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The upside of the downside is creativity,
downside of the downside – survivability,
upside of the upside,
anxiety-free,
downside of the upside…
..dearth of poetry.
‘In a dark time, the eye begins to see’
Theodore Roethke
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Someone who’s definitely not suffering from a dearth of inspiration at the moment is artist (and hidden poet) Bénédicte Delachanal.
Check out her wonderfully humorous marriage of art and words as she tackles this month’s NaPoWriMo challenge. C’est une joie. 😀
beeblu blog 
and your words made me smile, well said 🙂
🙂 good to bring a smile
I love your words, Beeblu. I had to read them about five times – very clever indeed! 😀
Haha – thanks for reading, Dianne 😀
Such an entertaining and concise poem, BB.
I loved it.
John
Thanks, John 🙂
Lovely write, BB. I also love the quote – SO true!
Thanks, Adee. Have you read the full poem – In a Dark Time – by Roethke?
http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/172120
No, I hadn’t, BB. Thanks so much for the link. 🙂
You got me to thinking …
I’m still thinking … 😉
Good 😀
Excellent words bb 🙂 which I partially agree with – creativity can be enhanced with strong emotion (both positive and negative) and personally I have written some of my better stuff when under the influence of anger or sadness 😉 but I don’t think it is necessary (just adds petrol to the fire) – I have been meaning to do a post on the ‘muse’ and invite people to describe their opinions on this area (I know people have strong opinions on the subject – their opinions intrique me) – of course it would be much easier if we could all just hang out and discuss in person, but sometimes writing down the thoughts makes us ponder a bit more carefully.
Wouldn’t it be great if we could all hang out at the local and discuss it!
A muse post would be most interesting – my contribution would be a very bad rap:
‘Venlafaxine is my muse’s mistress,
A mind-numbing bland temptress
But I turn a blind eye
‘cos she reduces my distress’ 😉
hahahaha
Oh! merci beaucoup BB, so kind of you.
I also had to read several time, which is good!
Terrific lines, but the last one, (dearth meaning scarcity?) I never thought that. I think that being creative is a way of thinking and living, it is always there in bad and good moments.
Yes, dearth = scarcity 🙂 I agree that being creative is a way if thinking and living, and is there in bad and good moments, but there are some things that steal away that creativity at times.
I may have to graph this, Bluebee. And that matchbox with waiting match is seductively attractive. I am thinking of Beethoven, as I always do when the blinding necessity to create is a subject.
Oh, yes, classical music is power to the imagination, Monica – wonderful. Interesting that you are tempted to strike that match 😀
I’m wondering about that, too, BB.
Thanks for the link bluebee. I’ll add it to my blogroll.
I hope you don’t mind if I shamelessly blog flog an article I wrote about The Glass House, Allan Seager’s marvelous biography of Theodore Roethke.
http://laughterhopesockintheeye.wordpress.com/2010/08/02/some-thoughts-on-the-glass-house/
Shamelessly blog-flog away, Richard 😀
Will read ‘The Glass House’ – thanks for the recommendation.
Yeah, the difficulty drives a lot of it. . . but some of it is very deliciously out of the upside for me. So I believe that CAN happen, too. Thanks for your “Like” on my blog, Bluebee.
It’s interesting to hear what inspires, Elaine. Writing from pain is cathartic, from joy, celebratory. But, for me, always, the most joy is what others take from it.
Maybe it’s partly the difference between the spring experience and the fall experience, & we’re both on opposite sides of that equation.
Yes 😀 that most definitely does seem to influence it.
fantastic, BB, and so true. I kept seeing a diagram as I read it!
Thanks, Kate. Writing is a way out of the darkness.
clever!! and the image is cute lol
Thanks, Eva 🙂
You really get down to being up on this! 🙂
Hehe – you’d make a great therapist, Col. Patients would laugh in spite of themselves 😆
Well done! Love the image too . . . “c’mon, baby, light my fire.” 😀