Is it true that great poets never get writers block

Thank you!!!

"anyway, the whole point of this forum is for people to post their opinions. i gave mine, whether or not you like it. also, nobody cares about how great you think you are because of your "formal" education in poetry. i feel i am intelligent enough to state my thoughts and views anywhere i wish. you don't have the right to tell people whether or not their opinions have any value. that in fact is only YOUR opinion."

JPM's opinion that his words have value is opinion and therefore he has the right to opine on the weight of his opinion all he likes.

Your argument is self refuting, Legoman*. I would forward my opinion that you cease this inane argument on opinion.

*Isn't Lego great? Even as a 28 year old Lego is the best excuse to play with kids. < - opinion.

"but jeees, if your gonna insult me do it right man, i expected better from you!"

There is hidden depth to JPM's shallow insults. Think about it.

job done.

but why does JPM or ANNIE feel that they have to let everyone know how worthy they are? i'm not trying to say that they are the only ones, but the only reason i ever started posting in these forums was to give my advice to those who asked for it. i didn't even expect other writers to tell everyone else that they were WRONG because they didn't have this or that degree. that just makes everyone else feel bad. why would someone want to make other people feel like they are horrible writers? i mean, some people may not have natural skill, but that's no reason to just beat them up about it. there's nothing wrong with being positive. but now i see that some writers only come here to insult other writers because they might not have spelled a word correctly. you can tell them they're wrong in a much nicer way than saying to them "you suck. don't ever write again"!
goodnite~

-sessily

also to K.K.,

i don't have to prove myself to anyone but myself.

since when has JPM respected anyone?

school means plenty for me. even if you say that anyone could do it, i choose to. i'm planning ahead for my future.

education is NOT ONLY gained in life, but also in school and its experiences.

i think for myself.

-sessily

Ok... I'm trying to be nice right now... Really trying... I'm literally gritting my teeth...
But if you "think for yourself" you wouldn't be brainwashed into believing that you need a formal education to have a future. (Well, maybe if you want a PHD in Neuroscience)
Also, I'm not trying to prove I'm worthy, I KNOW I'm not. All I was saying is that I don't deserve a formal education because I'm not patient enough or lack the work ethic to sit down and obtain it. You do. Good for you.
You have more of a future than me. :Applause:
I agree... ok?

Hahahaha.....
My brother's roommate is getting a Masters in physics and he has no friends. It's really depressing.

I forgot who addressed me by saying that they didnt need to prove themselves to anyone, but they are correct.

You dont need to prove yourself to any of us, but if you dont want to, stop trying.

Thats all. You obviously are.

Also I dont think you NEED a degree to be able to judge or write good poetry. I do think it helps.

i cant find it now, but someone said 15 year olds cant have opinions? thats the dumbest thing ive ever heard

born2die4pride: JPM helped improve my poetry with four sentences of critique. One of those was, and I quote, "Cheers."

If that is ignorance then I would like to see genius.

I thought the that poem was quite funny actually...

It is immature in your opinion.

In my opinion, writing about cutting is immature.

He HAS a degree in English literature

*Has not got

If you think JPM's writing is immature it just means you dont understand it at its deeper levels.

Thats honest.

See, you don't get them yet. Give it time.

oh, a few at least.. but you never can tell.

also it depends on the span of someone's hand.

(I'm always naughty...)

Anyway its the span of the mind really...

We said handspan which is entirely different.

I know.

I just wanted to broaden the topic :)

And the span of the mind is not infinite.

Otherwise Einstein would not have been extraordinary in any way, and all of us would be equal on the mental front.

And obviously not everyone is mentally equal.

Transcendental.

Yes.

They would be the same "clever" the way you described, if they had the same EXACT experiances, but because that is impossible, they would not have the same mental processing systems because their lives would each show them something different. They would see the world differently.

I disagree that "the" mind is infinite.

Although philisophical sounding, it is simply not true. Everyones mind is not created equal. Imagination is infinite, but based upon the limits of the mind; so that holds some truth, just more philosophically interesting than logical.

