YOU play video games to feel powerful. I play video games to feel new, previously undiscovered shades of grief and sadness. we are NOT the same.
Sometimes changing your external environment is a hurdle to creativity.
The common criticisms around contemporary poetry has definitely fed into modern “cringe culture”.
Listening to Zen in the Art of Writing and I did not realize how strong of an influence Ray Bradbury’s short stories had on me.
- Stacking nouns a top each other
- Creating lists
- Ghosts are a reoccurring motif.
I was a poet first. And I can say he writes like a poet.
Senses. Atmosphere. Metaphor.