“Our earliest poets were shamans. Today, as in the earliest times, true shamans are poets of consciousness who know the power of song and story to teach and to heal.” KnowsStoriesTodayPoetrySongConsciousnessTeachPoetHeal Author:Robert Moss
“The underlying purpose of all art is to create patterns of imagery which somehow convey a sense of life set in a framework of order ... all great art ... harmonises consciousness with the ego-transcending Self.” ArtSelfPoetryPurposeOrderConsciousnessEgoArt IsPatternsGreat ArtImageryFrameworkTranscending Book:The Seven Basic Plots: Why We Tell Stories Source: The Seven Basic Plots: Why We Tell Stories
“In description we hear and feel the absorption of the author in the material. We sense the presence of the creator of the scene. .. This personal absorption is what we mean by 'style.' It is strange that we would choose so oddly surfacey a word - style - for this most soulful aspect of writing. We could, perhaps more exactly, call this relation between consciousness and its subject 'integrity.' What else is the articulation of perception?” FeelsWritingMeanPoetryLiteratureConsciousnessSubjectsStyleStrangeMaterialsIntegrityScenePerceptionAspectRelationCreatorDescriptionSoulfulAbsorptionArticulation Author:Patricia Hampl