A Conversation with Victoria Chang
"Language definitely cannot fully and truly capture our cognitive experiences. And I don’t expect it to. Once I let that idea go, I am so free! I am free to make things up, to use my imagination, to be capacious in the ways in which I think about things and express things any which way I want to. That’s also why I like doing other things with my hands, whatever that may be—just another way to express our experiences, and the ineffable."
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What Sparks Poetry:
M. W. Jaeggle on "Wrack Line"
"To make an abstraction like ecological interdependence feel like lived experience—this is a power unique to poetry. Because it entails the realization that paying attention to wilderness is the same as paying attention to the self (and vice versa), this power is foundational. Like a branch from which an owl perches, poetry supports us as we survey our options, bide time, and go about securing the means for continued life." |
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