Word: brackman
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...have just been shown Jacob Brackman's "Silhouette" of me in CRIMSON Dec. 14. It is not especially thoughtful of Mr. Brackman to report the carefully considered argument of a person on a sober issue as if he were reviewing the performance of an actor of a stage, and then to say, "Mr. Goodman has chosen to become a personality." I have made no such choice. Supposing Mr. Brackman were wrong in his perception and was projecting a TV-ideology of his own, or perhaps some anxiety that he felt during the evening, would he not, on reflecting, be ashamed...
...namely to teach responsibility by giving freedom in a framework of wise counsel and affectionate support. I then spent one minute on my "alarming frankness," namely, the insoluble problems of being a husband and father without allowing marriage to become an inhibiting jail--(by the way, I wish young Brackman would bring up three good children of his own before lecturing his elders on the responsibilities of fatherhood); and the rough go of being bisexual in our mores. I then, turned, for nine minutes, to some topics to bear in mind: the provincialism and brief history of our present customs...
...Brackman's chief complaint, however, is that I "manipulated," "flirted with," was "irresistible to" the audience. I doubt it. That night I happened to be in a very detached and objective mood, being troubled by some events far away. Is it not possible that for many students the attractive-and-disturbing quality of my remarks might have come from the direct statement of importantly-relevant propositions on a matter crucial to their age of life? If so, let me say it is chastening and humbling to think that a frank presentation of mine could be charismatic. (My guess is that...
...Brackman's notion of "influence" is a little paranoic. A student's mind is not made of wax; it actively responds and takes and rejects according to need. If there are submerged contents, it is best if they come to the surface. A good teacher does not avoid transference; but, unlike an orthodox psychoanalyst, he at once tries to dissolve it, by noticing it, by the play of reason, by turning it into actual liking or hostility. How else does he think a young person "matures"? One does not "wait for" maturity. Along the same lines, when he speaks...
...about $50 for a dozen six-piece settings, or fine crystal goblets at $24 a dozen (but the renter may have to pay $240 for the whole set if one goblet breaks). The New York Circulating Library of Paintings rents out its collection of contemporary works (Brackman, Segovia Jr., Purdy, etc.) for as little as $8 a month. And anybody who has everything but the kitchen sink can get that at the Lee Sam Plumbing & Heating Supply Co. in Manhattan...