The conversation introduces Dan Smart, a poet, and musician, and delves into the importance of daily writing as a habit and the focus on the process over the outcome. It explores the life of a poet, the habit of writing poetry, and how repeated activity can create new neural pathways. Also discussed is the art of a life, the significance of line breaks in poetry and the value of surprise in poetic expression. Also explored is the dedication required to craft poetry on a daily basis.

Takeaways

• Daily writing as a habit
• The importance of process over outcome The importance of line breaks in poetry
• The significance of surprise in poetry

Chapters

• 00:00 Introduction to Dan Smart
• 05:51 The Life of a Poet
• 12:11 Creating Neural Pathways
• 18:06 Line Breaks and Poetry
• 24:08 The Element of Surprise
• 29:22 Diving into Short Texts

A link to How to Sing is here: https://www.rhythmistheinstrument.com/search?q=how+to+sing

A link to Dan's blog Rhythm is the Instrument is here: https://www.rhythmistheinstrument.com