Name of poet-Gary Barwin

April 12, 2010 The Escapist

Gary Barwin is a well known writer, composer, and performer.  I was so amazed by the amount of work he has done over the years. He appears to be a hard working person who is inspired by a number of things.  He wrote books for children fiction, one of the book is entitled The Racing Worm Brothers. The book was published in 1998. He went to publish other books that were a range of genres such as poetry, more fiction, visual and concrete poetry, music for live performers and computers, text & sound works, and writing and young adults. I found something interesting about Gary Barwin he shared his ideas and thoughts on how he gets inspired when writing or creating music on his interview with Rob McLennan. One of the questions that Rob asked caught my attention. I have always wondered if poets run out of ideas as I do. The question that Rob Mc Lennan asked was: When your writing gets stalled, where do you turn or return for (for lack of a better word) inspiration?. Gary Barwin’s answer was: “.  I certainly turn to other arts. To walking. To random or unplanned input. To other projects”. I feel that this is excellent advice and a well though out answer because sometimes we need to separate ourselves from what we are writing if it is unproductive. I think that looking at the arts as he said inspires us and makes writers appreciate more the beauty of art. I like his style and the way he presents himself to the audience. After looking at work and researching  about him I still wonder why he uses vocabulary of a high level in series.

 The link to the interview between Gary Barwin and Rob Mc Lennan

http://robmclennan.blogspot.com/2008/01/12-or-20-questions-with-gary-barwin.html

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