A common misconception about π is that itβs all about people having sex with each other. In my experience thatβs not true. Of course itβs allowed, but basically nobody ever asked me about that kind of stuff and Iβm not sure how I would have answered if they did. π
there can be no criterion here but the heart's. we often missed that, trying to be serious. and our seriousness has produced the most unserious result. and unfortunately it has also produced a lot of resentment and bitterness, which is I think a wrong turn. π
when an artist turns critic, if I know them well enough, I send them Hopkins's kingfisher poem. in the end there's only one thing you can write. one dragonfly soul that is yours, or that you are. the critic believes you can choose, but if he could, don't you think he'd choose not to be a critic? π