Yes, I think we have created a culture in which there is a complete absence of piety of any kind. And piety was always an ingredient of culture.
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I have often said that just as the French revolution, for instance, understood itself through antiquity, I think our time can be understood through the French revolution. It is quite a natural process to use other times to understand your own time.Ian Hamilton Finlay
But at the beginning it was clear to me that concrete poetry was peculiarly suited for using in public settings. This was my idea, but of course I never really much got the chance to do it.
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As a friendly one. I would still like to write concrete poems, but I can only do it sometimes.
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I came to these mediums through having the garden, and of course, people who have designed gardens have always worked in collaboration, and never made their own inscriptions.
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I am always a beginner. I only try to include different parts of life; the pastoral, the tragic, et cetera.
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People have always found me challenging - I don't know why, when I am only being myself. I don't understand why they find me so annoying but they do. It is pity, but that is how it is.
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