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Sunday, September 4. 2022

Never heard or read

How many songs, poems, books, screenplays, etc. end in obscurity? The vast majority, almost all. There's a lot of competition. 


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Posted by The News Junkie in The Culture, "Culture," Pop Culture and Recreation at 15:37 | Comments (5) | Trackbacks (0)

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Not just the arts! I had an engineering director who sometimes, when philosophically inclined, talked about the melancholy reality of engineering - so many projects that you work on are either cancelled or, if they do reach completion, never get any traction in their intended market, whether that's internal or external customers. There's a lot of competition, indeed.
#1 Jim McGinness on 2022-09-04 23:12 (Reply)
Exactly my experience, Jim. When I was an engineering manager I remember counseling a despondent software developer (after his project was canceled) that almost all projects fail in the marketplace or are killed off before they even get there, and that in my entire career I had had only one thing I designed go into production and make money. That perspective made it easier for him move on.
#1.1 Hairless Joe on 2022-09-05 09:39 (Reply)
Not lyrical, but cinematic. "Peanut Butter Falcon". Best movie EVER. And yet ... cast away to 'sleeper' status.
#2 G Storm on 2022-09-05 09:25 (Reply)
Occasionally I wonder if I have a next/new all-time favorite album/book/movie out there buried in obscurity, or just because I haven’t been paying attention. Looks like sometimes just could be collecting dust somewhere for financial or artistic reasons. All those reasons suck.
#3 Hoss on 2022-09-05 12:01 (Reply)
Melody is the most elusive of creative requirements. This piece has no melody. It doesn't even have a barb. So yes, it is entirely forgettable.
Or you may say, if that is your inclination, that this is the greatest forgettable piece never to make it.
#4 james wilson (Link) on 2022-09-05 16:04 (Reply)

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