"metabolic, metaphoric, metamorphic"
Lispector, Bronk, Dickinson, Kunitz, Rilke, Ruskin
Clarice Lispector (trans. Elizabeth Lowe and Earl Fitz):
William Bronk:
Emily Dickinson
There are those/who are shallow/intentionally/and only/profound/by/accident
Stanley Kunitz:
Rainer Maria Rilke:
John Ruskin:
All art is but dirtying the paper delicately.
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