From the night, his solitude, the poet finds day and starts a diary that is lethal to the inert. The dark landscape yields a dialogue.
Interpretation
The poet draws inspiration from solitude and darkness to create powerful writing.
This quote illustrates how the solitude experienced at night can lead to profound creativity and reflection for a poet. In these moments of darkness, the poet engages in a dialogue with his thoughts and surroundings, resulting in a 'diary' that challenges the status quo and provokes thought in those who are inactive or apathetic.
In practice
In a poetry reading, you might say this quote to emphasize the power of creativity from solitude.
An exact poetic duplication of a man is for the poet a negation of the earth, an impossibility of being, even though his greatest desire is to speak to many men, to unite with them by means of harmonious verses about the truths of the mind or of things.
Poetry is also the physical self of the poet, and it is impossible to separate the poet from his poetry.
Poetry is the revelation of a feeling that the poet believes to be interior and personal but which the reader recognizes as his own.
That's the thing about fiction writers: what seems alarming or particular or perverse about them is simply the shape of their brain - they cannot be otherwise.
The understanding of art depends finally upon one's willingness to extend one's humanity and one's knowledge of human life.
A lot of people insisted on a wall between modern dance and ballet, that the two disciplines were totally separate, and if you did one, you couldn’t do the other. I’m beginning to think that walls are very unhealthy things.
The artist must have something to say, for mastery over form is not his goal but rather the adapting of form to its inner meaning.
I really am a believer that 99.99% of all the stories we need, not only as artists but as human beings, not only as writers but as readers, haven't been written yet. Certainly haven't been published yet.
Luck is when preparation meets opportunity. I'll share the formula I learned while forging my way forward as a full-time painter for forty-four years. The steps all break down to one simple sentence: Make art that connects with enough folks for you to earn a splendid living.
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