The Nail on the Head
its scale and performance, dwarfs anything one has heard for some time. Such a programme is "The Creative Mask," the second of the three MacMillan Brown lectures which James K. Baxter is broadcasting from 2YC. I thought it splendid. Mr. Baxter’s broadcasting style is noble, grave, witty and majestic; in twenty minutes he taught me more of the nature of poetic . creation and creative problems in this country than half a dozen books. His mock poem "Egmont," dedicated to the State Forestry Department, shamed me by an ac‘complishment I should, alas, not be too proud to possess; I hope after this I shall not be so easily taken in by the sham and the threadbare, nor have the nerve to offer it to others. What I admired above all else was the absolutely uncompromising way in which he made his points. No punches were pulled, no holds barred. In a community where plain speaking is suspect, and the halftruth revered, it is encouraging that a man of Mr. Baxter’s authority and integrity is allowed his voice. I hope his talks will be repeated as often as possible. aa | a programme, by
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 32, Issue 819, 7 April 1955, Page 10
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