This one is for all the writers and poets out there. It is presumptuous of me to put this song on here again, the Paths of Many Wonders song, but I thought I did it a bit better here. And about the little poem, it starts out a bit cynnical and ends up kinda mushy.
From whence does this urge to write arise?
From what source does it derive its power?
Nervous energy perhaps
Nervous energy very finely sublimated
Into quite marvelous and delightful results
Sometimes
……….
At its best this energy is expressed
And penetrates
To its pure form
Which is Divine Light!
An Occasional Story or Magazine 
Wash it down with a cold beer.
Cynical and mushy the perfect mix…I like my food like that.
Beautiful, Stephen, your Paths of Many Wonders and poem.
Have a great Wednesday! 🙂
You know you encouraged me to play up the wonders! in that song. I was thinking of you.
🙄
oh the harp in your audio files! Bob Dylan would be jealous (and Sony Terry too)!
Thank you for the compliments, Frizz, which reminded me of someone who compared Edward Snowden to Socrates.
The urge to write can feel like the urge to give birth.
Maybe. Not for me, but everything’s possible.
that is a very good question, Stephen. Great question poem and song!
groetjes, Francina
It’s an interesting question from a Darwinian perspective. What purpose, what advantage in survival is gained by this spiritual/creative trait in humans? Certainly curiosity and a thirst for the abstract have given humans a leg up on the other creatures.
Maybe creativity is a necessity to be able to deal with all that what our brains absorb daily. Some people are more creative than others so are they more curious than those who are less creative if we go from that thought? Or is creativity just a skill?
Yes, I think the creative urge is often a response in some people to our crazy world – a flight response? – and it’s useful that way. Is there a genetic basis? I think curiousity is probably ingrained in our DNA. Curiousity -and artistic creativity too – have survival value. On a personal basis I don’t see myself as creative, just a hedonist. Sometimes people view their creativity very seriously, which is a definite downer. Probably a strand of DNA got stuck on their palette.