[Captain Beefheart]

First year of college my creative writing teacher was always trying to make us write like Hemingway. He was very close to being overthrown in the classroom by the end of the semester. Though I can see the wisdom in going that route, get the bulls!hit out of young writers schtick, but you can go a little overboard.

To me (and even moreso as I get older), great writing has become about who could imply an emotion the most all the while saying the least.

There is so much useless window dressing on every aspect of art, it's hard to decipher who really likes the actual work being presented underneath all of the fanfare. If the artist is willing to play the game/live the lie, it's obvious where there heart is.

In a day and age of overinformation, its refreshing to get something solid; trimmed of all fat, sugar extracted.

Hemingway is a rock. He refuses to spice it up. He makes you taste the natural flavor. The meal is not the sauce. It's the meat.