhilFrei@-----.com
Subj: [DR-L] Re: QOD
Date: Sat, 14 Jun 2003 14:36:37 -0400

"The artist, like the God of the creation, remains within or behind or beyond
or above his handiwork, invisible, refined out of existence, indifferent,
paring his fingernails."

-James Joyce (1882-1941) Irish author
"A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man," ch. 5 (1916)

And then there are those who think the most important element of art is self
expression. Or rabble rousing, or devotion, or partying...

It seems to me Joyce hardly refined himself out of his own work. Was he being
ironic, or just experiencing a lack of self awareness?