tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029797379711350813.post7973252357062209918..comments2024-03-28T18:48:28.471-07:00Comments on the prowling Bee: The Zeroes taught us – Phosphorous –Susan Kornfeldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05384011972647144453noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029797379711350813.post-31988513253175611312023-04-10T15:19:43.938-07:002023-04-10T15:19:43.938-07:00ED sounds convinced that the absence of something ...ED sounds convinced that the absence of something allows us to feel its presence: we appreciate fire by first handling ice; darkness of eclipse implies existence of Sun; paralysis teaches vitality. In short, knowing pain enables us to feel pleasure. <br /><br />But isn’t it true that if we never know warmth, we believe life is ice; if we never see light, darkness is normal; if we never experience vitality, paralysis rules us; if we never feel pleasure, we accept constant pain; if we never know love, we become cold fish? <br /><br />In a letter to Higginson, ED said she never had a mother. What she didn’t say was that she spent her life wishing Susan D would be that mother. And she chose to marry poetry.<br />Larry Bnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029797379711350813.post-63127152822385383182014-12-23T05:45:47.228-08:002014-12-23T05:45:47.228-08:00I practice poetry. On days when I'm uninspired...I practice poetry. On days when I'm uninspired it turn to writing poems about writing, which seems to prime the creative pump. I think this is what Em did, starting from nothing and in her inimitable and eccentric language coming up with something, what could be paralysis, wordlessness is actually vital. Really I don't know I'm playing as I think she was playing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029797379711350813.post-7950324346854268732014-12-22T07:51:35.995-08:002014-12-22T07:51:35.995-08:00Thank you -- interesting. But could you elaborate?...Thank you -- interesting. But could you elaborate?Susan Kornfeldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05384011972647144453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029797379711350813.post-30041123009734777082014-12-22T06:01:06.855-08:002014-12-22T06:01:06.855-08:00She is talking about the writing process.She is talking about the writing process.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com