11-24-2014, 11:43 AM
Over-thinking a poem while in the midst of writing quickly leads to writers block. 
Relying on the mundane mind to write poetry usually gives one mundane poetry.
The mundane mind is good for counting change, telling the color at a traffic light and what it means, and remembering when to pick up your dry cleaning. It is very good at doing the things it does. Most people are such control freaks that they do not like the idea that a part of the mind over which they have no control, writes the poems. To even consider such a thing would put them in a panic. Yet, what do they mean when they say they were inspired, does it only mean that something "out there" reminded them of something of which they wrote a poem about. Not to be disrespectful, but it amazes me at what a superficial level people examine, and are aware of their own minds...Ray
Dale
Relying on the mundane mind to write poetry usually gives one mundane poetry.
The mundane mind is good for counting change, telling the color at a traffic light and what it means, and remembering when to pick up your dry cleaning. It is very good at doing the things it does. Most people are such control freaks that they do not like the idea that a part of the mind over which they have no control, writes the poems. To even consider such a thing would put them in a panic. Yet, what do they mean when they say they were inspired, does it only mean that something "out there" reminded them of something of which they wrote a poem about. Not to be disrespectful, but it amazes me at what a superficial level people examine, and are aware of their own minds...Ray
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.