tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post4091149347110047906..comments2023-12-28T13:11:06.666+00:00Comments on Pics and Poems: The Costa Book AwardDave Kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08430484174826768488noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-37345615615032844322008-02-08T15:17:00.000+00:002008-02-08T15:17:00.000+00:00At some point that I won’t go look for Ezra Pound ...At some point that I won’t go look for Ezra Pound related that a Greek or Roman ancient leader wanted to encourage farmers to grow fatter pigs and so they issued coin currency with fat pigs on them. The farmer’s saw the pigs and said to themselves, we suppose, “Oh that is what my pig is supposed to look like.” Eventually pigs got fatter.<BR/><BR/>All of awards programs are in a very basic motivation a political action in the desire of whoever initiates them to influence the perception of what a fat pig would look like.<BR/><BR/>I started several years ago for a non-literary organization an awards program where we picked a fat pig… being an individual whose character and career us social engineering manipulative types (we were self-nominated to the task, of course) wanted to be emulated by all the other potential pigs (and the dream of America I suppose is that everyone have an opportunity to grow up to be a big pig) and we then turned to our selected pig and told him from here on out that the pigs would be forever responsible not only to select the next annual pig, but that it was their business to maintain themselves as a collection of fat pigs. <BR/><BR/>We then forgot to remind them that they are pigs. In other words we got it started then promptly tried our best to forget about it and run for our own cover.<BR/><BR/>They have done quite well as setting themselves out as special pigs with special responsibilities and to be role models of exemplary pigs. The award program has grown in stature over the years. <BR/><BR/>Having gone global we now have both a really fine Scot and another English pig (selected just this last October) to go along with the noisy batch of American pigs.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15887517793752604788noreply@blogger.com