Diane Glancy - Claiming Breath (1992)

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Art is important because it balances the evil powers. It's a medicine woman. A shaman.

Diane Glancy

Writing is the hammer & chisel that breaks down the established way of thinking. A concrete event, then an abstraction. An image, then a thought. Finally, writing builds another establishment with the fragments.

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Art as communication that says to others
you'd better listen.
Here's a message from the next country.

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Poetry saves what is human in this world going gaudy & insane. In exploring small truths, something larger might turn up, adding dimension, insight, vision, recognition to our lives. We just might be more complete, more aware after a poem.

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Poetry examines an emotional truth. It's an experience filtered through the personality of the poet. We look to poetry for visions, not scientific truths. The poet's job is to combine new elements. Explore their melting, seeping into one another.

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Poetry is road maintenance for a fragmented world which seeks to be kept together. It's been an integral activity for a long time.

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