Interesting article Met. You well articulated the magic bean:
"It’s a matter of choosing one’s mindset, isn’t it. Or, of tricking the mind into seeing something in the most encouraging light even if your natural tendency is to go dark."
Tharp’s last fear is a reality with poetry. The bright, indelible image in your mind doesn’t transfer to the page, or the emotional or other associations it holds for you don’t exist in the reader’s mind. Or the perfect phrase or line remains only that, a great phrase or line, and nothing else you add to it is as good.
Her other fears don’t look so bad compared to that one. After all, if you’ve succeeded in realizing your idea, the other fears either don’t apply or maybe don’t really matter.
Dostoevsky’s reference to Jesus exorcising the Gadarene demoniac is powerful, but kind of a bummer for the pigs. Maybe we can come up with a non-lethal analog.
Interesting article Met. You well articulated the magic bean:
"It’s a matter of choosing one’s mindset, isn’t it. Or, of tricking the mind into seeing something in the most encouraging light even if your natural tendency is to go dark."
Thanks for being such a regular contributor to the comments, Gina!!
She didn't get the pig metaphor correct, but I understand what she meant.
Love this idea! Great visualisation. I need to do this... :D
Report back!! :)
Tharp’s last fear is a reality with poetry. The bright, indelible image in your mind doesn’t transfer to the page, or the emotional or other associations it holds for you don’t exist in the reader’s mind. Or the perfect phrase or line remains only that, a great phrase or line, and nothing else you add to it is as good.
Her other fears don’t look so bad compared to that one. After all, if you’ve succeeded in realizing your idea, the other fears either don’t apply or maybe don’t really matter.
Dostoevsky’s reference to Jesus exorcising the Gadarene demoniac is powerful, but kind of a bummer for the pigs. Maybe we can come up with a non-lethal analog.
That's the one that really gets to me, too.
I love this! Thanks for keeping me inspired!
Thanks, Mel. You inspire me with your creativity, too!