I myself have taken a poetic technique as well as an Article and Essay Technique class and in both classes I learned how to achieve great though in two ways. In poetry class I learned that the greatness of thought is achieved by being in a relaxed state of mind, out in the public with minimal noise and distractions, but interesting actions and reactions that are happening constantly so that the thought process is achieve, and it’s achieved when the thought comes to mind. In my Article and Essay Technique class it was taught to me by reading and relaxing, but also commenting or talking back to the author, which would help trigger ideas that were already there, but needed to be fostered into action.
So while reading this text about sublime or sublimity, in trying to achieve the state of sublimity, we must find a technique that works for us. Also, the text talked about how to organize and accept important information that will aide in our achievement of the sublime, which is good, we don’t want information that we cannot use, it will simply get in the and can hinder great performance and effect because the text also talked about how the audience is just as important and the artist. The effect on the audience must be positive impactful. I do wish that the text would have given more on techniques for achieving the sublime, and sustainability of the sublime because once achieved, we want to keep and maintain it, not lose it.
Works Cited
Longinus. “From On the Sublime." The Rhetorical Tradition: Reading from the
Classical Times to the Present, Second Edition. Eds., Patricia Bizzell and Bruce Herzberg. New
York: Bedford/ St. Martin’s. 2001. 344-358.
Hey LaRhonda I figured I would comment on your post as I see we are the only to blog this week on this particular topic. Before reading this piece I was excited to learn about the subliminal state and how to achieve it best. I too was a little disappointed that it did not give more specific techniques and tips for achieving the sublime. What I found most interesting and helpful were the list of the five sources of sublimity. This gave me a somewhat of a standard of what the subliminal state is. First and foremost was the power to conceive great thoughts. This to me is a little confusing. Great thoughts are hard to come by in my eyes. What I see as a better description is having clear and focused thoughts. Every time I would want to be in the sublime state I would not expect to have 'great' thoughts. I can only wish that I can think clearly and stay focused on the task at hand. With a clear mind and focus I would think that great thoughts would occur every now and then. Although I would not be disappointed with just a clear and concise thought that helped me write a paper or whatever task is at hand. I loved that point that you made about being outside and although peaceful there are constant interesting actions going on. I think that I found that environment like on a bench outside on campus to be the best and most efficient place for me to work. I just did not know why until you pointed that out about what you learned in your poetry class. One part of the list that I fully agreed on was the second source of having strong and inspired emotion. This is rare for me to have emotion towards work as I find myself usually not very interested in the topic. I can definitely see how having inspired emotion towards what your working on helping you have the best sublime mindset.
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