hemlock170374

"Since the true artist always lives the contradiction
of feeling detached from the others
and yet creating something that will probably somehow reach the others,
it is difficult to remember that the others should indeed not matter
in the process of creation."

well, sir, you hit the nail on the head there! it really is a contradiction, and perhaps one without resolution. but the struggle is the process, and the process is the organism of art... it's true i was suffering from a block at the time of formulating my "manifesto"; the block is gone now, thankfully, but i would like to give the discipline a chance. however, it is very difficult, and perhaps contradicts the nature of poetry. we'll see... also true are the words of Mr Massee up there.