09-02-2012, 11:23 AM
What I get from feedback is a view into other people's understanding of reality in relation to mine. Because what I meant to say more strongly was poetry is art OR the voice of a beast raging, or other things. I wouldn't tell you the dirt between my toes is art, I only meant it can be felt with a spiritual meaning as much as anything can. I don't always say art, because of the connotations of that word. I think of poetry and spirit as those things that give meaning to what's otherwise a bunch of objects swirling through what we call space. Sometimes poetry is when I'm practicing a specialized art, and sometimes it's me being a raging beast digging my way out of a pit, and somtimes it's a combination of those things. With feedback, I can get someone else's take on what they feel works or doesn't. And that helps me consider what works or doesn't work when I'm considering their voice in their poetry.