Comments on: Getting Over It (a la Snoopy) http://escapeart.wordpress.com/2007/12/30/getting-over-it-a-la-snoopy/ The Creative Liberation of an Ordinary Wage Slave Mon, 14 Sep 2009 19:51:29 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Eliza Amos http://escapeart.wordpress.com/2007/12/30/getting-over-it-a-la-snoopy/#comment-103 Eliza Amos Sat, 05 Jan 2008 00:46:47 +0000 http://escapeart.wordpress.com/2007/12/30/getting-over-it-a-la-snoopy/#comment-103 I think a lot of people initially were drawn to suburbia because it seemed more peaceful. Then the Starbucks wound up in their backyards, and they can't decide whether it's a blessing or a curse. I obviously agree that it's a curse--and poor planning to boot! As for the misery, I ran across this quote by Yeats just today: "The poet must lose the beloved to gain the desire that sustains his poetry." Hmmm. Food for thought. Must we really suffer for our art? I don't like to think so, but it's YEAT's, for goodness sake. I think a lot of people initially were drawn to suburbia because it seemed more peaceful. Then the Starbucks wound up in their backyards, and they can’t decide whether it’s a blessing or a curse. I obviously agree that it’s a curse–and poor planning to boot!

As for the misery, I ran across this quote by Yeats just today: “The poet must lose the beloved to gain the desire that sustains his poetry.”

Hmmm. Food for thought. Must we really suffer for our art? I don’t like to think so, but it’s YEAT’s, for goodness sake.

]]> By: Larissa http://escapeart.wordpress.com/2007/12/30/getting-over-it-a-la-snoopy/#comment-99 Larissa Tue, 01 Jan 2008 18:20:50 +0000 http://escapeart.wordpress.com/2007/12/30/getting-over-it-a-la-snoopy/#comment-99 Nice entry! I always find it strange how difficult the placid suburban life is for me. When I moved to NYC my family was up in arms about how difficult life would be there but I actually found it so much easier than the couple weeks I'd just spent in the Denver suburbs. I wonder if people actually do enjoy and prefer the suburban lifestyle or just don't know anything else? Nice entry! I always find it strange how difficult the placid suburban life is for me. When I moved to NYC my family was up in arms about how difficult life would be there but I actually found it so much easier than the couple weeks I’d just spent in the Denver suburbs. I wonder if people actually do enjoy and prefer the suburban lifestyle or just don’t know anything else?

]]> By: waywood http://escapeart.wordpress.com/2007/12/30/getting-over-it-a-la-snoopy/#comment-98 waywood Sun, 30 Dec 2007 22:37:59 +0000 http://escapeart.wordpress.com/2007/12/30/getting-over-it-a-la-snoopy/#comment-98 Hey! Really thought provoking comments here. I guess from personal experience I wouldn't see creativity to association with any one specific emotion. I think the reason we are creative is that we are still able to engage with our emotions and feelings which are an integral part of the creative process. It is often becasue we can emerse ourselves in the emotional soup and turmoil in our heads that we are able to fertilise other areas of our intellect which together produce something very powerful ... our creativity. I feel sorry for those people who through their background or education have had their creativity snuffed-out or have lost the ability to recognise it. Have a great 2008! Stuart waywood.wordpress.com Hey! Really thought provoking comments here.

I guess from personal experience I wouldn’t see creativity to association with any one specific emotion. I think the reason we are creative is that we are still able to engage with our emotions and feelings which are an integral part of the creative process. It is often becasue we can emerse ourselves in the emotional soup and turmoil in our heads that we are able to fertilise other areas of our intellect which together produce something very powerful … our creativity.

I feel sorry for those people who through their background or education have had their creativity snuffed-out or have lost the ability to recognise it.

Have a great 2008!

Stuart

waywood.wordpress.com

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