tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15007060.post113941236321653441..comments2023-11-03T09:17:52.008-04:00Comments on Five Feet Above Water: The Top Secret PostCarlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07418956848321901824noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15007060.post-1139460210715690682006-02-08T23:43:00.000-05:002006-02-08T23:43:00.000-05:00I wish there was a way to explain this thing that ...I wish there was a way to explain this thing that we do, but then again, I think it's the mystery. You can't tell anyone how to write poetry or write at all really. You just write, as if that was an explanation. To quote one of my students when asked about his writing process he wrote, "I write because I write."Carlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07418956848321901824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15007060.post-1139415194494531302006-02-08T11:13:00.000-05:002006-02-08T11:13:00.000-05:00I've been thinking, too, of where my ideas come fr...I've been thinking, too, of where my ideas come from. I'm sort of in love with the Jack Spicer theory right now. When I'm writing a line a voice in my head will just blurt out a line, often an odd one, and I have no idea where it came from. Language sort of speaks us sometimes, I believe.Donhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13556663035451699295noreply@blogger.com