An episode from 4/17/21: These “Advice” episodes (originally called The Poet Speaks) will each feature a small collection of quotations on creativity from various artists, poets, and writers. Tonight, the main quotations come from Serge Bramly's ⁠Leonardo: The Artist & the Man⁠, where he writes that da Vinci “was always less concerned with the finishing of a picture than with its conception." We also hear from the poets ⁠Conrad Aiken⁠ and ⁠William Meredith⁠, and others, on the living with and writing poetry. Don’t forget to support Human Voices Wake Us on Substack, where you can also get our newsletter and other extras. You can also support the podcast by ordering any of my books: Notes from the Grid, To the House of the Sun, The Lonely Young & the Lonely Old, and Bone Antler Stone. Any comments, or suggestions for readings I should make in later episodes, can be emailed to [email protected].

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