What are poets for in a destitute time? What good do they bring when everything else is broken and all hope is lost? Heidegger talks gods and an abyss. It all gets confusing really, but they are "fugitive gods". My question is, what does this have to do with what poets are for? I think it is about destitution. What are poets for in a destitute time? "The heavenly powers cannot do all things. It is the mortals who reach sooner into the abyss". The mortals are the poets who can reach into the abyss and drag us out of this destitute time. They can bring back order and hope.
I commented on Caleb's post.
Very reasonable thinking.
ReplyDeleteI agree, the poets dive deep into the real meanings of the world.
ReplyDeleteRight. The poets are meant to help their fellow mortals in an attempt to reach into the abyss in hopes of pointing out traces of the supernatural.
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