god'swife26 Jan 2004

You do not feel obligated to make your poetry understood? that's preposterous. Words are for making things understood. Even "The jabberwocky is understandable, or anything ee cummings. Anyone who dabbles in the arts is obligated to make something,(thought/emotion/experience)whether collective or individual, understood. Art is a studied action. It has a purpose. Human expression, to be experienced by other humans. Much is left to interpretation, but there is always an underlying scheme. Otherwise it's drivel.