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Hello and Welcome to Mastodon Dentist. The name is
taken from Henry Miller's Tropic of Capricorn. While it
doesn't have anything to do with Mastodons or
Dentistry, we continue to define what that means to us,
with the help of all of the wonderful contributors over
the years. I've taken it to mean the conspicuous brilliance
that stands out in an otherwise nondescript space as well
as signifying the weight and import of trying to do the
all-but impossible: create something that will stand the
test of time amidst all the noise and distractions.
What I mean by that is a poetic aesthetic that I continue
to define as editor. I believe that less is more and that
sometimes one can try too hard. I look for the ability to
communicate something real when I read a piece of
writing, I long to be surprised, thrilled, floored. Honesty
and purity of thought, the freedom of emotion, the only
limitations placed on the sublime and surreal being one's
own boundaries of experience. We try not to get into
political, religious or social debates.
As an editor I reserve the privilege of making comments
and suggestions to help you hone your work to our ideal.
I will offer to make grammar and spelling corrections --
I don't believe in just disqualifying work that isn't perfect.
--Gordon Purkis, Editor
taken from Henry Miller's Tropic of Capricorn. While it
doesn't have anything to do with Mastodons or
Dentistry, we continue to define what that means to us,
with the help of all of the wonderful contributors over
the years. I've taken it to mean the conspicuous brilliance
that stands out in an otherwise nondescript space as well
as signifying the weight and import of trying to do the
all-but impossible: create something that will stand the
test of time amidst all the noise and distractions.
What I mean by that is a poetic aesthetic that I continue
to define as editor. I believe that less is more and that
sometimes one can try too hard. I look for the ability to
communicate something real when I read a piece of
writing, I long to be surprised, thrilled, floored. Honesty
and purity of thought, the freedom of emotion, the only
limitations placed on the sublime and surreal being one's
own boundaries of experience. We try not to get into
political, religious or social debates.
As an editor I reserve the privilege of making comments
and suggestions to help you hone your work to our ideal.
I will offer to make grammar and spelling corrections --
I don't believe in just disqualifying work that isn't perfect.
--Gordon Purkis, Editor
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