Submitted by Penguin Blog (USA) Visitor (not verified) on Tue, 09/11/2007 - 3:00pm.
Daniel,
When I saw how long your response was, I must admit, I felt like doing a backflip. Thank you, thank you, thank you. I love the creative process, but I must agree with your friend, Trungpa, that the outcome is not as important as the meaningful expression of one's true self. My mother is a painter and artist,
and whenever someone asks her why she doesn't sell her artwork, she responds, "Because, all that preparation just to sell it would really be work, and it would take time away from my passion. No thanks, I just want to paint!"
I had an epiphany after reading your response, a true turning point. Writing, this is what I want to do for the rest of my physical existence. No matter what else is going on in my life, I will continue to immerse myself and in-spire myself. When I wrote Kaufnauphia, I was living the experience, going to new worlds. I have written poetry since age 13 and it has always helped me, as a therapy. I have used writing to obliterate the maniacal voices of depression and addiction in my psyche. I mainly have had trouble with pills and alcohol, that age-old staple of social death (2 rehabs, jail, broken relationships). But, I haven't picked up a drink in going on 4 years, no AA either. I have done it myself, I have overcome my own personal f$#@!ing archons. Mind you, they do come back-I just have to envision as the gutless, spineless imps that they are, and dispose of them properly.
I can't thank you enough, Daniel. You are good to your fans. I checked out Reality Sandwich, and the content is right up my alley. I will also look at Post Modern Times, and will post my thoughts. Thank you for your tip on Creative Commons. You have a lifelong devoted fan on your hands here, one who can both spread the Pinchbeckian gospel to likeminded individuals and hopefully articulate the premise of your work well enough to get them to read your writing.
I don't know if you like hip-hop music, but, there is a song by a fellow, native New Yorker of yours, Aesop Rock, called No Regrets. It echoes the Trungpa idea of inpiration and true expression of self being more important in art, than the actual mass selling of artwork in the marketplace.
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Daniel,
When I saw how long your response was, I must admit, I felt like doing a backflip. Thank you, thank you, thank you. I love the creative process, but I must agree with your friend, Trungpa, that the outcome is not as important as the meaningful expression of one's true self. My mother is a painter and artist,
and whenever someone asks her why she doesn't sell her artwork, she responds, "Because, all that preparation just to sell it would really be work, and it would take time away from my passion. No thanks, I just want to paint!"
I had an epiphany after reading your response, a true turning point. Writing, this is what I want to do for the rest of my physical existence. No matter what else is going on in my life, I will continue to immerse myself and in-spire myself. When I wrote Kaufnauphia, I was living the experience, going to new worlds. I have written poetry since age 13 and it has always helped me, as a therapy. I have used writing to obliterate the maniacal voices of depression and addiction in my psyche. I mainly have had trouble with pills and alcohol, that age-old staple of social death (2 rehabs, jail, broken relationships). But, I haven't picked up a drink in going on 4 years, no AA either. I have done it myself, I have overcome my own personal f$#@!ing archons. Mind you, they do come back-I just have to envision as the gutless, spineless imps that they are, and dispose of them properly.
I can't thank you enough, Daniel. You are good to your fans. I checked out Reality Sandwich, and the content is right up my alley. I will also look at Post Modern Times, and will post my thoughts. Thank you for your tip on Creative Commons. You have a lifelong devoted fan on your hands here, one who can both spread the Pinchbeckian gospel to likeminded individuals and hopefully articulate the premise of your work well enough to get them to read your writing.
I don't know if you like hip-hop music, but, there is a song by a fellow, native New Yorker of yours, Aesop Rock, called No Regrets. It echoes the Trungpa idea of inpiration and true expression of self being more important in art, than the actual mass selling of artwork in the marketplace.
Regards,
Jason Panutsos
japanutsos@earthlink.net