I think for me in terms of this kind of dichotomy you have to hold the sense of negative capability in your mind - which is Keats line about being able to hold two different ideas 'without any irritable reach after fact or reason.'
I am a poet, bard, scop, minnesinger, trobairitz who is driven by sound and the possibilities for vocal expression, the mouthing of text as well as i… - Anne Waldman
I am a poet, bard, scop, minnesinger, trobairitz who is driven by sound and the possibilities for vocal expression, the mouthing of text as well as i…
- Anne Waldman
Growing up in the fifties, having to wear a dog tag, having to take shelter in a bomb shelter. That turned me toward the road, I did not want to live… - Anne Waldman
Growing up in the fifties, having to wear a dog tag, having to take shelter in a bomb shelter. That turned me toward the road, I did not want to live…
I get very upset when money is being cut and people can't visit the Grand Canyon. - Anne Waldman
I get very upset when money is being cut and people can't visit the Grand Canyon.
The music is notated first, the text follows. I might have to wait until the right kind of text or form arises. I often see the poems as “scores.” - Anne Waldman
The music is notated first, the text follows. I might have to wait until the right kind of text or form arises. I often see the poems as “scores.”
A lot of my life has involved with helping create cultures that have as their basis this vision of the sharing, the partaking of a certain ethos toge… - Anne Waldman
A lot of my life has involved with helping create cultures that have as their basis this vision of the sharing, the partaking of a certain ethos toge…
Our need to reimagine our world through the vibratory larynx, that's what matters. Re-awaken the world to itself. Through ideas, pictures, sounds. Ho… - Anne Waldman
Our need to reimagine our world through the vibratory larynx, that's what matters. Re-awaken the world to itself. Through ideas, pictures, sounds. Ho…
Your compassion travels beyond your own inner circle. And then you breathe out an alternative version where you mentally and emotionally and psycholo… - Anne Waldman
Your compassion travels beyond your own inner circle. And then you breathe out an alternative version where you mentally and emotionally and psycholo…
I'm drawn to the magical efficacies of language as a political act. - Anne Waldman
I'm drawn to the magical efficacies of language as a political act.
We still have our larynx, we still have our minds and we still have our consciousness. We still have this gift to make things with words and images a… - Anne Waldman
We still have our larynx, we still have our minds and we still have our consciousness. We still have this gift to make things with words and images a…
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