I know enough artists and writers to understand the suffering of creative block. In the madness of the current age, when we feel compelled to be continually and consistently productive, there is a disconnect from the natural flow of things.
It is entirely natural to experience the fallow time, and to need to rest, re-stock and [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Poetry’
Creative Block… at Lughnasadh?
Posted in Druidry, Druids, tagged Art, Creative Block, Creativity, Druidry, Druids, Poetry, Writing on July 19, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Can you feel the sap rising?!!
Posted in Arty farty, Eclectic Nonsense, tagged Beltane, May, Paganism, Paul Verlaine, Poetry, Spring on April 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
In a little under two weeks we will be celebrating the Beltane festival. Beltane, the last Spring festival and the threshold of summer, is a high-energy, passionate and burgeoning time, full of growing light and warmth. It makes me want to dance with joy! I can feel the sap rising and the pulse of the [...]
Poetry – words & sounds?
Posted in Arty farty, Poetry, tagged Art, Poetry on March 31, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I have heard a few performance poets lately and am unsure how I feel about hearing, rather than seeing, poems. It’s not that I don’t enjoy listening, I do, enormously, but there is a subtle change in my relationship with the poem which has stimulated a puzzled interest in me.
It’s the same with paintings. We [...]