by pensum | Jul 10, 2011 | Cette Émotion Appelée Poésie
Neither “lie” nor “truth” is the proper term to define Art or Poetry. Fiction is not a lie. Though it is not a true story, a fable is a true fable. Truth is not dependent upon reality. Reality however is always true, but the lie often trumps it. No one has ever been...
by pensum | May 13, 2011 | Cette Émotion Appelée Poésie
The poet writes in order to discover, understand, develop and create himself, and make palpable the malaise or joy bubbling deep within him. No matter if upon confronting the work he discovers that he has been deceived! What he loves, what he hates, what touches and...
by pensum | May 12, 2011 | Cette Émotion Appelée Poésie
My single, principal and too obviously necessary, encounter–the importance of which increases according to its persistence in time–is the one that I believe I have had with myself, and which I will never come to grips with. The others, with their various...
by pensum | May 12, 2011 | Cette Émotion Appelée Poésie
I only write poems because I don’t see how I could live with other people, even of my own invention. (Answer to an inquiry from Journal des Poêtes, 1932)
by pensum | May 8, 2011 | Cette Émotion Appelée Poésie
Poetry is not in the object, but in the subject. It is not the object that acts, but the subject. It is not the object that changes, but the subject. It is not the object that communicates emotion, emotion arises in the subject and it is the subject who expresses the...
