Monday, May 21, 2007

Doubt

I've always believed in the power and beauty of language.

But once I felt disillusioned. I mean what's the point? I loved poetry,fiction,non-fiction, anything remotely bookish but where did all that get anybody? Nowhere. Who reads poems any more? No one. Who publishes poetry any more? The few and far between. Who is the greatest poet the world knows today? Eminem?

When I talked to my favorite professor CJ about it, he said:

Don't be silly Neel. Learn more about it. A thing of beauty is a joy forever.
Remember that.


So this is where I'm learning. Hope to be a poet by the end of it.

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