Day: February 12, 2019
“I hate writing, I love having written.”
“I hate writing, I love having written.”
― Dorothy Parker, American, poet, short story writer, critic, satirist
Tick Tock
Daily Haiku – Sun. February 10, 2019 – Poetry For Healing
As we sit quietly In the flickering firelight I can hear your heart
Source: Daily Haiku – Sun. February 10, 2019 – Poetry For Healing
Do not go gentle into that good night
Do not go gentle in to that good night is a poem by Dylan Thomas. It is the first and only poem that I have read on this topic of old age and death where the old are asked to rebel and revolt against the impending death. All others including my feeble attempts on this topic ask to embrace the eventuality. This poem is a stark contrast to it. If I remember correctly this poem is mentioned on the movie ‘Interstellar’ by Christopher Nolan.
Another unique feature is that the poem is written as a Villanelle (or Villanesque). It is a very unique structure and it will be explained later in the post. First let us grasp the magic, the poem is given below, followed by a brief paraphrase and discussion of the Villanesque form. Much of the material of this post is taken from other posts.
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Discovery
She wanted to explore the world
and discover something
wild
and dangerous
rare
and exotic
pure
and beautiful
true
and intelligent
raw
and sensual.
He showed it all to her
in herself.
.
.
© the author writing as Romantic Dominant
First posted two years ago. Sometimes we have to be shown things about ourselves we cannot see.
Art by Scott Mattlin
Daily Quote
Writing goes beyond putting words on the page. Much work goes unseen, unknown to the reader. But if we leave the work undone, its absence seeps into the writing. The germ of an idea is vetted, researched, tweaked and developed into a plot. We create logical subplots and stakes, access their value and devise ways to weave them into the story. Whether you outline or fly by the seat of your pants, thinking consumes us as we explore ways to make the story stronger.
Thinking days rankle my senses as I feel compelled to add words to the page, and progress slows. Then the story congeals, the words bloom, and all is right in our writing world.
Which activity are you engaged in today?
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Keep on writing.
Jo Hawk The Writer
“There will never be a really free and enlightened State until the State comes to recognize the individual as a higher and independent power, from which…”
“There will never be a really free and enlightened State until the State comes to recognize the individual as a higher and independent power, from which all its own power and authority are derived, and treats him accordingly.”
– Henry David Thoreau, writer, poet, philosopher, social activist, social critic, historian, from On the Duty of Civil Disobedience
“Whoever wants music instead of noise, joy instead of pleasure, soul instead of gold, creative work instead of business, passion instead of foolery, finds no home in this trivial world of ours.”
“Whoever wants music instead of noise, joy instead of pleasure, soul instead of gold, creative work instead of business, passion instead of foolery, finds no home in this trivial world of ours.”
Hermann Hesse, book quote from “Steppenwolf: A Novel”, p.151, Macmillan
Red bouquet in gouache
After painting these red blooms in watercolour and with digital tools in Procreate on the iPad, I gave it a try today in gouache, on some Fabriano hot press paper. It was really hard to get the bright colours — especially the magentas — because gouache is so flat. But painting the three versions was a great exercise in looking, in mixing colours, in thinking about values, and in working from light to dark and then dark to light. Glad to have these grey days in Montreal which leave me no choice but to paint indoors.
The Reluctant Poet 