Tag: art
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Vision – do you have “it”
People love to claim “vision” or that they are “visionaries”. My experience is that they use this term to qualify themselves as having “good ideas” “I am an idea person.” Statistically, three percent (3%) of all ideas are any good. Being an idea person doesn’t make you a visionary. My editor at Random House once…
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Developing Style
When I was a young poet, I wrote following the disciplines for traditional poetry. I used specific rhyme, meter, rhythm as dictated by the study of classical writing. I was challenged by a teacher in university to depart from classical iambic pentameter or sonnet ABAB CDCD etc. and dabble in free verse. Eventually, i developed…
