Revision..

Poetry/ artist expression, in any sense, has always been something of a hit or miss for me. I have always enjoyed writing and creating art, however have only felt really inclined to do so when inspiration hit. In the past, I would feel really compelled to paint something in particular and I would sit down for six or so hours and paint until it was finished. The same held true for poetry. Though inspiration tended to hit primarily when waking in the middle of the night, I would sit in one setting, write, and be done with it. Thus the revising process was something I was unfamiliar with to a degree. The only revising I had done with my writing was for essays, and thus revising left a poor taste in my mouth. Though some of the revising I have done in this class has left me with the same structured feeling (ex. revising in pentameter, ect.) I have seen many of my poems transform into something different, yet beautiful while revising. I can now appreciate revising and will continue to use it throughout this class on many of my poems. After the class ends though, I don’t know how much room will be left in my life for revising. The benefits of revising do not seem to outweigh my enjoyment of raw emotion, as much of the poetry I write is for therapeutic sake. Perhaps if I were to ever intend to share my poetry with others or try to publish it, I would use revision, but for now my personal poems will remain untouched.