May 20, 2009
11:41 a.m.
On the other side, the Oulipo school of writing believes that writing with apparently arbitrary constraints improves the results. ??? How can you assert such a non-pertinent (and wrong) statement (in regard to the point beeing discussed)? Oulipo games are about helping *creativity*. A set of strict constraints helps the poet be creative -- or rather they let whatever unconsciounsly creates "popping" good mattery into conscious poetic minds. Denis