You've widen the question nicely Joe. Applies to all art I suppose. And the queststions you and Jamieson face can also apply to one's own work. Many times I've returned to a poem, sometimes after years of putting it away, and had to figure out what I had written and why and how I had originally intended to proceed. This is perplexing, often aggravating, but sometimes it producess a necessary and better revision. Hard enough to determine one's own intentions let alone John's. Thanks for the essay, Joe. I'll give the 3 songs a re-listen soon. Sibbie
You've widen the question nicely Joe. Applies to all art I suppose. And the queststions you and Jamieson face can also apply to one's own work. Many times I've returned to a poem, sometimes after years of putting it away, and had to figure out what I had written and why and how I had originally intended to proceed. This is perplexing, often aggravating, but sometimes it producess a necessary and better revision. Hard enough to determine one's own intentions let alone John's. Thanks for the essay, Joe. I'll give the 3 songs a re-listen soon. Sibbie