foreverhidion3
10 months ago

Did I? well awesome... :) thank you so much sir.

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IvanContreras
1 year ago

looking forward to it man 

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anoncounselor
1 year ago

I've been off the site for a while to find inspiration and boy have I found some.  Check out a few of my latest works.  As time progresses I'll try to post more of my newer works and show what I've been up to.

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anoncounselor
1 year ago

@xer0blaze I haven't been back to this site for some time but I would recommend my poetry collection since they were my first published works on this site.  Afterwards explore my later works as I try to post onto this site.  Sorry for the late reply.

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xer0blaze
1 year ago

okay i wanna read something you wrote, where should i start?

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anoncounselor
1 year ago

@throwingpeaches The great thing about poetry or any creative art form is that there will always be an intention of the author, however in pursuit of that intention we lose focus on the beauty of the art: its ability to convey meanings in not just topics relevant to the author but to our own personal lives separate from the authors.  So in turn, Ford looks at a car and sees profit.  You look at a car and see great vacations.  Another sees a memory of a loved one killed.  So regardless of all the interpretations on a certain piece in the world, it is how the interpreter feels about their reaction to the piece that matters.  Just because you feel a certain way about a piece and someone more distinguished feels another, doesn't mean you are wrong.

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throwingpeaches
1 year ago

@anoncounselor I interpreted much of the poem the same way, and I really appreciate that you took the time to dissect it.  I never really thought of it as a separation of body and mind, although I really like that it's how you interpreted it.  I agree with how you explained the first line, "While I'm writing, I'm far away," with his mind drifting off into a different state of thinking when he writes.  However, I thought that the, "When I come back, I've gone," part meant something along the lines of the poet returning to his usual state of thought, yet part of him is still left in that other realm.  It's like he was saying, "When I come back from my writing experience, it's too late, because I've just been elsewhere, and I'm still stuck there."  It's like his reality is sort of distorted because of this other "place" that he's been.  I don't know if this makes sense or not.  Anyways, your interpretation made me a bit unsure of mine, and because the poet is dead, it is impossible to really know what he meant.

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anoncounselor
1 year ago

@throwingpeaches 
Part three:

He concludes wondering if his actions are normal, if society behaves the same way and understand their own psychology, take control of their personalities and mind so that when he has found the solution to his own insecurities and fears as represented in the first few stanzas, he will be able to learn enough to better himself so that “when he tries to explain his problems” as the last line suggests, he won’t have to concentrate and worry about his mental health and identity but speak of another problem separate from the mind.

All in all, this piece mainly communicates the representation of the human mind in different personalities or qualities, expectation and reality, the envy of those who want to change and become better, the realization that identity is important and cannot be lost to an emotional mask understanding that the individual is in control of their qualities, emotions, personalities and can summon them whenever so long as the original identity exists; the idea of the physical world being separated from the mind and the connection from one’s psychology to society’s; and finally the action of learning that control and being able to resolve one’s insecurities and main stability.

There may be other interpretations but in the 10 minutes I took to quickly read and explicate, this is all this 19-year-old can manage in that time frame.
  
Here is the original poem that I used to explicate:
http://www.poemhunter.com/best-poems/pablo-neruda/we-are-many/

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anoncounselor
1 year ago

@throwingpeaches 
Part two:

In the sixth stanza this becomes reinforced where that he knows that he is capable of being “dashing” but is met with the reality of his “old, lazy self”.  And in the clutter of these desired (or uncontrollable) traits exists negative traits, which confuses the speaker of the piece (not necessarily the author) on contemplating who the person truly is.  He wonders if it that he normally has positive qualities but just has these negative results or that he has negative traits and desires to be better.  He represents these personalities as “we”.  He doesn’t know but chooses to be able to reveal his true self and be accepted because he understands that if he so desired, he could reveal his proper self but knows that in that he doesn’t want to lose himself.  That we must protect our inner identity and refrain from altering that in pursuit of an emotional mask.

As for your question, after exploring the entire poem, the lines seem to pertain to the art of writing such as when we are so focused on our own mind, qualities, and personalities, the act of writing becomes not just a creative act, but critical thinking therapy.  When one writes their minds drift in thought, out of reality and consciousness into the realm of ideas, inspirations, memories, etc.  The commas almost represent the separation of mind and body.  In the first line before the comma, writing is physical, and the “I” represents the mind, drifting away from the physical world.  And when the mind returns from thought, the second part of the second line represents the physical body showing that in our physical sense we may move, go about our tasks and errands, but the mind wanders in these critical thoughts and “returns” back to find itself moving.  For example, have you ever went walking and when you were thinking critically about something, you found yourself dazing out and finding yourself walking to far, forced to turn around?

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anoncounselor
1 year ago

@throwingpeaches :
Part one:

Begins the poem stating that there are many sides to his being and as a person he knows that it is impossible to singly define oneself in one manner.  And among those different personalities is the cover of the physical world represented by clothing and is also represented as distant in the mention of these personalities being in a different city thus separate.

He then argues that what society sees on the surface of a person does not always deem true.  He mentions that although people see him intelligent (which he accepts to be) his other side (the fool) takes over and speaks which in any social setting tarnishes his reputation as a smart man.

He then talks about being in the presence of people that most would act proper to.  To some it would be a boss, or someone of high importance in need of respect, but he notes that when he wants to be confident and behave as best as possible, the opposite of that desired personality takes control.

Then he marks a bolder comparison of his own personalities mentioning that if a home bursts into flames that instead of becoming a hero (the fireman) he finds himself as an arsonist who set the fire.  And he claims it to be uncontrollable and questions on how to not only decide which personality he must be but also how he can mend himself.
 
The fifth stanza of his work begins to speak about his envy of the idea of a hero or archetypal hero.  He desires confidence, bravery, qualities that he doesn’t have and even admires the cowboys horse because at least they get to see action.  So examining his previous comparisons, it may become that the writer portrays the human being as desiring the positive qualities to represent the self but in those times the paradox or lesser qualities become the reality.  Which then shows the concept of expectation and reality where we wish for one result but become disappointed with the actual. 

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