Comments for branta http://www.gooselane.com/blog the might of write Wed, 22 May 2013 05:02:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 Comment on “Not” On Writing: Intermission: Meet the Coffee Portrait Artist by Coffee queen http://www.gooselane.com/blog/2013/04/not-on-writing-intermission-meet-the-coffee-portrait-artist/#comment-105957 Coffee queen Wed, 10 Apr 2013 19:58:05 +0000 http://www.gooselane.com/blog/?p=807#comment-105957 Delicious! Delicious!

]]> Comment on An end-of-year-list of 2012 Canadian poetry chapbooks by Justin Million, branta, ottawater | Apt. 9 Press http://www.gooselane.com/blog/2013/01/an-end-of-year-list-of-2012-canadian-poetry-chapbooks/#comment-104591 Justin Million, branta, ottawater | Apt. 9 Press Tue, 22 Jan 2013 16:58:43 +0000 http://www.gooselane.com/blog/?p=783#comment-104591 [...] mclennan put together an end-of-year list for branta focusing on Canadian poetry chapbooks of 2012. It’s a solid list, and one that makes me mourn how few of these presses I actually [...] [...] mclennan put together an end-of-year list for branta focusing on Canadian poetry chapbooks of 2012. It’s a solid list, and one that makes me mourn how few of these presses I actually [...]

]]> Comment on If a poetry book falls in the forest… by Eric Hill http://www.gooselane.com/blog/2010/02/if-a-poetry-book-falls-in-the-forest/#comment-10298 Eric Hill Fri, 26 Feb 2010 01:42:20 +0000 http://www.gooselane.com/blog/?p=256#comment-10298 Just fyi, perhaps part of the problem with your dot com address, Rodney, is that your link actually has a comma instead of a period before the "com" part. Just fyi, perhaps part of the problem with your dot com address, Rodney, is that your link actually has a comma instead of a period before the “com” part.

]]> Comment on If a poetry book falls in the forest… by Rodney http://www.gooselane.com/blog/2010/02/if-a-poetry-book-falls-in-the-forest/#comment-10231 Rodney Wed, 24 Feb 2010 23:44:07 +0000 http://www.gooselane.com/blog/?p=256#comment-10231 That dot com address is very old. I have not profited much from having it. The problem is just as great with "slow art." That dot com address is very old. I have not profited much from having it. The problem is just as great with “slow art.”

]]> Comment on If a poetry book falls in the forest… by Dawn-Aeron http://www.gooselane.com/blog/2010/02/if-a-poetry-book-falls-in-the-forest/#comment-9948 Dawn-Aeron Fri, 19 Feb 2010 17:06:54 +0000 http://www.gooselane.com/blog/?p=256#comment-9948 This reminds me of the 'Is It Art?' debates. There's no answer of course, but the discussion is the point.. I'm a poet, untrained by academia, and the linear career process is one that I've avoided almost completely. I do a few readings and I self-publish chapbooks of writing and art. I write poems because I need to. The original inspiration for the poems I write seems to always be from an area that's before words, before thought - then I make it into a poem. Poetry is a way to express what can't be expressed by linear, logical thought & language, as experimental music can be, and other experimental or new art forms. (Which is why I believe it's necessary.) Maybe it's part of how human beings can express newness, and evolve a little more? I don't want to try to explain poetry too pedantically because it's magic to me, and quite mysterious... The essential mystery of the cosmos : poetry, all creativity, is a way to plug into that and interpret it? (Yes, I love Blake, big surprise). Here's what I think: the poetry I love is poetry I think is good and is also sublime in some way. There's also lots of poetry I don't like, for all kinds of reasons: I may think it's bad or pretentious or boring or uninspired, etc. But I think all people need creative self-expression, and so whether I think the product of that self-expressioin is good or not shouldn't really matter all that much - I still strongly support creative acts. It's confusing. I feel the same about music and art. I'm snotty but democratic...yes, confused... This reminds me of the ‘Is It Art?’ debates. There’s no answer of course, but the discussion is the point..

I’m a poet, untrained by academia, and the linear career process is one that I’ve avoided almost completely. I do a few readings and I self-publish chapbooks of writing and art. I write poems because I need to. The original inspiration for the poems I write seems to always be from an area that’s before words, before thought - then I make it into a poem.

Poetry is a way to express what can’t be expressed by linear, logical thought & language, as experimental music can be, and other experimental or new art forms. (Which is why I believe it’s necessary.) Maybe it’s part of how human beings can express newness, and evolve a little more? I don’t want to try to explain poetry too pedantically because it’s magic to me, and quite mysterious… The essential mystery of the cosmos : poetry, all creativity, is a way to plug into that and interpret it? (Yes, I love Blake, big surprise).

