"There is nothing to express,
nothing with which to express,
nothing from which to express,
no desire to express -
together with the obligation to express."
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"If our auditory imaginations were sufficiently tuned to plumb and sound a vowel, to unite the most primitive and civilized associations, the word 'undine' would probably suffice as a poem in itself." Seamus Heaney
This is not only "intense" but more accurately "tense" with the tug between the many nothings of expressions and the obligation to express. I am not sure if this tension propels expression or suspends it. Either way, it is a remarkably interesting statement.
ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing!
i think propels - since it IS expressed, and we are expressing ...
ReplyDeleteI suppose expression is born out of this tension. It is not only propelled but expelled out as expression. Cool~
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