Thanks for this, Hal. I think in my own formulation I stand part of this on
its head. Duncan was a Platonist. I'm suggesting rather a beginning at an
acceptance of apparent formlessness. But the practice, if not the faith,
is the same.
Mark
At 11:09 AM 1/6/2005, you wrote:
> "We know that an idea, a novel or a poem, may begin
>at some point or germ, grow, finding its being and necessary
>form, rhythm and life as the germ evolves in relation to its
>environment of language and experience in life. This is an art
>that rises from a deep belief in the universe as a medium of
>forms, in man's quest as a spiritual evolution.
> "In contrast, conventional art, with its conviction that
>form means adherence to an imposed order where metric
>and rime are means of conformation, rises from a belief that
>man by artifice must win his forms (as models, reproductions
>or paradigms) against his nature, areas of control in a universe
>that is a matter of chaos."
>
>--Robert Duncan
>
>fr. *The Day Book* as excerpted in *The Gist of Origin:
>1951-1971* [New York: Grossman/Viking Press, 1975]
>
>
>
>Hal
>
>Halvard Johnson
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