Guest guest Posted May 11, 2006 Report Share Posted May 11, 2006 P: Very true! I seldom write a piece unless > it had literally pulled me to the PC. Of course, > many times like now, I'm just answering someone, > but even this response is being prodded by what > you wrote, so it's fueled by your words. > > Yes, to write is a gift that shouldn't be abused. > In that way, your writing becomes your teacher. > T: Oh god Pete.......Where do you get these ideas? P: Your guess is as good as mine T: You have the gall to caution poets not to abuse thier gift. P: I have been blessed with infinite gall, but my advice is only to mystics. I bequest all others to you to advise as you see fit. After all, you have been cautioning us for years, so practice you have. T: Does the same apply to artists and musicians? What about photographers and finger painters? ......and sand castle builders.........and democrats? toombaru Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 11, 2006 Report Share Posted May 11, 2006 Nisargadatta , Pete S <pedsie5 wrote: > > P: Very true! I seldom write a piece unless > > it had literally pulled me to the PC. Of course, > > many times like now, I'm just answering someone, > > but even this response is being prodded by what > > you wrote, so it's fueled by your words. > > > > Yes, to write is a gift that shouldn't be abused. > > In that way, your writing becomes your teacher. > > > > > T: Oh god Pete.......Where do you get these ideas? > > P: Your guess is as good as mine > > > T: You have the gall to caution poets not to abuse thier gift. > > P: I have been blessed with infinite gall, but my advice > is only to mystics. I bequest all others to you to advise > as you see fit. After all, you have been cautioning us for > years, so practice you have. > > T: Does the same apply to artists and musicians? > > What about photographers and finger painters? > > .....and sand castle builders.........and democrats? > > > > > > toombaru > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 11, 2006 Report Share Posted May 11, 2006 T: Does the same apply to artists and musicians? What about photographers and finger painters? ......and sand castle builders.........and democrats? >>>>>>> Definitely applies to artists, I'd say. Nose-pickers, on the other hand, are borderline. So perhaps the defining element is *inspiration*. Where inspiration applies, the admonishment applies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 14, 2006 Report Share Posted May 14, 2006 On 5/11/06, Pete S <pedsie5 wrote: > B: I generally agree. > Lao Tzu would be a supporting example. > > A counter-example, though, seems to be Rumi. > I believe his oeuvre is really quite large. > And his poems aren't particularly brief, either. > > To write a mystical poem just to be writing one > is certainly out-of-atunement. > > A really good mystical poem is one that taps > the poet on the shoulder and says, " Get a pencil! " > > In this sense real mystical poety can never be a > *craft*. > > It is not something one *does*. > It is something *passing through*... and the > priviledge of the poet is simply that of the > first hand witness. > > > P: Very true! I seldom write a piece unless > it had literally pulled me to the PC. Of course, > many times like now, I'm just answering someone, > but even this response is being prodded by what > you wrote, so it's fueled by your words. > > Yes, to write is a gift that shouldn't be abused. > In that way, your writing becomes your teacher. > what is not my teacher? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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