I do try to startle myself
20th March 2017 | for Creatives | creative process, create for YOURSELF, writing, poetry, Aimee Nezhukumatathil |
"I do try to startle myself into a small combo of delight, wonder, and a dash of fright as I am composing a poem, just to keep me on my toes."
— Aimee Nezhukumatathil
Similar for Creatives
Let's allow ourselves to have fun
"Let's allow ourselves to have fun, to take risks, to make wild choices, and always, to hold it all loosely. We are after a sense of aliveness and surprise."
the poem you would never show
"Write the poem you would never show anyone."
Let the poem teach me
"Let the poem teach me about poetry and what language can do, rather than being the captain of the ship."
