Response to Ono:
If taken without context, I find a lot of the phrasing and imagery quite appealing. The work opens, for example, demanding the reader attempt to "capture moonight on water in a bucket", which I have to admit made me smile. Later, the phrase "It takes willpower to overpowe the will to power" similarly effected me.
However, I disliked the entire premise of the work. The idea of an artist striving to be original is, frankly, unoriginal. Had the focus been on how Ono was original, perhaps I would have enjoyed it more, because that is potentially interesting. Demanding that "we need more impossible in our culture" nothing new.
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