| Author: | Millard Lowe | ISBN: | 9781543420852 |
| Publisher: | Xlibris US | Publication: | June 21, 2017 |
| Imprint: | Xlibris US | Language: | English |
| Author: | Millard Lowe |
| ISBN: | 9781543420852 |
| Publisher: | Xlibris US |
| Publication: | June 21, 2017 |
| Imprint: | Xlibris US |
| Language: | English |
Okot PBitek, writing in Africas Cultural Revolution, Macmillian Books for Africa, Nairobi, 1973, reminds us that writing, like painting and sculpting, is a mere tool for expressing ideas. As the painter uses brush, color, and a surface (. . . canvas, the walls of St. Peters Basilica . . . the walls of a cave), and the sculptor uses a chisel and a piece of wood or stone to produce shapes and figures, the poet uses words for expressing his feelings. The voice of the [writer] and the pen and paper are mere midwives of a pregnant mind.
Okot PBitek, writing in Africas Cultural Revolution, Macmillian Books for Africa, Nairobi, 1973, reminds us that writing, like painting and sculpting, is a mere tool for expressing ideas. As the painter uses brush, color, and a surface (. . . canvas, the walls of St. Peters Basilica . . . the walls of a cave), and the sculptor uses a chisel and a piece of wood or stone to produce shapes and figures, the poet uses words for expressing his feelings. The voice of the [writer] and the pen and paper are mere midwives of a pregnant mind.
