“The only war is the war against the imagination.” —Diane di Prima “Pay attention. It’s all about paying attention. Attention is vitality. It connects you with others. It makes you eager, stay eager. A writer, I think, is someone who pays attention to the world.” –Susan Sontag —— “Every hundred feet the world changes.” –Roberto Belano {photo below, backstage at McGonnigal’s Mucky Duck, in Houston, by David Ensmiger} 1) ” WHOSE KID IS THAT?” songs language must be at least that powerful. 2) development: something happens 3) experience of the concrete world —– “Negative Capability” ” I IS SOMEONE ELSE” –from the second verse of “long, good time” Sweet little flowers called snowdrops in the backyard with the fresh mint leaves A cherry tree with a rope to climb & robins nests under the eaves My band was playing in the basement driving folks out of their minds Mother called down from the top of the steps “Boys, play that nice song about suicide” -That’s a song about people in a place, and I’m trying to render it as vividly as I can. It can “live” in a song, and others can feel it and will bring[...]
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