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 Poetry is not a healing lotion, an emotional massage, a kind of linguistic aromatherapy. Neither is it a blueprint, nor … Continue ReadingThere is no universal Poetry | Adrienne Rich

http://Cate Blanchette Courts Failure “I look for the great noble failure, I think, at this point in my life,” says … Continue ReadingCate Blanchette Courts Failure

Once, years ago, I called my opthamologist’s office for an appointment. which one are you? queried the appointments nurse uh, … Continue ReadingCausation # 26119

Rejection, not acceptance, defines writing life. Oh, well, my nose wrinkles at this Pep-Talk POV . . . . I … Continue ReadingTHE FINE ART OF FAILURE (The Atlantic)

“What a good actor–a real actor–is always trying to do is very difficult, almost impossible, so most of the time … Continue ReadingMost of the time, we fail . . . Kim Stanley, Follies of God

via Silent Lotus At the start of his latest book, “In Praise of Failure: Four Lessons in Humility,” the philosopher Costica … Continue ReadingWAPO Book Review Failure Humility -Bradatan