Reflections & Insights
Thoughts on poetry, writing, and the art of finding meaning in everyday moments
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Sillyness
According to some random AI generated response, "Sillyness" is the condition of being silly, characterized by a lack of good sense, foolishness, or playful absurdity. Today I'm opting for playful absurdity. On balance, I think we take like way to seriously. We're always rushing or worrying about this or that as if it's actually important. One of the basic laws of life, on this planet, is that everything is relative. So perhaps we should take a breath and ask ourselves the question, "Important relative to what?" It's amazing how sobering it can be to rank...
Our Compulsion to Understand
I just read a thought provoking blog by Isaac Kolding, a teacher and student of literature, entitled "How to Like Poetry (A sympathetic guide for the perplexed). You can find a link below if you're curious. The thought that it provoked was about perspective and our programmed need to understand. Our ability to judge requires a basis on which to form an opinion. So, our first response to something new is "What does that mean?" " What box can I put it in?" Judgement is an unconscious way of keeping our life tidy and safe. If everything has it's box, I don't have to worry....or think. But the price of that safety is growth. What would happen if we stepped out of our heads and asked a different question, "How does this make me feel?" That is my reason for liking...
About Those Mood Buttons
They are a noble idea, but should be taken not too literally. The whole idea of squeezing one of these sweet creatures into a narrow cage or coaxing...
Tatvamasi
Twice a month I sit with a group of gifted people and share our time talking about what's happening in our lives. What seems to be in our way...
Crafting the Perfect Line Break
At first glance, a line break in a poem might seem like a mere structural necessity—a place to pause, to carry the eye to the next line, to make the...