Elders who praise what they don't admire are certainly to be mistrusted.
I am glad that those who are initiated set an example by speaking as themselves and not as grade school teachers. I wonder what the uninitiated would make of Allen Tice's Sonnet 155? Should Allen explain it to them? One of the most important lessons in all of the arts is to trust instinct. Instinct grows by reading what others do. Not by tedious explanations of nuts and bolts. These can help but are no use at all without the more important experience. Art must be felt.
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