“The older I've got the less I find myself going back and re-reading or really reading new fiction or poetry.”
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What does that represent? There was never any question in plastic art, in poetry, in music, of representing anything. It is a matter of making something beautiful, moving, or dramatic - this is by no means the same thing.
He fertilizes a phrase or a line of poetry for weeks and then gives birth to it in a speech.
I love Sufism as I love beautiful poetry, but it is not the answer. Sufism is like a mirage in the desert. It says to you, come and sit, relax and enjoy yourself for a while.
Music has a poetry of its own, and that poetry is called melody.