Artful Thought

What is poetry? Poetry can be anything. Fellow Poet-Writer, Abhay Shetty and I break down this cryptic question and answer a bit further. One of the things that inspires me most about Abhay, as a writer (and as a human in general) is how he strives to peacefully cruise with the flow of circumstances that unfold outside of his control. Which as you'll hear in this episode, is something I struggle with on the daily, if not hourly, basis.  We dig into the rituals of a writer, in discipline and in enjoyment, the importance of balancing writing and reading, how to turn anger into calmness in the process of creative works, and how to stick with or leave a certain rhythm. Abhay shares his fascination, saying “I get to serve as a medium for something to travel from the unknown to the known world onto the page”, and always looks forward to the mystical act of writing. We also talk on the restraint from comparing ourselves to writers who have reached success by a certain age, initial perceptions of poetry between