Poetry of the Revolution : Responses to the Avant-Garde: 12/9

I think the most blaring similarities between the heretical texts and the uncreative writing is that it is still primarily rooted in process. The first section at least appears to be a series of the flarf poems that we talked about and watched in class. It seems as though quotes are being mixed and matched to create poetry. However I do also see things that I would associate with spur-of-the-moment "creativity." The placement of some of the words seems random and done for purely visual reasons. I can't really say whether or not these things really had no reason because the exact process wasn't mapped out anywhere that I could find, but it doesn't seem planned out ahead of time. I think in a sense, they are showing stereotypical creativity in the way that they choose which words to leave out. From what I understand about Kenneth Goldsmith's uncreative writing, every step in the process should show dedication or professionalism to a degree. I think the main difference between the uncreative writing and the Heretical texts is that the writers of the Heretical texts at some point gave in to what they felt would be more pleasing to the ear and eye whereas the uncreative writing was wholly unconcerned with this.