There is Power in Composition. Extracting what we can from the Void - from the Abyss. From where does it come? This is the task of art - communicating where and what comes from the Void - some call this "fate". Living on the edge. On the precipice between what is and what is not. What we discover on the edge is what we call art, and how we communicate it draws more out from the abyss for others.

     Expression, emotion, fear, love, hate, confusion, intelect.

          Poetry

     Emotion carries weight. Deciphering this is the job of the New Artist. "As human beings, we are essensially caught up in an attempt to interpret the meaning of this ambiguity" (p71). Discovering this New Art. We discover ourselves. Over and over again - Anew. 

     Use everything available to you to comprehend the moment. The art is in the digging. Revealing. Discovering. There is always more. TRIGGER AND RUN. My brain is Gum.

     Slip. Reveal

     The sign operates on the boundary of perception. Interpretation of the self in the art-work is a necessary component of interpretation of understanding the art-work. 

     "Is it the case that in this meaning and this saying. Something is intimated but not "intended"?" (p71)

     The art-work is real. It is not only a creation, an activity, but it is a natural reaction of human existence. To live is to create. To create is to make art. To live is to understand what that art is saying to us. To create art and to allow it to take us in the direction it wants (the symbol), is an adventure, and one we cannot deny.

     - We must listen-

     The act of interpretation - the existence it conveys, is an ultimate fulfillment, an embracing of life itself. The art-work, if one is to live, must be embraced, accepted and loved with ones being. For when we invest love in the art-work - we invest love in ourselves, and love in everyone else. This is translated in the "symbol", in the "festival", in "play". This adds the poetic element to any allogary. It also adds (intenion) meaning to language (intention) . Deepening the value of the symbol. Adding to the extra dimension in speech.

      

     Poerty is wrapped up with engaging with the void - with the abyss

     Poerty and Identity, communication is complete by the stimulation of the sign - itself undefinable once it is out - the other will do what he will. The sign takes on its own wavelike direction. The sign is immaterial pure inspiration. The sign takes - the sign gives - the sign always enigmatic. It operates within a structure, affiliated with other signs, commonplace, common - communication - and is stimulated into action by the signs of others. Ultimately, the sign is an internal mechanism used to stimulate more signs - thus the growth of the individual and the growth of his community. The sign unlocks the future in a dance of the present.

     Here we are mixing theory of the sign and the festival. Art is human and it requires the human to make it meaningful. There can be only growth in this sense, through knowing the other - and in so doing - we contribute to the growth of each other. 

     Unlocking the sign. A tool metaphisic`. Nature. Growth. Love.

     Knowing the path. Emerges. And we percieve it through Art. Ever interpreting. Ever more. Every one - everywhere - every time. Cycling. Radiating. Eminatting. Resounding. 

"Trouble Too"

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The Escape From Oblivion,

     Poetry from The Viod

The Measure of a Metaphor: Lessons from Nihilism

Being reacts to art while, and as well as, creating Art. Subtly shaping our futures. Through a process of Creation and Interpretation. Of finding our way and being honest about what the way shows us. Making art matter, making art meaningful – making art known. Swimming in the sea. Watching, watching you watching me. Where do we go from here? The content will emerge. It is there but it is nothing. Yet

 

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     Where does poetry come from? What is the driving force behind it? Can we say? Poetry can only be defined positively. In art. We drive forward, revealing signs as we go. From obscurity into the light, from a place of non-being, to a place, not of knowing, but a place of discovering - revealing - becoming ( Nietzsche ). 

   We cannot know what is not. There is only creation. Choose your mode of creation

     Composition and Interpretation.

     How can one share the same idea in poetry?

     What is practical about poetry and how do we use it?

     "The mixture of fact and fiction"

     The interpretation of the poetic word. Does not belong to the speaker. Nor does it belong to the listener. It exists. Hinting. Guiding. Whispering. Soft. Gentle. The difference between the two - crossed. An encounter - a light goes on.

     What comes to mind? A sense of the concept. But how? How can we know a thing when there is nothing in the word? When the art itself does not exist? How can it point to anything concrete? But it does point. " The difference between the language of narration and the language of reflection collapses as a result " (p67)

     What is real about the dream?

     How we understand the sand castles we make.

     I stand on the edge of an abyss. Looking over. I know the abyss's name. And I call it. The echo back is familiar. It is not my own but it carries meaning. The abyss moulds my thoughts into a pathway. The abyss knows me. But I don't know it. I can only explore it by calling it's name. 

     When you call on the abyss - it will answer.

     The escape from oblivion. 

      " Give It To "

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 "It's All You"

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"2"

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