foggy all day
Marjorie Perloff: A Celebration, Jacket2
Bureau of Public Secrets, Kenneth Rexroth Archive
I have the impulse to make resolutions. Some years late, some years not at all, this year early. I want to be more disciplined in reading on the web. Starting with above two. I’ve failed at this before. We’ll see how it goes.
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The impulse is to consolidate food, spiritual practice, the natural world, and poetry. Oh, and images. Feh. Impossible impulse.
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When writing about the food tour, I wanted to comment on the places we visited, but I wanted the comment to be a poetic gesture, like a dance move. I was rushed and I couldn’t accomplish it. I always want critiques to be less intellectual and more impulsive.
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The intellect is given too much power. The intellect should reside in the background, mostly at rest. It should inform the movement, even be fundamental to the movement. Like the relation of bones or muscles to a dance move. But not be the sole component. If it is, there is a grinding, an arthritis.
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Stuck in digital imagery. Creating lots of rather simple-minded work. It feels like an apprenticeship. I’m getting faster and more sure of myself with simple things. I have a long way to go. But I also (conceptually) don’t know what I’m trying to do. This is where faith must arise.
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