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That is my subject.",4,{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[29],{"id":30,"tag":31},4794449,{"id":32,"tag_name":33},1602,"moments",{"id":35,"quote_text":36,"author_id":5,"source_id":25,"has_image":18,"author":37,"source":38,"quote_tag":39,"commentary":9},1804000,"Poems, to me, do not come from ideas, they come from a series of images that you tuck away in the back of your brain. Little photographic snapshots. Then you get the major vision of the poem, which is like a giant magnet to which all these disparate little impressions fly and adhere, and there is the poem!",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[40],{"id":41,"tag":42},4794444,{"id":43,"tag_name":44},2130,"ideas",{"id":46,"quote_text":47,"author_id":5,"source_id":25,"has_image":18,"author":48,"source":49,"quote_tag":50,"commentary":9},1803995,"He said, \"You have pigs in this poem; pigs are not poetic.\" I got up and walked out of that class and never went back.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[51],{"id":52,"tag":53},4794438,{"id":54,"tag_name":55},1312,"teaching",{"id":57,"quote_text":58,"author_id":5,"source_id":25,"has_image":18,"author":59,"source":60,"quote_tag":61,"commentary":9},1803989,"A poet, to whom no one cruel and imposing listens, / Disdained by senates, whispers to your dust,",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[62],{"id":63,"tag":64},4794435,{"id":65,"tag_name":66},1184,"dust",{"id":68,"quote_text":69,"author_id":5,"source_id":25,"has_image":18,"author":70,"source":71,"quote_tag":72,"commentary":9},1803982,"In some ways painters have been more important in my life than writers. Painters teach you how to see—a faculty that usually isn’t highly developed in poets. Whether you take a walk in the woods with a painter, or go to a museum with one, through them you notice shapes, colors, harmonies, relationships that enhance your own seeing.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[73],{"id":74,"tag":75},4794426,{"id":76,"tag_name":77},7857,"museums",{"id":79,"quote_text":80,"author_id":5,"source_id":25,"has_image":18,"author":81,"source":82,"quote_tag":83,"commentary":89},1803975,"What is so marvelous about living today is that it is possible to extend, like a flower, spreading petals in all directions.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[84],{"id":85,"tag":86},4794419,{"id":87,"tag_name":88},7081,"flower","**The Backstory**\nCarolyn Kizer's quote \"What is so marvelous about living today is that it is possible to extend, like a flower, spreading petals in all directions\" likely originated from her later years, when she had established herself as a prominent American poet and essayist. During this time, she was reflecting on the freedom and creativity that came with age and experience. Kizer's life was marked by struggles with her own identity and the constraints of societal expectations, particularly as a woman in a male-dominated literary world.\n\n**The Hidden Insight**\nThe quote's beauty lies in its paradoxical suggestion that growth and expansion are not necessarily about reaching for something new, but rather about unfolding and revealing what is already within. By embracing the idea of extending like a flower, Kizer is highlighting the importance of acceptance and self-revelation over external validation or achievement.\n\n**How to Use This**\nTo apply this mindset today, consider cultivating a sense of internal expansion by embracing your existing talents and perspectives, rather than constantly striving for external validation or novelty. 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