"light silver as dimes"
Bonnefoy, Manea, Oppen, Bishop, Valentine, Diebenkorn
Yves Bonnefoy:
When one wants to be profoundly oneself, which is the case in a poem, one puts oneself on a plane that is at least partly incommunicable to others. It is better to accept this than to pretend otherwise.
Norman Manea:
The artist, even if he is relegated to the position of a buffoon, tries to assume—even at the price of an apparent, momentary abnegation of the self—an ambiguous stance, to place himself on a shaky seesaw, to transform the loss into a later gain.
George Oppen:
Elizabeth Bishop:
Jean Valentine:
Richard Diebenkorn:
Attempt what is not certain. Certainty may or may not come later. It may then be a valuable delusion.
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