Comments on: mantra http://willbraden.wordpress.com/2008/01/31/mantra/ films.thoughts.writing.crosswords. Fri, 11 Dec 2009 20:49:23 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Will http://willbraden.wordpress.com/2008/01/31/mantra/#comment-60 Will Fri, 01 Feb 2008 09:37:15 +0000 http://willbraden.wordpress.com/?p=76#comment-60 thank you so much! some of the imagery here I half-borrowed from Tao te Ching. there is a passage with kind of a shitty translation, but it ended up sounding nice, if incorrect. Close your mouth, block off your senses, blunt your sharpness, untie your knots, soften your glare, settle your dust. This is the primal identity. oh, and I know what a neologism is...but I can't find one on your site unless you count "pointful" but really, that's a well established, importantful word. thank you so much! some of the imagery here I half-borrowed from Tao te Ching. there is a passage with kind of a shitty translation, but it ended up sounding nice, if incorrect.

Close your mouth,
block off your senses,
blunt your sharpness,
untie your knots,
soften your glare,
settle your dust.
This is the primal identity.

oh, and I know what a neologism is…but I can’t find one on your site unless you count “pointful”

but really, that’s a well established, importantful word.

]]> By: Princess Pointful http://willbraden.wordpress.com/2008/01/31/mantra/#comment-59 Princess Pointful Fri, 01 Feb 2008 09:16:12 +0000 http://willbraden.wordpress.com/?p=76#comment-59 Your piece at IB was incredible, and really intense to read-- so I can only imagine what it was like to write. Some beautiful images in this poem, too, like the dust settling and the last line. Your piece at IB was incredible, and really intense to read– so I can only imagine what it was like to write.
Some beautiful images in this poem, too, like the dust settling and the last line.

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