A difficult position to attain, Boss: reviewing one’s own work objectively— through the reader’s eyes as well as one’s own…

If one is honest with themselves in their goal of crafting exemplary writing, the Questing Beast situation (see April 23 a.m.) has already become self-evident. Which doesn’t mean one should be satisfied with shoveling slop onto the written page—that would be disingenuous to the reader as well as one’s personal pride and integrity.

Would it not?

No matter how many times a piece of “poetry” is self-read and reread, no matter how many changes are made, no matter how many times that “poem” is published, there will always be changes to be made. There is no cast-in-concrete here. Why not view this flow of creativity as growth, as an ever changing, ever available source for new ideas.

Many times, while correcting the questionable comma or the just-not-right, word—again—the arrangement or phrase, the change, even the process itself, may open an opportunity to create an entirely new “poem.” Seeds falling from an autumn meadow flower, just as it is being gathered for the vase…

Still, feeling philosophical (can this be a sickness?)     Max tdc