We and the critics
I am convinced that most of you also feel hurt when someone criticizes your work. Don’t take critics too seriously. They don’t have the power to make (or to avoid) someone buying a book, a CD, or to go to an exhibition. Don’t give them the importance they don’t have. They are trying to make […]
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Proper criticism should challenge, enhance and be an art of its own. It can engage the reader and elevate an author's work; hold the author accountable to his/her time. I think of Mythologies by Barthes or The Uses of Fiction by Calvino and it saddens me when contemporary criticism aspires to do nothing more than destroy a work or an author based on personal taste. Criticism can open the possibility of understanding, be a step in educating a reader. It should be handled with same care and intent as an author and the creation.
Thank you for continuing to be a voice worth hearing Mr. Coelho.