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STALKING THE WILD QUESTION (Another IPS)

STALKING THE WILD QUESTION (Another IPS)

One of the more intriguing bits in Nilofer Merchant’s book about the care and feeding of wild ideas that can dent the world, THE POWER OF ONLYNESS, is the one about taking a closer and more considered look at “the question that you can’t answer but can’t stop thinking about.” That annoying question is like a bedraggled, adorable con-artist mutt that follows you around and accepts occasional handouts from you but warily stays out of reach.  It hangs around.

PUT SOME SOUL IN YOUR GAME

PUT SOME SOUL IN YOUR GAME

When you’re a poet, words and phrases can have a powerful effect on you.  Words are more than simple vehicles for communication. Certain words and combinations of words really “speak” to you.  They can grab you by the throat and drag you down strange alleys.  They can tangle up your feet and make you fall.  They can lift you up and help you fly. Getting enchanted and be-spelled by words is probably one of the biggest hazards of the ancient…

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