tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28877531.post3194256211761450687..comments2023-07-06T17:36:53.754+02:00Comments on The Crazy Bird: My Resignation From the Human RaceChuck Cliffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13946732698893345684noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28877531.post-26704973293543946902007-04-11T08:09:00.000+02:002007-04-11T08:09:00.000+02:00Thanks for your kind comments! A pad of paper? O y...Thanks for your kind comments! A pad of paper? O yes, I've tried many tricks but have found that writing things down is not always best -- it's like things get "locked" or "frozen" fast before one has found the "melody".<BR/><BR/>This could become quite a long dissertation, but the question is what makes it poetry? And to answer that one has to ask what is language, what is music?<BR/><BR/>As a provocation, I sometimes claim that the first human speech was poetry -- the point being that when we first began to speak it was with our complete being and everything we said was, so to speak, "true".<BR/><BR/>Whatever, this particular piece was composed in its final form while walking in the woods up in Sweden Palm Sunday weekend -- this is one of my favorite ways of composing, that is by singing or speaking the words until I have "found" the way it is "supposed" to be.Chuck Cliffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13946732698893345684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28877531.post-32166119344412423802007-04-11T02:38:00.000+02:002007-04-11T02:38:00.000+02:00It's interesting that your thoughts can be release...It's interesting that your thoughts can be released in poetry form and that your poetry reveals much of your inner being, sometimes witty, sometimes melancholy, sometimes hurting. Have you tried keeping a pad of paper and pencil either next to the bed or in the bathroom for the nighttime creative meanderings?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com