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hypnomindstorm: madlori: haunted-hideaway: oboe-youdidnt: dubiousculturalartifact: solitarelee: captainsblogsupplemental: I actually… love this i once wrote an entire academic paper with the central thesis of ‘everyone is kind of a dick to Data and it honestly kinda reflect how people treat neurodiverse people, which is also why we neurodiverse people relate to him so hard’ the original post was missing a line, so here’s the full poem!! His poetry is good. Fight me. I HAVE BEEN SAYING THIS FOR YEARS “AN ODE TO SPOT” IS FREAKING GENIUS FIGHT ME Doesn’t matter if it’s full of super technical terms, his poetry is clever and well thought-out.Data is an excellent poet. Lol I have had this conversation before. While Data’s poetry has perfect rhyme and meter, the problem is that it has no “feeling”. It’s akin to the difference between a Van Gogh and Photoshop. You can repeat and copy everything perfectly in Photoshop, but it doesn’t have the emotional turmoil and pure raw energy that emanates from a Van Gogh. As a musician, I knew that my pieces always sounded their best when I was dealing with my own inner demons versus when I was just copying how I heard someone else play it. It is amazing how much therapy can come from working out your demons by utilizing your craft. People feel that. It’s part of the whole empathic bond that connects us all. When we see or we hear other people’s mental/emotional maladies, what we are witnessing means so much more to us. This is why everyone is falling asleep while Data reads his poetry. It doesn’t connect. -- source link