Portraits and Repetition: An essay by Gertrude Stein

	Portraits and Repetition: An essay by Gertrude Stein
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	Charles Amirkhanian reads an excerpt from Gertrude Steins
	Portraits and Repetition which was originally published
	as part of the author Lectures in America. In what is a
	fascinating explanation of the Stein style, presented in
	the Stein style, the famed avant-garde poet and author
	defends herself against the common criticism that her
	literary portraits of fellow artists are full of
	repetition, by insisting that as long as the emphasis is
	different then there is no repetition. She claims to have
	learned the difference between repetition and insistence,
	(or emphasis), when living with her many aunts, who often
	said the same things but always in a different way each
	time. In a similar vein Stein also writes about the art
	of talking and listening at the same time, and how this
	is often confused with remembering. Feeling confused by
	it all? Give a listen here and it will all become clear,
	or not, as that seems in perfect keeping with the spirit
	of the essay. For as Stein wrote elsewhere: Clarity is of
	no importance because nobody listens and nobody knows
	what you mean no matter what you mean, nor how clearly
	you mean what you mean. And as also states in this
	lecture: Do you understand. Do you any or all of you
	understand. Anyway that is the way it is. and you hear it
	even if you do not say it in the way I say it as I hear
	it and say it.

	Note: Cuts of at end, (but maybe that does not matter).

	Date Published: 2010-02-05 18:08:08
	Identifier: AM_1971_09_08_c2
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