I’ve been reading poems for a Chinese poet by the name of Tu Fu, from the Tang Dynasty (713-770). I’m enjoying them. The poems are lucid and easy to read, not too heady and clever. I tend to like poems that don’t require me to think too much, but after reading a good poem I’m thinking a lot.
When I was young man writing a poem was a chance to demonstrate my poetic abilities, my voice was formal and my ideas were not as clear. I was more romantic in my word choice, only to realize years later that a good poem in my view is a good story communicated as simply as possible. Intelligence is pointing out the obvious. Pointing out the things that are right before your eyes that you see every day and wonder about, but for some reason you can’t put it into words. That’s what makes for good comedy. A comedian who can point out the obvious is generally funny. And that’s what makes for good science as well. Intelligence is just a stones throw away from stupidity. The genius of E=MC squared is it’s simplicity. Great writing on the other hand can be many things to some, but to me, it is simply entertaining.
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