Isabela Granic

I see my writing on imagination and on war as continuous. Or rather, the two subjects are essentially locked in combat, because the act of inflicting injury or pain is really a willful aping of imagination, turning it upside down and appropriating it.

• Key aspects of Frost's view on poetry:

• Origin in Feeling: A poem starts as an emotional impulse or "homesickness," not a deliberate idea, requiring a poet to find an "unexpected entry point".

• "Sound of Sense": He believed poetry should capture the music and intonation of everyday speech, using rhythm and meter to serve natural conversation, not just

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[[Robert Frost]] viewed [[poetry]] as a way to "take life by the throat," beginning as an instinctual feeling (a "lump in the throat") rather than a thought, and emerging from deep personal experiences like loneliness or tragedy, filtered through intellect and observation. He emphasized the "sound of sense," finding poetry in the natural rhythms of

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• Iain McGilchrist speaks about the [[coincidence of opposites]] in several places (one of his favorite themes, and mine):

  • On his own channel, here: https://youtu.be/KAZ2a-vawMk?si=SJZd2A9XI0Xr0ED0

  • In an intense 2-hour lecture for Ralston College, here: https://youtu.be/N4AFdNxLmb4?si=_x5RHfXMJ2l_tJHG

  • the most recent (June 2023) at Beshara, for 1 hour

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The small gathering matters as much as the large institution or world you’re hoping to channel into this one: the intimate dinner, the living room conversation, the recurring circle of 6 people. This is the transmission itself, happening at the scale that is currently possible, seeding the field with the frequency that will eventually draw in the... See more

Putting yourself out there is half of the battle. Skillful “self-promotion” is in service to the most beautiful world your heart knows is possible and the people you’re meant to build it with.