“Because poets feel what we're afraid to feel, venture where we're reluctant to go, we learn from their journeys without taking the same dramatic risks.” FeelsRiskJourneyPoetDramaticVentureReluctant Book:Deep Play Source: Deep Play
“My own journey in becoming a poet began with memory - with the need to record and hold on to what was being lost. One of my earliest poems, Give and Take, was about my Aunt Sugar, how I was losing her to her memory loss.” NeedsGivingLostMemoriesMy OwnLossRecordsJourneyPoetBecomingLosingSugarAuntGive And TakeMemory LossLost OnesLosing Her Author:Natasha Trethewey
“Seeking the Cave is part travelogue, part literary history, and part spiritual journey. James Lenfestey is a lively and entertaining tour guide. Modest, funny, curious, and wide open to the world, he gives us perceptive glimpses of Chinese culture, ancient to contemporary, and into what it means to be a poet, both now and twelve centuries ago. The account of his quest to find Han Shan's cave is a delight from beginning to end.” WorldGivingMeanEndsSpiritualCultureJourneyCenturyPoetAccountsAncientDelightSeekingWideGuidesContemporaryCuriousChineseTwelveEntertainingQuestsModestGlimpseCavesLivelySpiritual JourneyChinese CultureTour Guides Author:Chase Twichell
“For me the journey of making a film is a journey of discovery as to what that film is. I mean what I do is what other artists do, painters, novelists, people that make music, poets, sculptors, you name it. It's about starting out and working with the material and discovering through making, working with the material the artifact.” PeopleMeanFilmArtistNamesJourneyPoetMaterialsDiscoveryStartingPainterNovelistsDiscoveringSculptorsStarting OutArtifacts Author:Mike Leigh
“Pilgrims are poets who create by taking journeys.” SpiritualSpiritualityJourneyPoetPilgrimSpiritual Journey Author:H. Richard Niebuhr