Finding an intersection between poetry and aphorisms-that IS exciting. Like you, I have struggled to understand Rupi Kaur’s popularity. If she would convey her aphorisms at a slant, I probably wouldn’t find her poems boring.
Thanks, Lindy. I appreciate your encouragement, especially as it felt ... well ... almost blasphemous to compare Kaur to Dickinson. Making it slant does indeed make it more interesting, ED had a good point lol.
Super interesting, Eleanor! Thank you for sharing :) One of the reasons Rupi Kaur's poetry, is not really my thing, is that it feels rather pedantic. It feels as if she is teaching us something, that it is supposed to have this transformative effect, while the ideas conveyed are sometimes quite standard in my opinion. The connection you make with aphorisms clarifies this idea for me because aphorisms generally deal with common truths.
Thanks for watching and commenting, it makes a huge difference to me. I'm so happy that you understood (and were interested in) my thoughts. Interrogating aphorisms in or outside of poetry is my new fascination it seems.... I never would have expected that a week ago!
Eleonor, before I watch the video: I'm going to make a wild guess: the connective tissue is that they are all in the title? If that is the wrong answer, then I must watch your video and educate myself. (Who is kidding? I'm going to watch it anyway.)
Ha, you had me laughing out loud! Thank you! No, no, I promise it's definitely not clickbait. It's just that my original title "A brief analysis of the use of aphorisms in poetry" sounded terribly dull. Oops ... that was a spoiler ;-) Thanks for being here and commenting, it really means so much to me.
@@theonlyrealproperty2567 I like the original title more. But I'm the sort of person who loves titles like "The Growth of Biological Thought," or "Fearful Symmetry: A Study of William Blake," or "Ommateum with Doxology." You know, real technical-sounding nerd stuff. ;)
Finding an intersection between poetry and aphorisms-that IS exciting. Like you, I have struggled to understand Rupi Kaur’s popularity. If she would convey her aphorisms at a slant, I probably wouldn’t find her poems boring.
Thanks, Lindy. I appreciate your encouragement, especially as it felt ... well ... almost blasphemous to compare Kaur to Dickinson. Making it slant does indeed make it more interesting, ED had a good point lol.
Super interesting, Eleanor! Thank you for sharing :) One of the reasons Rupi Kaur's poetry, is not really my thing, is that it feels rather pedantic. It feels as if she is teaching us something, that it is supposed to have this transformative effect, while the ideas conveyed are sometimes quite standard in my opinion. The connection you make with aphorisms clarifies this idea for me because aphorisms generally deal with common truths.
Thanks for watching and commenting, it makes a huge difference to me. I'm so happy that you understood (and were interested in) my thoughts. Interrogating aphorisms in or outside of poetry is my new fascination it seems.... I never would have expected that a week ago!
Eleonor, before I watch the video: I'm going to make a wild guess: the connective tissue is that they are all in the title? If that is the wrong answer, then I must watch your video and educate myself. (Who is kidding? I'm going to watch it anyway.)
Ha, you had me laughing out loud! Thank you! No, no, I promise it's definitely not clickbait. It's just that my original title "A brief analysis of the use of aphorisms in poetry" sounded terribly dull. Oops ... that was a spoiler ;-)
Thanks for being here and commenting, it really means so much to me.
@@theonlyrealproperty2567 I like the original title more. But I'm the sort of person who loves titles like "The Growth of Biological Thought," or "Fearful Symmetry: A Study of William Blake," or "Ommateum with Doxology." You know, real technical-sounding nerd stuff. ;)
@@theonlyrealproperty2567 There's a really wonderful book on aphorisms by James Geary. In fact, I've liked many of his books over the years.