Quotes
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MFK FISHER on not writing
"I think that many people want to write, but of them few have the will to. I write more than half the things I do or say or think. I can see the words on the sheet of paper and see the pen writing them. And in my head a voice, a kind of silent… Continue reading
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Today’s words of wisdom…
… are not mine. They’re Dave’s: I suppose some people will read this and wonder why I have such a bleak worldview. I can hear it now: “Dave, you just need to get laid!” (Well, maybe I do, but that’s irrelevant. My beliefs are carefully thought out and entirely rational!) The thing is, the world… Continue reading
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The last of the tomatoes, and…
Friend b. tells me: Life is no place to be smart. You not only hurt but you can’t stop thinking about it. This actually cheered me up. Continue reading
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NaPoWriMo ~ #26
In its origin, a poem is something completely unequivocal. It is a discharge, a call, a cry, a sigh, a gesture, a reaction by which the living soul seeks to defend itself from or to become aware of an emotion, an experience. In this first spontaneous most important function no poem can be judged. —… Continue reading
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Poetry & Meditation
"Meditation is when you sit down, let’s say that, and don’t do anything. Poetry is when you get up and do something. Somewhere we’ve developed the misconception that poetry is self-expression, and that meditation is going inward. Actually, poetry has nothing to do with self-expression, it is the way to be free, finally, of self-expression,… Continue reading
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