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About Me Member Wannabe Novelist ashellessmindMale/United States Recent Activity Deviant for 4 Years
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Deleting Poems

Mon Dec 7, 2009, 8:19 PM
I'm deleting my best poems out of my gallery. I am sending out a number of poems to be published. What is left is the poetry which I don't really like that much, which, ironically, is my most favorited and commented upon work on this website. However, criticism from this website does not very neatly match criticism from the wider world, and the "real people" that I talk to have pinpointed a few of my poems that are publication worthy, and those are now gone from my gallery.

If a poem is any good, you may well see it enter my gallery and then promptly leave it again later as I send it out. Poetry is serious business, and it is now time for me to start treating it that way.

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I joined DA in 2005. I don't like most of the changes that the site has made. I write prose, fiction and biography, as well as poetry.

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  • Current Residence: Michigan, Calvin College
  • Interests: Reading, Writing, Singing, Learning Guitar
  • Favourite movie: I Heart Huckabees
  • Favourite band or musician: Okkervil River, The Eels, Cloud Cult, Cake, Bright Eyes
  • Favourite artist: I like the Romantic period artists.
  • Favourite poet or writer: Dylan Thomas
  • Favourite game: POKEMON SNAP
  • Favourite gaming platform: Emulator
  • Tools of the Trade: Mind, Computer, Voice, Guitar

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Comments


:iconbeaple:
I don't understand at what point "supportive artistic community" came to mean "mutual masturbation."

Artists who do not want to be criticized need not make art - for what is art but the artists' criticism of others?
:iconashellessmind:
well you're on the wrong website for criticism.

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Harmonize your inward and your outward life, and you soul will know no bounds of joy.
:iconbeaple:
I guess so. It's just a shame that what seems to be one of the largest artistic communities online is also the most self-loving.

It undermines any praise.
:iconb1gfan:
Dude - my buddy - my fine fine friend. Thank you for the DD recommendation. :highfive: How can I possibly thank you? That is beyond kind. :manhug:
:iconashellessmind:
oh hey no problem. I did that a while ago I didn't think anything would happen with it.

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Harmonize your inward and your outward life, and you soul will know no bounds of joy.
:iconbeaple:
Come tell me I suck or something.

I'm bored.
:iconyouinventedme:
congrats on the dd, my friend.

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one half of *ZombiesAteUs
:iconashellessmind:
Thank you.

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Harmonize your inward and your outward life, and you soul will know no bounds of joy.
:iconmode-de-vie:
Congratulations on your Daily Deviation! :) I've placed a link to it in the sidebar of my journal page.

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:iconashellessmind:
Erm, okay? Thank you.

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Harmonize your inward and your outward life, and you soul will know no bounds of joy.

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