Larry Henson
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Ponder this.
01:18 PM - Mar 30, 2024
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Jerry Wechsler
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In response to Larry Henson.
Form over Content
IMHO: Both are important; if the form is wanting, it becomes too easy to overlook the content. That is why Grammar and Syntax matter, as well as tasteful dress, and civilized address. However, if all that overwhelms intent and content, then we’ve missed the point of formalism.
01:21 PM - Mar 30, 2024
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Jerry Wechsler
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In response to Larry Henson.
In an earlier lifetime, I was co-head of a small summer music school in France. One morning I came down to breakfast at the home of the local mayor, about to go meet with local officials and the press. I wore a French suit. The mayor said “Lu, et approuvé” - meaning, “Read, and approved.”
02:54 PM - Mar 30, 2024
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Jerry Wechsler
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In response to Jerry Wechsler.
That’s a phrase one signs to at the foot of French contracts, indicating one is aware of the contract and approves. The mayor (a poet, history professor, and ... mayor .... and later a member of the Assemblée Nationale) meant my “form” would help make my “content” more acceptable to my audience.
02:56 PM - Mar 30, 2024
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