07-30-2020, 03:27 AM
(07-29-2020, 03:24 AM)busker Wrote:Any artist aiming for "quite good" should be "dragged to the sidewalk and beaten till they PISS BLOOD!" I'm changing it and fuck perfection.(07-29-2020, 02:09 AM)Exit Wrote:I don't think you necessarily have to change it. As you say, every poem is in equilibrium with several forces, and in most cases we have to live with slightly imperfect words balancing each other. It's difficult to find the perfect word for every position, because if you do, it's a masterpiece.(07-27-2020, 08:41 PM)busker Wrote: NiceThank you. And yes the greek is referring to the platonic concepts. My misspelling has possibly led to some confusion there. I'm still thinking about changing it.
Also, you are entirely correct! I didn't see it before but "infinite folds" is lazy. Hyperbole without thinking. That's definitely something I will edit. And a good catch.
"expressions of bones"—yes, this bit is doing a lot of abstract work that may be too esoteric. I try to have at least 3 plates spinning in any poem: sound/style, surface concept and educated concept. And the goal is to make them all knit together so if you don't get all 3 at least 1 or 2 will work. And I think you have highlighted a particular line that sticks out as potentially failing that mandate.
Although, to justify it a little, yes it still leaves room for interpretation but it does add an existential 3rd term to form and matter and mirrors that dicotomy—existence and essence=bones (the ontological) and expressions (the phenomenological) of concrete forms.
Thanks again, I'll definitely change the "infinite" thing because that just looks embarrassing now :/
I don't think you should alter anything in this poem unless it's the perfect alteration. It's quite good as it is.
