tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9089616.post115042821210644129..comments2023-12-30T18:56:13.073-05:00Comments on Land Mammal: One more day...Anne Haineshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17038705452206752521noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9089616.post-1150469969228789182006-06-16T10:59:00.000-04:002006-06-16T10:59:00.000-04:00hmmm, that's a good question. I once interviewed ...hmmm, that's a good question. I once interviewed a friend and then wrote a poem about him -- but I wrote it as if I were him, which was interesting and surprised him when he read it. I think the thing that kept me from slipping irrevokably into Arrogant Poet Land was that the poem plays with the concept of first person narrative -- I was pretty obvious about the fact that I was appropriating another person's face and voice and thus the first person was merely a puppet for what I was trying to say, or something, it's a weird little poem. But, back to you. Something like this, where it's a tragedy that gains national attention, loses a little bit of privacy, it opens itself up to art, I think, in a way that (IMO) a best friend's private tragedy does not. I think if you're approaching the subject and the voice with respect and creating art out of it, you're fine. <BR/><BR/>But I do think there is an interesting ethical discussion to be had. How far could you take something like this and still be ethical? Do ethics even apply? Not that I think you would do this, but could you have the girl say that she was a satan-worshiping drug-using cat eater and call it art and be ok?Tristahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14311067451966242570noreply@blogger.com