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I had an interesting conversation with Lacey the other day. It centered on why I haven't been blogging as much lately. I explained that what I have to blog about these days is not necessarily for public consumption. There are many thoughts that come and go in my mind each day - some fleeting, some lasting - that raise the question of appropriateness to share with others. Not that I am scheming to take over the world. On the contrary, the smaller I can make my domain at the moment, the happier I will be.
I may, however, have thoughts of complete disdain for something or someone that if blogged become "fact" about Delara rather than Delara's silly musings in this moment in time - musings that are completely subject to change in the next moment. Writing is an interesting art in this way - it often makes permanent that which might just mean to be ephemeral. And I don't know about that yet.
I will say that I have been reading Rilke's "Letters to a Young Poet" again (for like the sixth time, actually) and it has been calling to my inner self quite a bit - has been trying to draw the writer out again. So, hopefully good stuff is on the horizon.
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i'll have to check that one out. thanks, kari! and i think you'd love rilke's writing. his poems are amazing, but "letters to a young poet" is even more amazing. i've blogged about it before (i think) but it's a collection of letters he wrote to a young man aspiring to be a poet. the thing that ALWAYS strikes me is that rilke wrote those letters (which have the voice of a 100-year old wise man) when he was like 28 years old!! amazing.
Posted by: delara | July 7, 2004 10:55 AM
Delara, I'm glad you're back. But, totally feel you when you say you don't want the entries on your blog to define you.
I've never read the Rilke poem you mentioned, but last night I started re-reading Rollo May's "The Courage to Create." I'll start posting excerpts and thoughts about it on my blog. It's quite motivating.
Posted by: kari | July 6, 2004 12:01 PM