For sure. I think that’s why I also work in other mediums. Sometimes I have the urge to make something. Sometimes I want to make a poem but at that moment I can’t for whatever reason, so I work with other materials. I like to do sculpture; my sculptures are usually more like objects. I also play music here and there, but I just do these things to kind of help me with writing… I use these other ways of making to help keep my wheels moving in one way or another, and eventually the language will come for writing. Sometimes I do get writer’s block, but I have never really viewed it in that way. I still try to make things even if I don’t have the language or words to put to it in at the moment.
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Layli Long Soldier
American poet
United States
Arts and letters
Poet Layli Long Soldier discusses techniques she uses to overcome the anxiety of writing, trusting in the unseen, and how dreams can be a powerful creative tool.
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