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During my week-long stay at the castle, I got to know John, Bani Shorter (Jungian analyst from Edinburgh), and Norman MacCaig, one of my favorite poets, as well as distinguished others. \u00a0The festival featured singing (including John MacLeod, a professional-level opera singer), piano recitals, presentations of instruments and discussions, several sessions of bagpiping, original music compositions (Marc Yeats), and talks.<\/p>\n<p>Bani Shorter presented \u201cThe Thread of the Story: The Fairy Flag.\u201d I presented two talks: \u201cWriting from the Inside of the Inside,\u201d and \u201cThe Cost of Poetry and the Price of its Loss.\u201d The year before, the US representative was Helen Vendler, perhaps best known as the poetry editor of the <em>New Yorker<\/em>, and one of the most honored literary critics. She was an English professor at Harvard and known for her emphasis on \u201cclose reading.\u201d I was honored to represent the US, but I was daunted by following Helen Vendler.<\/p>\n<p>I think <em>scared<\/em> would be more accurate. For as much as I felt it necessary to have prepared and written talks for this august event, I could not write. I was totally stopped. Some insistent inner voice said, \u201cNo! Spontaneous talks they will be.\u201d And so, they were. I felt inspired by the feelings generated in experiencing such a gathering of creative people. What I said was not recorded and I barely have any memory of it. I can say that what came out of me was not some well-honed conscious material, but more like the outpouring of a deep lava. I was basically speaking out what I heard from somewhere deep inside. I am reminded now of what Miles Davis said: \u201cMan, you don\u2019t play what you know, you play what you hear.\u201d And too, what Robert Olen Butler says: \u201cArt does not come from ideas. Art does not come from the mind. Art comes from the place where you dream. Art comes from your unconscious; it comes from the white-hot center of you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I would like to re-create those talks, but I\u2019m not sure it is possible.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Russ<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Saturday Memory October 12, 2024 While sorting through a box of stuff, I came across a small, 3.5-inch by 5.5-inch plaid covered notebook that I had journaled in on my trip to Scotland in 1992. 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