Life is suffering. This is universal – we are going to be lonely, grow hungry, get sick and die, and along the way, we are going to experience a great deal of pain. Humans respond to suffering as all animals do – we attempt to overpower each other, and take from one another whatever we [...]
I am clean and unmade, I unfold and stretch, I am new canvas
If you want to awaken the people, start with art. If art fails, try entertainment. If entertainment fails, try religion. But whatever you do, don’t resort to war. War is a failure of the imagination. It is a refuge for the grim and the dumb.
Things that are not important when you make a poem:
Fame.
Anonymity.
Praise.
Blame.
Success.
Failure.
Happiness.
Sadness.
Why these things are not important:
Being famous does not make you a good poet.
Being unknown does not make you a good poet.
Being praised as a poet does not make you a good poet.
Shouldering blame for a poem does not make you a good poet.
A “successful” poet [...]