Poetry is the work of telling the seeing
Poetry to me is the work of telling the truth, telling the seeing. Maybe it is the pointing to the seeing, to the thing seen.
:- Doug.
Archive for April 19th, 2009
Who are the people I’m among?
Who are the people I’m among? For it is here that I must work.
:- Doug.
We don’t need a magic question as much as
It’s not so much a magic question we need to ask, but to seek out the person within the person, the genius, the wise one, the one touched by the larger than life. So it is a matter of approaching kindly, stumblingly if that’s the way it comes out, but with the desire to find something, the something of great value in this one.
:- Doug.
If I knew I were divine, how would I engage people
If I knew I were divine, how would I engage people in conversation? I would ask them questions to help them see their divinity, their creativity. I would ask them how they would change the world if they could. I would ask them what they could do today to help.
:- Doug.
