The Forgotten Shore (Poetic Matrix Press Site) (original) (raw)

2017, Poetic Matrix Press

Of course, readers may interpret my poetic lines and find other meanings and these understandings are equally welcome. Sometimes authors are not always aware of what they are representing, even to themselves. In my view, such writings are part of creative processes involving subconscious levels of thought. For some, such thoughts are often difficult to articulate. But this is where the artist enters. Artists, on many levels, interpret the human experience for us and represent these through themselves – whether these are autobiographical or otherwise. My editor, John Peterson, mentioned to me in our correspondence that my poetry actually challenges the reader intellectually, and as I stated previously, it is meant to be an "archaeology of knowledge" or "an archaeology of emotions". There is a need to dig and dig deeper and dive into the depths of emotions presented on the page. Maybe the language and style used are archaic, or the vocabulary difficult to understand, or the meanings encountered nebulous and obscure. Still, this allows for a broader interpretation, leaving meanings and interpretations in the abstract, whereby the observer, reader, finds their own meanings concealed and contained within the epistemological and ontological direction of the author – myself. From my point of view, such an archaeology of emotions has a universal quality. All (or, rather, most) of us have known some kind of love, which may either be unrequited or real and lost through break ups and so on. But the human spirit is resilient. We look for love once again.