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Poetry: The art of making writing extremely convoluted and obfuscated. Hell, sometimes writers themselves don't even know how to "interpret" those beasts. Simp
by truth_sentinell 10y ago
Poetry: The art of making writing extremely convoluted and obfuscated. Hell, sometimes writers themselves don't even know how to "interpret" those beasts.
Simplicity is underrated.
- gamegoblin 10y agoFor me, art (including poetry) can be described like this: 1. Your brain is some mesh of neurons that is approximately structured to process everyday information (normal vision, standard language, etc) 2. Art is non-everyday information that flows through your brain in an atypical way. 3. This atypical information flow can trigger mental states that would be hard to achieve with typical information flow. That said, whether that achieved mental state is valuable to the observer is a matter of taste.
- truth_sentinell 10y agoI understand. I feel that way with music, some good films and good books. But can poetry (which for most people you have to fight your way through a dictionary to get a glimpse about the actual meaning of the poem) really replicate the same feeling?