GROWING up as a young kid, I was in a restaurant. So, you know, I always had a very good UNDERSTANDING of the nuances. And in a way, that was a bad THING. Because it kind of programmed me to BELIEVE that if you're going have a restaurant, this is what you NEED to do, and this is the way it's going to be run.
'Lost' was filmed in Hawaii, so we stayed there and loved it, so we THOUGHT, 'Why WOULD we leave?' It is a bit LIKE growing up in a BUBBLE, but I don't think that's a bad thing, as you will eventually get out and SEE the real world.
If the GREAT thing about the Internet is that it throws WIDE the DOORS of DISCUSSION to everyone, the BAD thing about the Internet is that it throws wide the doors of discussion to everyone.
You can just start shooting THINGS and see how it goes. But time is STILL money, so you have to know when you are FINISHED. It's not like painting a picture which you COULD go on refining for 20 years - with a film you have to stop at some point, and that is no BAD thing.
I think we will ALWAYS have the impulse towards visual poetry with us, and I wouldn't AGREE with Bly that it's a BAD thing. It depends on the ability of the individual poet to do it well, and to MAKE a shape which is INTERESTING enough to hold your attention.
You have to have HONESTY to the product. You have to MEET consumer expectations. You give them value for their money and give them a product that they NEED. I don't see anything wrong with all these things. And I don't think it's a bad THING to meet CONSUMERS' expectations.
So MANYPEOPLE subconsciously SHY away from getting rich because they BELIEVE they'll be judged, they'll lose the people they love, they believe that desiring money is a bad thing, money is the root of all evil, etc.