Actually that post made me question the entire idea of poetry. How else could poetry possibly work? Does it take training? Do you ‘practice’ poetry? Is poetry skill-based at all? I really don’t understand.
The only way I could see it making sense is if there is no way to make a living as a poet and it’s just something that is attained after fame.
Mencius has issued a wonderful post on this topic, skewering a example of bureaucratically generated pseudo art.
Actually that post made me question the entire idea of poetry. How else could poetry possibly work? Does it take training? Do you ‘practice’ poetry? Is poetry skill-based at all? I really don’t understand.
The only way I could see it making sense is if there is no way to make a living as a poet and it’s just something that is attained after fame.