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Re: denny with a "d"
I LIKE that poem, denny. I really think you should focus on original poetry revolving around such themes. If (as Sir Arthur Eddington said) ''the Universe is not only queerer than we imagine, it's queerer than we can imagine,'' then surely there is a place for your slightly askew perspective in trying to imagine it poetically. And this is surely ...
Posted to Poems by White_Rabbit on July 24, 2009
P.S.: A textbook case of archetypes in action
It occurs to me that my response, in what I said and how I said it, is a textbook example of Jungian psychology (via John Beebe's theory of archetypes ) in action. Here an ENFP engages his supportive, decision-making capacity based on personal values in a Good Parent role (that's the archetype): a role with a particular tone of voice that brooks ...
Posted to Poems by White_Rabbit on July 21, 2009
Wisdom versus genius
Whiteflame: The hemlock is turning in Socrates' gut. Some people try to scientifically calculate what creates a genius or great thinker. And everyone has their theories---hence, the many studies on the IQ's of ''great'' men and woman, the notions of self-actualization, etc. What many fail to realize is the plurality of human existence. Here ...
Posted to Poems by White_Rabbit on July 17, 2009
RE: brillance and chaos
And I'm not sure I agree with your opening quote either. It's something than an ENTP, even more than an ENFP, might be apt to say; but whatever else might be said, not every brilliant person is motivated by a drive for ''xenic uniquity'' as you are. Some really brilliant people loathe chaos and do everything in their power to tame it (or even ...
Posted to Poems by White_Rabbit on July 16, 2009
Walking tightropes is my specialty, cherie...
...which is preferable to my getting angry at someone like I sometimes used to, believe me. Yes, I saw that response you wrote elsewhere. But C/t, didn't MaryAnn just ask NoStar ''why didn't you tell me writing limericks was so easy?'' (It really isn't, but she'll catch on.) That doesn't sound to me like someone who can't and won't write poems at ...
Posted to Poems by White_Rabbit on July 15, 2009
I'm indeed concerned...
Hi MaryAnn, The events of this last week or two have left me with a certain sense of morbid fascination. Poems Fray sometimes becomes a real case study in personality conflict, if nothing worse. Yes indeed, I'm concerned -- concerned that some of us understand each other so little and get offended accordingly, and that some go so far as to spread ...
Posted to Poems by White_Rabbit on July 15, 2009
But C/t., it was a START...
...and maybe that's what's important? NoStar's recent chain limericks were the best I've ever seen from him, and considering what he's done heretofore, that's really saying something. But for whatever reason, MaryAnn is still new at writing poetry of any kind, and her way of thinking seems more geared toward a particular kind of analysis. With ...
Posted to Poems by White_Rabbit on July 15, 2009
Re: "Number 2" - Critical Comments Welcome
Hi Ted, As I've just pointed out, Denny is drawing upon his personality type and the common parlance by which particular cognitive processes within it express themselves. I know that Denny will read this too, so speaking as one who regards you both well, let me put it this way. When someone gets caught up in a belief in his own uniqueness -- and ...
Posted to Poems by White_Rabbit on July 12, 2009
Re: "Number 2" - Critical Comments Welcome
denny: OK - I have managed to convince myself that, with the help of Ted, that this poem needs to go in a different direction - maybe employ the concepts and ''jargon'' of ''Number Theory'' buried within the text itself. Number 2 “When One made love to Zero, spheres embraced their arches and prime numbers caught their breath''Raymond ...
Posted to Poems by White_Rabbit on July 12, 2009
Re: should an artist be allowed to change his or her work ?
denny: http://www.creativityspot.com/pics/Mona%20Lisa%20(Gioconda)%20by%20Leonardo%20Da%20Vinci.jpg Possibly one of the most famous paintings of all times. One a King loved so much that he created a whole Museum just to house her captivating smile. Yet, it was a work which even Leonardo never considerd finished - and which he kept for himself ...
Posted to Poems by White_Rabbit on July 7, 2009

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