This piece was created by automatic/freewriting over several days... thus "five days" spent/spinned/spun on this Earth planet. This isn't my usual way of creating a piece, which tends to be more methodical. To be clear, there was to be no conscious subject, more a kaleidoscopic display of images coming to light. Then, the challenge—to edit and see whether the parts couldn't play well together. Is it success? I'm not so sure. Certainly, I see it as a weaker attempt. There was an intriguing sixth part cut out at the end that could maybe develop into a piece of its own.
Such things seem to happen, however, when we determine to write frequently. It is perhaps easy to write excellently after long accumulations of experience, when everything comes pouring out, as it were, all at once. But recently, again, it has struck me clearly that to be a writer means nothing more than to write. Onto that, I tack on "to share."
Reading again your interpretation, I realize the impetus for writing this is probably the vibrancy of life... or the lack thereof. That is, the heights of joy/ecstasy contrasted with despair/despondency. The colors of life seen through the lens of gratitude, and the dullness of self-inflicted suffering that erases them, makes them monochrome. Perhaps, there is also a melancholic poignancy to those bleak moments, the beauty of which wants to be recognized and expressed.
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These came from freewrites? They are fabulous, I don't think they are weak one bit. When I freewrite poems I write tons of words, then take most of the words out, which usually leaves only the bones of what I was trying to say. Strangely, the bones are in order. This always amazes me. I feel like I am writing garbage, but in the end the message becomes clear.
Well, I'm glad you feel that way! I think writing, especially poetry, is highly psychological. The more frequently I write, sometimes the more critical I become of it. I start getting so close to the process that I become myopic and unable to see the forest for the trees at times.
The subtractive process you're talking about is something I'd like to use more. It feels quite nice once you get used to it. I tend to write in a more contemplative way, one line at a time, which is nice but also frustrating when you hit a block. Generating lots of text without needing it to be "final" can help get past those obstacles, I find.
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