"a full and living voice seemingly natural though often using the language
of a personal poetic idiom. I mean the true vocal cadence of something
urgently communicated--the best words in the best order--yes. But mpowered
by sincerity and inspiration."--Siegfried Sassoon
Do some artists need pressure to create? In some does their art flow from
pain?
Sassoon quoted above--some think his best work came from/during the times he
spent in the Trenches in WWI. Others feel the same about the work Etheridge
Knight produced in prison.
Some artists' best work is their earliest--"Song of Myself", "Howl" and
"Kaddish" produced when Whitman and Ginsberg were unknown and hungry for
recognition.
Is it true what they say--"Ya gotta suffer?"
Is great art--like diamonds--the product of pressure?
Chris Hayden
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