Language and imagination are huge kingdoms that are open to us all.
I have been fascinated by music, numbers, words, myth and magic as long as I can remember. Figurative painting came later.
I returned to poetry and song when my life had otherwise foundered, and as such it is the rock on which I stand. A religion without the religion. An apprenticeship without any one master. A life-long education.
For me song and poetry are equally good. Neither has my full allegiance. My feeling is that the written word is good, the spoken word is better, and the sung word is best. I start with the words almost always, and often find music later.
We each have to find the idiom that suits us on each separate occasion. Nothing is simpler, or more difficult, but it’s a challenge that is always rewarding.
Intuition and gut-feeling are aptitudes that are suited to the study of poetry, and the study of poetry promotes these aptitudes even more. This is a permanent blessing. And I have been inspired by the fellowship of poets, not least by that of Eratosphere.
Duncan
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