The Artist Connection: Poet Richard Wilbur (b 1921)

Richard Wilbur has been on my mind recently -- ever since I heard that he will be reading at the Folger Elizabethan Theater in DC on Tuesday, May 18. A couple of his poems "The Beautiful Changes" and "Love Calls Us to the Things of This World" are on my list of favorite poems. His poem "Mind" seems appropriate to our discussion of creativity -- and I offer the first stanza of it here.

Mind

Mind in its purest play is like some bat

That beats about in caverns all alone,

Contriving by a kind of senseless wit

Not to conclude against a wall of stone.

. . .

"Mind" is from Collected Poems: 1953-2004 by Richard Wilbur (Waywiser Press, 2004). Buy it! You will find rich enjoyment!

When we meet

Magic happens, creative people share their visions and inspirations. It's about the very early feeling of a rumbling of a new idea, of how a seed is set and how it grows and takes form. It's about creating space to let the new seed grow.
It's a brotherhood of creativity -- -- blood brothers bonded by the pursuit of a dream. It's the scaffolding and support system for ephemeral dreams. It's creating self accountability to have dreams come true. It's about listening to the calling and letting its meaning be felt. It's honoring the lifecycle of the creative process -- -- a support group for self-expression. It's the excitement of witnessing a new idea becoming manifest -- -- something from nothing, creation.

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Poet Richard Wilbur (b 1921)

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