It is trivially easy to make any form of communication more obscure, and far more challenging to make it (for any given content) clearer, and easier to read. I think the best writing in the world, and that which endures, is the easiest to read...for its subject matter. Wanna be quoted a long time hence? put a good message in a supremely easy to read form. Wanna be forgotten tomorrow? make it any tiny bit harder for the reader. IMHO. I think the previous comment re Little Prince is spot on; that's spectacular writing in addition to having a good message. At the other end of the scale, contrast the communication styles of Obama and Reagan. Happy trails.
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emphatically disagree
Date: 2011-01-24 03:24 pm (UTC)