tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055932257464975902.post4183198177201159206..comments2024-03-10T23:01:51.493-05:00Comments on Stupid Motivational Tricks / Bemsha Swing: Next Steps to Happiness / Believe that your Work is ValuableJonathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09371893596402673898noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055932257464975902.post-87721898174463365872011-07-30T03:27:50.654-05:002011-07-30T03:27:50.654-05:00Your account of the value of poetry is inspiring. ...Your account of the value of poetry is inspiring. It reminds me of what Cyril Connolly said in his introduction to <i>The Unquiet Grave</i>: "All grief, once made to know to the mind, can be cured by the mind [...]; the human brain, once it is fully functioning, as in the making of a poem, is outside of time and place and immune from sorrow." A fully functioning human brain, I dare say,Thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04858865501469168339noreply@blogger.com