No, I don't make my work in order to challenge or confuse other people's expectations - I only do what I find natural.
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As a friendly one. I would still like to write concrete poems, but I can only do it sometimes.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.
Ian Hamilton Finlay
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.
Ian Hamilton Finlay
However, I don't feel the world is looking over my shoulder when I am working - I never think about this at all. What I think about is trying to make my work pure, and if it is pure then it can be accessible. It is quite straight forward really.
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I am not a modern man, I am just a wee old fashioned one.
Ian Hamilton Finlay
For me concrete poetry was a particular way of using language which came out of a particular feeling, and I don't have control over whether this feeling is in me or not.
Ian Hamilton Finlay
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