Quite fascinating. I have never tried breaking down my process in such great detail. My writing is now focused almost entirely on the notebook. One step in the process leading to a work was to read back over notes repeatedly in order to find the bits and pieces which would go into a work. This is something I no longer do. At some point I came to feel that the notebook - the fragments in their raw state - was where the poetry resided, so I did not attempt to bring a final polish. There’s also something about the physicality of the notebook that I don’t want to lose.
One can feel that in a book like Brushwork. I am currently interested as much in the threads as the notes, but the threads a derived from the notes, and not vice versa. I do not, or at least have not, written a note with the idea it will fit into a thread.
Quite fascinating. I have never tried breaking down my process in such great detail. My writing is now focused almost entirely on the notebook. One step in the process leading to a work was to read back over notes repeatedly in order to find the bits and pieces which would go into a work. This is something I no longer do. At some point I came to feel that the notebook - the fragments in their raw state - was where the poetry resided, so I did not attempt to bring a final polish. There’s also something about the physicality of the notebook that I don’t want to lose.
One can feel that in a book like Brushwork. I am currently interested as much in the threads as the notes, but the threads a derived from the notes, and not vice versa. I do not, or at least have not, written a note with the idea it will fit into a thread.