All imperfection is easier to tolerate if served up in small doses.
Wislawa SzymborskaRead
Everyone needs solitude, especially a person who is used to thinking about what she experiences. Solitude is very important in my work as a mode of inspiration, but isolation is not good in this respect. I am not writing poetry about isolation.
Interpretation
Solitude can inspire creativity, but isolation hinders it.
In this quote, Wislawa Szymborska emphasizes the distinction between solitude and isolation, suggesting that while solitude can foster reflection and creativity, isolation can be detrimental to the creative process. She underscores the idea that a writer, or any creative individual, needs time alone to think and draw inspiration from their experiences, but being cut off from the world can lead to a lack of creativity and emotional resonance in their work.
In practice
A writer might share this quote at a workshop to emphasize the importance of finding time for personal reflection.
All imperfection is easier to tolerate if served up in small doses.
I started earning a living as a poet rather early on.
But they know about us, they know, the four corners, and the chairs nearby us. Discerning shadows also know, and even the table keeps quiet.
I prefer the absurdity of writing poems to the absurdity of not writing poems.
I've reached the age of self-knowledge, so I don't know anything. People who claim that they know something are responsible for most of the fuss in the world.
Every beginning is only a sequel, after all, and the book of events is always open halfway through.
A dream, all a dream, that ends in nothing, and leaves the sleeper where he lay down, but I wish you to know that you inspired it.
I learned what every dreaming child needs to know, that no horizon is so far you cannot get above it or beyond it.
When you find your way you cannot be scared. You need to be brave enough to take wrong steps. The deceptions, failures, lack of enthusiasm, are tools that God places in our way to reveal the path.
The only way to find your voice is to use it. It’s hardwired, built into you. Talk about the things you love. Your voice will follow.
All nights are sacred nights to make confession and resolve and prayer; all days are sacred days to wake new gladness in the sunny air.
It wasn't until I was 14 and watched the 1976 Olympic games on television that I really started to dream about the big time. I remember seeing Evelyn Ashford in the 100 meters, and she was going to UCLA.
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