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Poetry

Is it easier to be poetic in a mundane setting due to the escape it offers from surroundings or does it flourish in a like environment? So in this context the debate is whether poetry is an escape from reality or a reaction to observation of the same.

Or are there two paths as it were to reach the state of transcendence? Because enhanced creativity while on substances is properly an 'escape' while extreme disillusionment is a state of extreme observation.

I welcome debate on this.

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  1. Jishnu DasguptaAugust 13, 2011 at 2:14 PM

    There is,has always been the third way - indifference.

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  2. SayanAugust 21, 2011 at 1:17 AM

    I don't subscribe to that myself. Detachment would be a more accurate expression!

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  3. utakarshJanuary 17, 2012 at 10:40 PM

    Depends upon the state of the person, does he want to escape or continue living in that environment. In both cases, poems will be his way of expression

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