05-13-2014, 11:46 AM
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Sincerity does not a poem make, inspiration does. It usually takes most people many years to recognize how to access inspiration in a way that is functional for poetry. Most of the time sincerity is used as an excuse to avoid critique, there are many sites that support that, this is not one. Those other sites the people are serious about themselves but not about their poetry, here we are serious about poetry and hopefully not about ourselves. For people who have worked years at their craft to have someone say, this is good because it is sincere is a bit nausea producing. Of course we never say that cause it might make us look bad. Still, what reaction do you think someone would get who had never painted, knew nothing of shade, depth, color, brushes, perspective, et al, and upon completion of their first endeavor, declared it good because it was sincere. As someone who has been good enough to make money in both music and art, let me say, poetry is much harder than either.
Please stay, learn, grow, but do me a favor, drop the sincerity gig.
dale
.......................................paulie shores is dead!.....................
Sincerity does not a poem make, inspiration does. It usually takes most people many years to recognize how to access inspiration in a way that is functional for poetry. Most of the time sincerity is used as an excuse to avoid critique, there are many sites that support that, this is not one. Those other sites the people are serious about themselves but not about their poetry, here we are serious about poetry and hopefully not about ourselves. For people who have worked years at their craft to have someone say, this is good because it is sincere is a bit nausea producing. Of course we never say that cause it might make us look bad. Still, what reaction do you think someone would get who had never painted, knew nothing of shade, depth, color, brushes, perspective, et al, and upon completion of their first endeavor, declared it good because it was sincere. As someone who has been good enough to make money in both music and art, let me say, poetry is much harder than either.
Please stay, learn, grow, but do me a favor, drop the sincerity gig.
dale
.......................................paulie shores is dead!.....................
How long after picking up the brush, the first masterpiece?
The goal is not to obfuscate that which is clear, but make clear that which isn't.
The goal is not to obfuscate that which is clear, but make clear that which isn't.