The artist can appreciate, in his soul, what Frye captures: “There is [a] reason why criticism has to exist.  Criticism can talk, and all the arts are dumb.”  Northrup Frye.

Can the same artist appreciate Sontag: “The interpreter, without actually erasing or rewriting the text, is altering it.  But he can’t admit to doing this.  He claims to be only making it intelligible, by disclosing its true meaning.”  Susan Sontag.

Poetic whispers.  Murmurs.