YES, yes yes yes yes! That's the missing point--that there is a plowing of the unconscious (or sometimes just a scratching of its surface). I do come down on the side of learning craft so that it can be absorbed into the subconscious, much the way that compost is absorbed into a good garden-bed, rather than continually drawing from the same tired soil. Whether cultivated roses or wild self-seeding perennials pop up is the gardener's purview. But guests (readers) generally don't come in and rip out the plant at the roots without permission (workshop). People can look, touch, smell all they like (read) and talk about whether they do or don't like what they find (review).
So whatever side that forces me to choose, fine...
Robin, subconsciously gardening in April
[This message has been edited by Robin-Kemp (edited April 11, 2006).]
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