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do I not seem relaxed? On 14/05/07, Halvard Johnson <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Relax, KS ;) > > Hal > > "Always treat language like a dangerous toy." > --Anselm Hollo > > Halvard Johnson > ================ > [log in to unmask] > [log in to unmask] > http://home.earthlink.net/~halvard > http://entropyandme.blogspot.com > http://imageswithoutwords.blogspot.com > http://www.hamiltonstone.org > > On May 14, 2007, at 3:15 PM, kasper salonen wrote: > > > I don't like the idea of poetry being tension-filled. tense poetry is > > bad poetry. > > but I get what he means, & agree, even if not with that choice of > > metaphor > > > > KS > > > > On 14/05/07, Halvard Johnson <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > >> "I placed one word beside another and finally with a great deal > >> of effort managed to create a whole sentence--naturally not one > >> that 'meant something' but one that was composed of word- > >> nuances. It was the hidden meaning that I was seeking--a kind > >> of Alchimie du Verbe. One word has its meaning and another > >> has its own, but when they are brought together something > >> strange happens to them: they have an in-between connotation > >> at the same time as they retain their original individual > >> meanings . . . > >> Poetry is this very tension-filled relationship between the words, > >> between the lines, between meanings." > >> > >> --Gunnar Ekelöf, tr. Auden & Sjöberg > >> > >> > >> Hal > >> > >> "Balthus is a painter about whom nothing is known." > >> --Balthus > >> > >> Halvard Johnson > >> ================ > >> [log in to unmask] > >> [log in to unmask] > >> http://home.earthlink.net/~halvard > >> http://entropyandme.blogspot.com > >> http://imageswithoutwords.blogspot.com > >> http://www.hamiltonstone.org > >> >