I just finished Anton Ehrenzweig’s The Hidden Order of Art, a rich and sometimes difficult, occasionally jargon-ridden book focused on visual art and, secondarily, on music. But it has a lot to say that applies to poetry, especially in his discussions of the creative process. Here are a couple of excerpts: In any kind of creative work a point is reached where our power of free choice comes to an end. The work assumes a life of its own, which offers its creator only the alternative of accepting or rejecting it.Read More