The mind is infinite, the psyche just limits what what we learn know and achieve.

The subconscious puts up the barriers of the mind.

For instance people who have experianced or can do psychic phenomena, like telephathy for instance, often use a higher percentage of their brains than the average person.

Just like the subconscious remembers everything that has ever happened to you, and that is why you can regress and pull up past memories.

Theres also debate as to whether each individual subconscious has access to the Akashic records and can pull any Universal information if they have the right training, but thats more philosophical than factual at this point.

Anything is possible, but with the present human kinds mind set, we limit our own "minds" with pre concieved notions and societal bull.

I don’t think its subconscious versus ego, because there was no ego involved. I asked the question- "Can the subconscious tap into Akashic records, not only regress into its specific past lives and faded memories of this one," basically.

The Akashic records, for anyone following this conversation that does not have basic metaphysical understanding, is kind of like a data base of everything that has ever happened, to anyone, ever, anywhere, no matter the time, plane, dimension, etc.

Now the whole vibrational frequency thing, there is no doubt that your vibrational rate will lead to spiritual enlightenment, but it will not grant you Einstein’s brain by any means. Intellect and vibratory rate are different things, and not contingent upon each other.

I know some STUPID spiritually enlightened people and some BRILLIANT spiritual idiots.

Everyone has to live in this plane, in this time, in this dimension. After all, the purpose for our existence here is to learn something because of our difficulties, struggles, pain, and disadvantages that we cannot experience in spiritual realms. This is the reason why we HAVE A SUBCONSCIOUS. To tap out anything that interferes with our HUMAN EXPERIANCES. Therefore the subconscious (some dub it the "higher self"), does, in my opinion, have access to Akashic records. This is why certain psychics can retrieve information that others cannot. This is why shamans can do soul retrievals, etc.

Vibratory rates take our consciousness outside of our physical existence to an extent, so there is a glass ceiling on how far up it can go, if it surpasses that point you are no longer existing 3 dimensional reality in a physical body and you are not having a human experience, therefore you can only do so temporarily through meditation, etc.

A shift in consciousness and a “critical mass” vibrational rate will be reached at some point in the relatively new future. The “New Age,” “Aquarian Age,” whatever you want to call it, is here, and its not an apocalypse unless you view it that way. It is a rebirth of understanding and consciousness. If that’s the “end of the world,” I want it to end soon, because I’m sick of the stupidity, quite frankly.

Now to cover the disease, every ailment, feeling, thought, trauma, etc. has an energetic manifestation throughout the aura before it can affect the physical body. That’s all I'll say for now.

Why'd you delete?

So what do you think about the global shifts and disasters?

Ramble more.... I have never met a person my age who had enough metaphysical knowledge to suffice and carry on a conversation with. I'll be gone most of the day, but leave me something for when I get back ;)

So... numerology and sacred geometry under your belt as well. I am getting to love you more and more, tiger.

I agree with you, that the natural disasters are both a cleansing of the earth on an energetic level, but also a physical level. Ridding the world of souls who are unwilling to go on the journey or resistant to such progressive change is a necessity. More natural disasters are on their way; watch out for some big ones from March 17th, through Monday April 18th. I had to put in some Astrology advice, because Mercury is going retrograde, which will cause miscommunications of all kinds, bad weather, general discord and friction, as well as reoccurring business from the past (old friends, old paperwork, karma, etc.). I allow time for the void, some Astrologers do not and don’t think that Mercury goes retro for that long; but I see the effects lasting longer.

Egypt is a very mystical and powerful place, chalk full of ancient knowledge from some of the brightest and most spiritually enlightened minds of all time. Labyrinths have been said to be the path to enlightenment, tracing them with your fingertips, even having your eyes follow their patterns on paper, is said to heighten your vibratory rate and spiritual awareness. I have not done much work with them myself, but it is worth checking out.

In dreamtime karma can be resolved in the Astral world, or the "ethers," just as it can be in physical reality; more specifically in CONSCIOUS dreamtime. The subconscious has less of a veil over it and is more accessible for real information from the light of truth, the divine.

