05-26-2014, 05:39 AM
Not to be flippant or mean spirited, but this seems to be talking about a person who wants to be a poet/artist/musician but simply lacks the talent. I see no insight into the mystery of the creative process, It reads like hundreds of literary critics that have no talent and so they critique.
The question, "What is a poet without words?" No poet at all. Poets often have difficultly finding the right word or right set of words. Poets even ramble on when they claim to be artistically blocked, usually about being "artistically blocked".
"His highest desire was to dissolve into the collective consciousness of humankind"
That's not a poet, that's a yogi. A yogi wants to lose his ego/self/being in a higher consciousness. Poets want the higher consciousness to speak through them in the form of inspiration, for poets are the interpreters of inspiration.
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As to the center justify. Drop it. I don't care if you like it. When I was a child I liked my baby blanket, but eventually I let go of it. There is no justification for center justify except in regards to concrete poetry when one is making an image of the words. It is cruel to your readers to force them to read something in center justify, and they will quickly stop reading anything you write, no matter how brilliant (and this is far from that). If for no other reason it is just simply rude.
Best,
Dale
The question, "What is a poet without words?" No poet at all. Poets often have difficultly finding the right word or right set of words. Poets even ramble on when they claim to be artistically blocked, usually about being "artistically blocked".
"His highest desire was to dissolve into the collective consciousness of humankind"
That's not a poet, that's a yogi. A yogi wants to lose his ego/self/being in a higher consciousness. Poets want the higher consciousness to speak through them in the form of inspiration, for poets are the interpreters of inspiration.
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As to the center justify. Drop it. I don't care if you like it. When I was a child I liked my baby blanket, but eventually I let go of it. There is no justification for center justify except in regards to concrete poetry when one is making an image of the words. It is cruel to your readers to force them to read something in center justify, and they will quickly stop reading anything you write, no matter how brilliant (and this is far from that). If for no other reason it is just simply rude.
Best,
Dale
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.

