I love this poem, I find it one of the best descriptions of the zen of writing. If I were ever to teach a writing class, I would open with this poem.
"The Three Goals"
"The Three Goals"
The first goal is to see the thing itself
in and for itself, to see it simply and clearly
for what it is.
No symbolism, please.
The second goal is to see each individual thing
as unified, as one, with all the other
ten thousand things.
In this regard, a little wine helps a lot.
The third goal is to grasp the first and the second goals,
to see the universal and the particular,
simultaneously.
Regarding this one, call me when you get it. - David Budbill
I spoke with my dad this morning, one of the most talented writers I know, and it reminded me to keep plugging away at what I'm doing - Journalism. The work will feed my art - writing, but talking to him also reminded me how much I love fiction and poetry - how much I love words, the way they sound, the way they look on a page, the way you can line up sentences in different ways to describe a sensation, a scene, a wish; that you can create a world or a moment for another person to dive into.
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