There are energies that reside in each phone and phoneme. And we can release them. And it can … - Anne Waldman

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Function is a fantasy. . . the form of designed things is decided by choice or else by chance; but it is never actually entailed by anything whatever.

Anne Waldman

There are energies that reside in each phone and phoneme. And we can release them. And it can be grand and vast and you can create a realm where you can dwell for a while. Where things are perfect symbols of themselves, no manipulation. And that connects to me to the Buddhist view. From that perspective we can wake up on the spot, be conscious of our world, think of others.

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My love of poetry comes from the "actualization" I experienced in the poetry of others. And I was reading it silently and there is deep pleasure in that intimacy, a mind-to-mind transfer going on. All the music is there, inherently. And mystery as well.

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I get very upset when money is being cut and people can't visit the Grand Canyon.

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