Powerful perspective written reflection on writing. It held deep vitality and brought me into a state of mind through the power of audacity to deeply reflect on my process. writing is only important to the extent that it makes you happy. the appeal is that it is difficult to do and incrementally rewarding. any importance bestowed upon your work beyond this is artificial and degrades it.
there is no correlation between technical skill and wisdom. the only thing you learn from reading fiction is how to write fiction. the only thing you learn from reading poetry is how to write poetry. the rabbit holes are infinite and go nowhere, so they consume a lot of time.
Onto poetey. Writing poetry is a very physical act. I write with my whole body. I break bread with myself With poetry, I work very slowly, word by word, line by line, with (mostly) absolutely no idea of where I'm going. I don't care. Direction takes care of itself, thematically and technically. I trust my imagination and love of language to get me there. Music is what I hear, and I go under its spell. I'll work on a poem for days or weeks, and watch as it reveals itself in stages. I think it's dangerous to establish a theme and then try to write to it. Endings are always difficult, though I know when it's over. The only similarity to fiction is in the rewriting. Crafting syntax is something I adore, but again, with poetry, the process is magnified and amplified, and very slow.
I also saw in your bio that you are posting a serialized novel. I believe you are a powerful thinker with mad skills and because of this I am going to subscribe, in the hopes you do the same. This will keep me accountable and motivated to read your novel and give comments as in depth as this on it! However, give me time. do keep me on your long distance radar. In the joy of eternal collaboration from shore to shore.
Thank you for your thoughts and comments. I am glad you found something interesting here, and that you were interested enough to share your ideas with me.
I was impressed by what Kant (of all people!) wrote in Critique of Judgement: that we value art to the extent that it either exhibits or indicates (points to) intrinsic value. I took that to heart.
The book I posted is not intended to be fiction, per se, in spite of the fact I fictionalized many parts of it. In Reality and Being, I am simply looking at "The meaning of some common words and the nature of reality." ~40 key words.
On the other hand, as I mention throughout the book, all words are illusory. What counts is beyond words, and the task is to indicate to readers where within themselves to look for what they seek. For example, the question, "Where is here?" in chapter 1.
Powerful perspective written reflection on writing. It held deep vitality and brought me into a state of mind through the power of audacity to deeply reflect on my process. writing is only important to the extent that it makes you happy. the appeal is that it is difficult to do and incrementally rewarding. any importance bestowed upon your work beyond this is artificial and degrades it.
there is no correlation between technical skill and wisdom. the only thing you learn from reading fiction is how to write fiction. the only thing you learn from reading poetry is how to write poetry. the rabbit holes are infinite and go nowhere, so they consume a lot of time.
Onto poetey. Writing poetry is a very physical act. I write with my whole body. I break bread with myself With poetry, I work very slowly, word by word, line by line, with (mostly) absolutely no idea of where I'm going. I don't care. Direction takes care of itself, thematically and technically. I trust my imagination and love of language to get me there. Music is what I hear, and I go under its spell. I'll work on a poem for days or weeks, and watch as it reveals itself in stages. I think it's dangerous to establish a theme and then try to write to it. Endings are always difficult, though I know when it's over. The only similarity to fiction is in the rewriting. Crafting syntax is something I adore, but again, with poetry, the process is magnified and amplified, and very slow.
I also saw in your bio that you are posting a serialized novel. I believe you are a powerful thinker with mad skills and because of this I am going to subscribe, in the hopes you do the same. This will keep me accountable and motivated to read your novel and give comments as in depth as this on it! However, give me time. do keep me on your long distance radar. In the joy of eternal collaboration from shore to shore.
Thank you for your thoughts and comments. I am glad you found something interesting here, and that you were interested enough to share your ideas with me.
I was impressed by what Kant (of all people!) wrote in Critique of Judgement: that we value art to the extent that it either exhibits or indicates (points to) intrinsic value. I took that to heart.
The book I posted is not intended to be fiction, per se, in spite of the fact I fictionalized many parts of it. In Reality and Being, I am simply looking at "The meaning of some common words and the nature of reality." ~40 key words.
On the other hand, as I mention throughout the book, all words are illusory. What counts is beyond words, and the task is to indicate to readers where within themselves to look for what they seek. For example, the question, "Where is here?" in chapter 1.