I don't call myself a writer and certainly not a poet, but of course I like to write and I admire good writing. Thoreau does inspire me to try to achieve some of his effects. It's a matter of his rhythms and the concreteness and metaphorical richness of his sentences. I don't come anywhere close, but that's what a model is for, anyway.WildCityWoman wrote:Are you inspired in your own writing (whatever kind of writing you do) by this work? Do his words and the way he puts them together inspire poems in you? Articles . . . essays? Maybe even some fiction
I hadn't thought of it as following my instincts, but of course it could be that. Fitting ourselves to nature to me means mostly not so arrogantly trying to replace it with OUR stuff, as well as simply taking care of it.And do you 'fit yourself to nature' . . . do you follow your instincts? Sometimes when we have back pain, we tend to want to sit in a way that's different, but more comfortable . . . that, to me, would be following your instinct.
In "Conclusion" he says this, that no matter how mean our condition, we can still appreciate the sunrise as well as any other. Don't think I'd go along with that extreme, though. We usually need a modicum of health and comfort to be able to enjoy finer things.I like that particular line . . . he would probably agree with an old saying I know - skid row is a state of mind.
Well, you are WildCITYWoman after all!I don't think I could do it to the extent he did - even though he was within walking distance of other people's homes, he was still on his own and vulnerable.
I'm the kind that's afraid of bears, things that go bump in the night, manhole covers that might come loose and cause me to fall in - ha ha![/i]
DWill