Here’s what I think: the poetry I love is poetry I think is good and is also sublime in some way. There’s also lots of poetry I don’t like, for all kinds of reasons: I may think it’s bad or pretentious or boring or uninspired, etc. But I think all people need creative self-expression, and so whether I think the product of that self-expressioin is good or not shouldn’t really matter all that much - I still strongly support creative acts. It’s confusing. I feel the same about music and art. I’m snotty but democratic…yes, confused…

]]> Comment on If a poetry book falls in the forest… by mike http://www.gooselane.com/blog/2010/02/if-a-poetry-book-falls-in-the-forest/#comment-9927 mike Fri, 19 Feb 2010 14:19:23 +0000 http://www.gooselane.com/blog/?p=256#comment-9927 I find myself in the middleground of those two extremes. Wanting to do something different, while loathing the ridiculousness of some experimental regimes (i.e .sound poetry/word poetry). Isn't there something redundant about those phrases anyway? And I've never liked slam poetry, but at least it has an audience, which is really the whole point anyway. Nobody writes just to themselves. At least that's not the end game for me. Thanks for the article. I find myself in the middleground of those two extremes. Wanting to do something different, while loathing the ridiculousness of some experimental regimes (i.e .sound poetry/word poetry). Isn’t there something redundant about those phrases anyway? And I’ve never liked slam poetry, but at least it has an audience, which is really the whole point anyway. Nobody writes just to themselves. At least that’s not the end game for me.

Thanks for the article.

]]> Comment on Why do they call multiple skills “threats”? by Sarah http://www.gooselane.com/blog/2010/02/why-do-they-call-multiple-skills-threats/#comment-9407 Sarah Tue, 09 Feb 2010 03:16:03 +0000 http://www.gooselane.com/blog/?p=245#comment-9407 Photo on top is by Alain Astruc (www.alainastruc.com) Photo on top is by Alain Astruc (www.alainastruc.com)

]]> Comment on The Judge a 2009 Book by Its Cover Competition by Nancy Lauzon http://www.gooselane.com/blog/2010/02/the-judge-a-2009-book-by-its-cover-competition/#comment-9294 Nancy Lauzon Fri, 05 Feb 2010 16:51:50 +0000 http://www.gooselane.com/blog/?p=244#comment-9294 Love the cover and the book - nice to see a cover that captures everything inside - whimsy, humor and fun. Love the cover and the book - nice to see a cover that captures everything inside - whimsy, humor and fun.

]]> Comment on Post-Holiday (W)rapping by Twitter Trackbacks for » Post-Holiday (W)rapping branta [gooselane.com] on Topsy.com http://www.gooselane.com/blog/2010/01/post-holiday-wrapping/#comment-8527 Twitter Trackbacks for » Post-Holiday (W)rapping branta [gooselane.com] on Topsy.com Wed, 13 Jan 2010 22:58:41 +0000 http://www.gooselane.com/blog/?p=225#comment-8527 [...] » Post-Holiday (W)rapping branta www.gooselane.com/blog/2010/01/post-holiday-wrapping – view page – cached (1) Towards the end of December, the pages of my day-planner are whiter than the 4am snow. Every other week of the year is full of black scribbles, crossings-out, and attempts to do three different things in three different places during one Wednesday lunchtime. But those December days! Blank and free; perfect for writing. I can finish my novel, write some new poems, start that screenplay I keep... Read more(1) Towards the end of December, the pages of my day-planner are whiter than the 4am snow. Every other week of the year is full of black scribbles, crossings-out, and attempts to do three different things in three different places during one Wednesday lunchtime. But those December days! Blank and free; perfect for writing. I can finish my novel, write some new poems, start that screenplay I keep boring people with. I’ll get to it, right after I eat my turkey dinner and visit my parents and watch the latest Austen adaptation and have another nap and eat my Chocolate Orange and crunch my way through the park and read all those trashy-fun novels I received. And then it’s January, and my belly is full of meat and sugar, and my days are full of black scrawls again. View page [...] [...] » Post-Holiday (W)rapping branta http://www.gooselane.com/blog/2010/01/post-holiday-wrapping – view page – cached (1) Towards the end of December, the pages of my day-planner are whiter than the 4am snow. Every other week of the year is full of black scribbles, crossings-out, and attempts to do three different things in three different places during one Wednesday lunchtime. But those December days! Blank and free; perfect for writing. I can finish my novel, write some new poems, start that screenplay I keep… Read more(1) Towards the end of December, the pages of my day-planner are whiter than the 4am snow. Every other week of the year is full of black scribbles, crossings-out, and attempts to do three different things in three different places during one Wednesday lunchtime. But those December days! Blank and free; perfect for writing. I can finish my novel, write some new poems, start that screenplay I keep boring people with. I’ll get to it, right after I eat my turkey dinner and visit my parents and watch the latest Austen adaptation and have another nap and eat my Chocolate Orange and crunch my way through the park and read all those trashy-fun novels I received. And then it’s January, and my belly is full of meat and sugar, and my days are full of black scrawls again. View page [...]

]]> Comment on Autobiography of a Reader by » Post-Holiday (W)rapping branta http://www.gooselane.com/blog/2009/10/autobiography-of-a-reader/#comment-8443 » Post-Holiday (W)rapping branta Mon, 11 Jan 2010 23:28:39 +0000 http://www.gooselane.com/blog/?p=177#comment-8443 [...] Kirsty Logan/”Autobiography of a Reader“ [...] [...] Kirsty Logan/”Autobiography of a Reader“ [...]

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