I don't really think I have to answer that question do I?

In my opinion, like Hemingway, Dylan is immortalized more for his persona than his art. His persona neved did much for me, but I think you had to be there, and I'm too young to have been there. I doubt he was ever a very popular icon at BYU.

As for his looks, to me they don't seem saleable at BYU.

You know SU, when I was reading your stuff I thought "Man this guy has never read Hemingway. If he had, he wouldn't write like this."

It's not a surprise at all you don't get him.

So you think that I should change my avatar because BYU students back in the sixties probably didn't approve of Dylan or his appearance?

I just like his music. In some of his younger pictures he looks pretty good, and dress & grooming violation or not some guys just look better with a little scruff.

If I change my avatar because it's Dylan are you also suggesting that I change my username? I can't do that, I've whole-heartedly embraced it as part of my identity. It just wouldn't feel right for me to change my username.

I've read a lot of Hemingway. In any event I didn't say he was a bad writer.

I confess I was paraphrasing Harold Bloom when I said that about Hemingway.