Hey! I found this wonderful quote in Austin Kleon blog post: Mr. Carson — who was also a translator, working in several languages — viewed writing poetry not as an exercise in setting down an idea, but as an exploration. “The kind of examination question which used to be put, ‘What did the poet have in mind when he said …’ is an assumption that the poet clothes his thought in verse,” he
Why You Should Admit that You Don't Know
Why You Should Admit that You Don't Know
Why You Should Admit that You Don't Know
Hey! I found this wonderful quote in Austin Kleon blog post: Mr. Carson — who was also a translator, working in several languages — viewed writing poetry not as an exercise in setting down an idea, but as an exploration. “The kind of examination question which used to be put, ‘What did the poet have in mind when he said …’ is an assumption that the poet clothes his thought in verse,” he