Hozier

Well, it's something that I try to teach other people. Like when I facilitate for the poetry workshops in person and why we created this journal in partnership with Passion Planner to scale those workshops without me having to be there, I automatically take away anybody's blocks by saying, don't try to make something great. Make something true.

Well, it's something that I try to teach other people. Like when I facilitate for the poetry workshops in person and why we created this journal in partnership with Passion Planner to scale those workshops without me having to be there, I automatically take away anybody's blocks by saying, don't try to make something great. Make something true.

And if you make something true, it will automatically be great. And I'm telling people stuff that I need to relearn over and over and over again, because if I sit down and I say, I'm gonna make something great, I'm just getting in my own way. I'm turning my back on the muse. I have to be willing to just take the ride. Some of the best poems for me, are poems where I'm surprised at where they go.

And if you make something true, it will automatically be great. And I'm telling people stuff that I need to relearn over and over and over again, because if I sit down and I say, I'm gonna make something great, I'm just getting in my own way. I'm turning my back on the muse. I have to be willing to just take the ride. Some of the best poems for me, are poems where I'm surprised at where they go.

Really? Yeah, because I don't get overly strategic before I start writing. I just start in some sort of a spark and then see what fire it turns into.

Really? Yeah, because I don't get overly strategic before I start writing. I just start in some sort of a spark and then see what fire it turns into.

yeah okay the birds are this the wolves this the bears the this you know it's like let's keep the analogies going and then yeah it's like basically you're you're building um railroad tracks and you're the railroad tracks and you're the train and you're the conductor and you're the beginning middle and end the destination wherever you wind up

yeah okay the birds are this the wolves this the bears the this you know it's like let's keep the analogies going and then yeah it's like basically you're you're building um railroad tracks and you're the railroad tracks and you're the train and you're the conductor and you're the beginning middle and end the destination wherever you wind up

And you're also none of those things because you're the observer. Wow. So it's a spiritual practice, creativity.

And you're also none of those things because you're the observer. Wow. So it's a spiritual practice, creativity.

well uh yes it's a usually a phrase within a much larger poem which is to be quite honest very annoying to me you know i want of course please follow me on instagram but it's like i always feel like it's a truncated version of what the art is and that's why i'm excited to put out actual like finished pieces that people can experience on their own time so it's a great window into my work but um i'm not sure snippets it's not the full thing you have this uh

well uh yes it's a usually a phrase within a much larger poem which is to be quite honest very annoying to me you know i want of course please follow me on instagram but it's like i always feel like it's a truncated version of what the art is and that's why i'm excited to put out actual like finished pieces that people can experience on their own time so it's a great window into my work but um i'm not sure snippets it's not the full thing you have this uh

Let me say the next line. Yes. And I won't let the fear of losing you limit how I'm loving you. Oh my gosh.

Let me say the next line. Yes. And I won't let the fear of losing you limit how I'm loving you. Oh my gosh.

Yeah. Yeah. Let me actually give you the behind the curtain. Context. Give me the context. So I was doing this collaboration piece. And it was like a marketing team and a brand that were involved in this project. I don't want to go into the specifics because it really doesn't matter. But they had liked this particular poem that had already been written. And it ends, save the day with love.

Yeah. Yeah. Let me actually give you the behind the curtain. Context. Give me the context. So I was doing this collaboration piece. And it was like a marketing team and a brand that were involved in this project. I don't want to go into the specifics because it really doesn't matter. But they had liked this particular poem that had already been written. And it ends, save the day with love.

So we're on this like planning call about the piece of art collaborative project that we're doing. And one of the guys goes, hey, is there any way we can change the final word? Because he goes, love is a bit soft. And he goes, I want to end on something that has more like strength and pizzazz. And I was like, no. Because it's not your poem. First of all, no. Yeah.

So we're on this like planning call about the piece of art collaborative project that we're doing. And one of the guys goes, hey, is there any way we can change the final word? Because he goes, love is a bit soft. And he goes, I want to end on something that has more like strength and pizzazz. And I was like, no. Because it's not your poem. First of all, no. Yeah.

respectfully second of all i don't look at love as soft i said i look at love as hard and he goes okay and then the conversation ended and i hung up and i wrote this piece Love is not soft, love is hard. Love is not smooth, love is scarred. Love is not perfect, love is flawed. Love is not quiet, love is loud. Love is not pride, love is proud. But love is not certain, love is doubt.

respectfully second of all i don't look at love as soft i said i look at love as hard and he goes okay and then the conversation ended and i hung up and i wrote this piece Love is not soft, love is hard. Love is not smooth, love is scarred. Love is not perfect, love is flawed. Love is not quiet, love is loud. Love is not pride, love is proud. But love is not certain, love is doubt.