Inspiration, symbolized by the fire descending from above, is only the beginning. It needs to be given form that is meaningful outside of the inspired individual’s personal context. When hammered into a usable shape, it becomes a tool or weapon; an instrument of Esthetic Engineering.
Esthetic engineering is the purposeful use of material that appeals to the senses. It triggers gut reactions in a controlled and directed way. Esthetic Engineering is, as far as possible, a way of communicating thoughts and feelings that bypasses conscious, verbalized structure.
Do not confuse it with Art! The purpose of Art is to please the artist. Artists are very fond of their inspiration. Whatever they produce under the influence of the holy fire is perceived as itself holy. That is why beginning writers are intolerant of criticism; why young artists try to paint masterpieces before they have learned to see.
SCAM!!!
This site is NOT “protected” by SiteLock. I have no need for its feeble services. However, I am currently beseiged by an underhanded attempt to snare me into a SiteLock subscription. Through no actions of my own, a Shitelock subscription has been applied to this site. I have no way of knowing who did this, nor am I able to stop it.
What a pissy denial of responsibility! The perpetrator has to be in their pocket, else why do it? They won’t get anything out of me, no matter what. My payment methods have changed since I got away the first time.
I have opened a ticket with ShiteLock – probably useless. I want my f*cking zombie account deleted so this shit can’t happen again. I’m sick of seeing their useless reports in my inbox. I tried replying to one of them, and have since slapped back at their innumerable bot response with innumerable unpleasant replies, simply because I hate support bots and theirs is criminally stupid.
The moral of this story is, NEVER let ShiteSchlock into your life. It’s the fault of A Small Orange – one of the worst webhosts I ever fell into – that I got connected. The only reason I was in ASO was that they bought out my former honest host.
My novel, A Drum Is Empty, which inspired my domain name, may be found on Smashwords. The appendix, not included in the Smashwords edition, is here.
