On Writing Poetry, Part 2: Self-Implication & the Sense of Self

by Taylor Gianfrancisco

Pablo Picasso once said, “Good artists copy. Great artists steal.” Even though it is debated whether he is the first one to recognize the natural duplicity of all artists, the acknowledgment of the quote in this article is to emphasize that there are no original stories or poems. For writing (or any art in particular), the appeal of the work is in the different perspective it has.