Healing has come to be a huge thing of revelation for most ever since the first atomic bomb dropped, ending the 2000-year rule of Neptune over the Earth and allowing Uranus to take the wheel. Ever since then things have been progressing so rapidly, and this is no accident. Expect much resistance over the next 2 years from religious influences and other deceiving issues to reign supreme. The positive side of the north node being in Pisces for the years 2005-06 is a heightened sense of spirituality and search for clarity. During and after December 2007 things should start to get interesting, with the north node moving into Aquarius, ruler of the New Age, Astrology, and progressivism, among other things, such as nukes.

Anyway, breaking the Astrology talk now (wouldn’t want anyone thinking I'm in cahoots with the devil... now would we?)

Spiritual health is the source of all other wellbeing; I'll leave the health issue at that.

"The Grid..." going matrix on me? haha. Kidding. I know what you mean. The 5th dimension holds much more promise for us, that's for sure. What people overlook is that we are not just products of God. We are products of the Universe, and the other life forms who are in it. The Universal relations are much more complicated than is generally understood and than the Bible describes, but I wont go into Aliens unless asked. That'll weird people out. The Alien expirament is an interesting philosophy though. I know a considerable amount about that.

DNA- the two spirals.... the Universal law of polarities in action. I have gone into that before in other posts, so I will refrain from boring people yet again.

DISCLAIMER: These are my opinions. Obviously not gospel (Kevin) ;)

I am at work, so I cant comment on Matt right now, but I will retort to JPM, the other Matt:

If you think that the Bible offers SO MUCH MORE information than the stars ever could, and offer more proof of factual existance, I suggest you study Astrology. I was a skeptic before I studied it too; but considering you know nothing about it, your opinion offers no validity.

I agree Matt.

People will drink from whatever waters their faith draws them to.

But I think its funny that people will believe in something that offers no proof of existance beyond itself and are unwilling to fathom an energetic system affecting our lives. Its not hard to believe, prove or understand. It just takes study.

It was 7, but lets not turn this into a Bible thumper post PLLLEEEASSEEE.

If we get something wrong they will all come and sworm with their quotes and their faith and their.... their stuff.... lets not draw them in.

The day is reative anyway. A Venetian day is 200 odd of ours. So a day for god could theoretically be millenia, eons, ages, millions or billions of years.

Time is relative.

A Venusian day is 246 of ours, that's my understanding.

You're right.

"243 days, retrograde (this is the length of Venus' "day," the time it takes to spin on its axis). Venus' day is longer than its year, and its rotation is retrograde, meaning it spins on its axis in a direction opposite its orbit around the sun."

http://www.space.com/reference/venus/overview.html

* laughs *

That has the ring of "how you doin'?"

Easy tiger.

I am a secretary at my dads real estate office. Answering phones in the Bond girl voice, filing, typing, etc.

And I'm doin just fine ;)

Whilst entertaining, ignorant.

JPM,

i never actually said that you said "you suck. don't ever write again."

i was just giving an example of what a lot of poets that are negative say to those who may not be as good as they are. i wasn't necessarily talking about you. in fact, i even said that. also, i only said something about you because you had previously said something to me after i asked you not to bother me. i think we even had a full blown conversation (if you wanna call it that). anyway, that's all i gotta say. l8ter!
:^)=

p.s. okay, so maybe not a FULL BLOWN CONVERSATION, but you did directly reply back to me.
:^)=

annie, this is from your earlier post to me

But if you "think for yourself" you wouldn't be brainwashed into believing that you need a formal education to have a future. (Well, maybe if you want a PHD in Neuroscience)

response: i am not brainwashed into believing that i need a formal education to have a future. i just think that having one helps a lot. you COULD be the smartest person and not want to try, but i believe that if you do graduate (from high school, college, or whatever you wanna do afterwards) your life will be a little easier. no offense to you.
:^)=

p.s. i don't think i want a phd in neuroscience!!
i would rather go pre-med, that seems more fun!

You're only thinking from what you are like..
I agree with Kaitlin, it depends on who you are:)