I write because I have no choice in the
matter...
There, I've said
it. And this isn't some pseudo-intellectual 'more-realized-than-thou'
oh, the tortured soul artist crap. It's just the truth. I believe, ultimately,
that if art is to be successful, then it must be communication
first; that is your job if you create. I don't wanna hear about
any Emily Dickinson hide my writing in my bureau stuff--that's
bullshit. When I share a poem, send it out into the world, I
want people to feel the way I felt the moment I finished the
piece; (though 'finishing' a poem is really a misnomer, as no
one really finishes a poem--they just decide to stop working
on it). I want to make my writing something more than just
palpable--it needs to be visceral. It's not so much an ego thing,
(this desire to redirect a 'felt-thought' from brain to paper
to stranger) as it is sharing thing; anyone can share a bagel
with someone, but if someone is capable of having me experience
what they felt, saw, did, then my life is more fulfilled and
even, yes, dare I say, enriched.
