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"In
the destructive element, immerse."
Joseph Conrad
(Quote provided by poet Kim Roberts, Editor of Beltway)
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Quotes
in chronological order, starting from the most recent
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Whatever's Rural.
Hiram
Larew, scientist, poet, Upper Marlboro, MD
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- Anything
and everything, when I let it.
Nancy Davis,
designer, Philadelphia, Pa.
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- I
have visions--sometimes it's just a word, a thought, or a piece of
scripture--and eventually I see what it's supposed to look like.
Deborah
Sokolove, visual artist, Takoma Park, MD
http://www.his.com/~sokolove/
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- I
am inspired by my environment -- the conversations and activities
around me -- and prefer to write while sitting at outdoor/window-view
tables in restaurants, on balconies or waterfront benches, or in the
middle of city parks at lunchtime.
Bernadette Geyer, poet, Washington DC
http://bernadettegeyer.homestead.com
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- I'm
inspired by explorers: people who embrace the thing they love to do,
living authentic, original lives without a safety net, and never give
up on a long-term vision of expressing themselves as fully as possible
according to their own lights.
David Lent, producer, MD
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- I consistently
get ideas from reading (although from time to time this bothers me--shouldn't
I be getting inspired by "real" life?--it's comforting to know there
is this constant source of renewal there, just be going to my bookshelves),
and anything printed can do it, not just poetry; I've written a poem
based on a tabloid newspaper article; I've written at least two poems
after looking at maps
Kim Roberts, poet and editor of
Beltway: An On-Line Poetry Quarterly, Wash, DC
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- To
see an exhibit like William Kentridge's (at the Hirshorn thru May)--work
that shows me hidden places in my own heart.
Kathy Keler, visual artist, Washington DC
http://washingtonart.com/keler.html
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- I
am inspired by ideas like "light," "transformation," "flesh," "spirit,"
and by the process of making them "real" by using resonant materials
and forms such as latex, chiffon, bones, ladders, and wings.
Marilyn Banner, sculptor, Bethesda, MD
http://www.geocities.com/marilynbanner
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- The
ever-prowling search for poetry, prose and artwork with "the agenbite
of inwit" gives me inspiration to keep publishing Potomac Review,
'the quarterly with a conscience & a lurking sense of humor.'
Eli Flam, editor/publisher, Potomac Review,
Port Tobacco, MD
http://www.meral.com/potomac
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- The
Unknown and my search for it.
Deepa Miglani,
journalist, Silver Spring, MD
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