07-22-2016, 11:29 AM
(07-22-2016, 09:17 AM)Leanne Wrote: I find it interesting that people assume poetry and emotion should be mutually exclusive.Frankly, I'm not sure why I prefer to separate emotion and (critical) thought. I guess it just feels right to do so.
Or thought and emotion, for that matter.
Since we are basically just bags of chemicals, emotions are nothing but chemical responses, just the same as the intellectual processes involved in thought. Emotion and logic both live in the cerebrum, and to separate them -- well, that's just illogical.
But then, I'm not an empathetic person. I am a proud misanthrope who doesn't especially care what people think of me.
If you're the smartest person in the room, you're in the wrong room.
"Or, if a poet writes a poem, then immediately commits suicide (as any decent poet should)..." -- Erthona
"Or, if a poet writes a poem, then immediately commits suicide (as any decent poet should)..." -- Erthona