Writing, like any other human action, is an extension of the thought process. You may have noticed that the structure or logic of the writing at Jetta Resurrection isn't very "good" and this in turn might lead you to believe that the staff writers here are not competent. The intent of this post is to confront and contradict that presumption.
Robert Kaplan (1966) made a study of English composition written by foreign students and discovered that there are predictable differences in writing styles. Different cultures use specific approaches in developing a topic. Here is a diagram:
As the diagram indicates, English essay writers tend to be direct, with the main idea clearly stated, examples presented, then followed by a conclusion. Semitic writers tend to include many instances of parallelism, stating related ideas in succession. The old testament is a great example. Oriental essayists tend to develop indirectly. It is considered insulting to the reader to be direct as the reader is expected to determine the meaning. Romance languages, such as French, Spanish and Italian contain long digressions.
Jetta Resurrection does nothing less than simultaneously defy and compile all of these patterns.
Over here, we're comin' from the left, we're comin' from the right, we've already hit the bottom and we're movin' down on the top. We've been here since the beginning and you're gonna wanna wait around for the end.
Today, I drove to school and home and school and work. I listened to The Fire Theft: The Fire Theft.
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You just changed my life.
After much deliberation with the writer for JettaResurrection, I completely agree. He truly does not know which direction his conversations or his posts will be going.
But that is what is so intriguing about the Resurrection. Like a map written by a monkey, you aren't fully sure if you are gonna go left or right, but you know that where you will end up is where the monkey wanted you to end up.
jimes
did you ever listen to Sunny Day Real Estate as well?
Cos, I have, though I don't have any of their albums. I actually found out about The Fire Theft from those demos we got at the Radiohead conert!
James, I don't know how, but you have done something at this site that I could never hope to do.
I don't even know what it is, but it's wonderful.
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