Hence, like poetry, they have no commercial value. Work in the theater sharpened my verse and my cinema. One learns especially the value of timing, and above all, the necessary ruthlessness to excise any word, sentence, or entire scene that does not advance the magic. When in doubt, cut. I often start writing in order to excite an expansive emotion.
Feelings are springboards for creative swandives.
If bitterness wants to get into the act, I offer it a cookie or a gumdrop. The most astonishing joy is to receive from the muses the gift of a whole lyric. For me a poem has to sing out of itself and the lilt of it carries the magic. Rhythm and melody emanate from the body, the heartbeat, the voice of the soul. I concur with Nietzsche, Light feet are the primary attribute of divinity.